EA4311 Dissertation Syllabus:
EA4311 Dissertation Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To expose the students to the various thrust areas in environmental architecture.
To inculcate the spirit of research in environmental architecture by providing opportunities to read on various issues.
To expose the students to the finer details of technical writing.
To provide a platform for a prelude to the ‘Design Thesis’
Dissertation is best expressed as ‘Design in text’. It offers an opportunity to look at the research component in architecture in various thrust areas such as history, theory, design and other value based aspects through texts.
Students are encouraged to choose any topic of their interest. This may range from analyzing and a critique of the works of an architect, ideologies and philosophies of architects that get transformed spatially, history, typological architecture, sustainability issues and so on the Dissertation must comprise of an aim, the objectives, the scope and limitations of their dissertation, hypothesis (if any), methodology followed by extensive review of literature through
references and documentation.
The analysis of the work must be substantiated either empirically or through extensive arguments.
A dissertation could also be a thesis preparation course and gives the student scope for independent study and opportunity to explore specific area of interest which will form the basis of his/ her design thesis project in the next semester.
The topic will have to be approved at the start of the semester and reviewed periodically to a jury at the end of the semester.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1 An understanding leading to formation of thesis ideas.
CO2 To allow students to do the more intricate elements of technical writing.
CO3 Ability to explain research procedures and approaches and how they relate to environmental architecture.
CO4 To provide insight on how linkages between climate change and emerging trends
REFERENCES:
1. Iain Borden and Kaaterina Ruedi; The Dissertation: An Architecture Student’s Handbook; Architectural Press; 2000.
2. John W Creswell; Research design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches; Sage Publications; 2002.
3. Linda Grant and David Wang, Architectural Research Methods, John Wiley Sons
4. Ranjith Kumar; Research Methodology- A step by step guide for beginners; Sage Publications; 2005
5. Wayne C Booth; Joseph M Williams; Gregory G. Colomb; The Craft of Research, 2nd Edition; Chicago guides to writing, editing and publishing, University of Chicago Press, 2003.