A RESEARCH ON DETERMINATION REASONS FOR INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT STUDENTS PREFERENCE THE DEPARTMENT: ESKİŞEHİR TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY CASE

Abstract

Aim: This study was carried out to determine the reasons for choosing the department of interior architecture at Eskişehir Technical University. Method: In the study, a questionnaire prepared by the researchers and approved by the Ethics Committee was sent to the 105 first year students who were enrolled via e-posta in the Department of Interior Architecture of Eskişehir Technical University in the 2021-2022 Fall semester. The obtained data were evaluated using descriptive statistics in a computer environment. Findings: In the study, arithmetic mean value and frequencies were used to reveal the reasons for preference. In this study, in which 73.6% of those who preferred the department were women, it was found that the most effective factors among the reasons for choosing the department were among the individual factors, and the actors with the least effect were the actors with an arithmetic mean value of 1.83. In addition, it has been revealed that 96.5% of the students have professional knowledge. In the question about the definition of the profession, it was learned that 73.3% of the students’ made definitions that are not related to the definition of profession. Conclusion: It has been revealed that the most effective factors in students' preference for the department are that the profession, which is among the individual factors, makes them happy and that they realize their own wishes, while the most ineffective factor is external actors, and students prefer them in line with their own wishes.