Abstract:
Bologna Process studies in Çankaya University’s Interior Architecture Department
(INAR), Turkey have been initiated in 2008. The goal of this study is to explore
students’ perceptions about the new programme outcomes framed with the Turkish
Higher Education Qualifications Framework and to provide a set of guidelines for
the Bologna Process to be implemented. A questionnaire including semi-structured
questions is conducted in the data collection process. Content analysis method is
used in order to examine students’ perceptual outcomes. The findings of the study
display that students’ perceptions underline the importance of the acquisition of
knowledge, skills and competences in social, economic and managerial dimensions
of the professional life. Results also reveal the need of students for the acquisition
and use of communicative, collaborative and interdisciplinary aspects of the
profession and their expectations on both theoretical and practical contents of
INAR courses. Furthermore, this study which mainly followed a student-cantered
approach concluded that it is also possible to generalize new programme outcomes
through the active participation of students.