DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Urban Design

General Description

History

Architectural education in the city of Izmir has first been offered in 1963 by Aegean Engineering and Architectural Private School, which has been founded at Buca, Izmir. Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture has then been established in 1992, on the 3rd of July. However, the foundation of the Faculty as party of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Alsancak dates earlier, to the year 1971. The Faculty has been moved to its new building in Buca, Tınaztepe, Kaynaklar Campus in 2004.
Since the beginning of undergraduate architectural education with 12 students in 1972, the Faculty has gone through a number of new developments that have various legal and institutional reflections. One of such is the start of undergraduate education in urban planning with the foundation of the Department of City and Regional Planning in 1979. In time, the two Departments of Architecture and City Planning has taken a prominent place in the establishment of different institutional bodies as part of first the Aegean University Engineering Sciences, Academy of Engineering and Architecture (1971), secondly Aegean University Faculty of Fine Arts (1975), then Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (1982), and finally Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture (1992).

Qualification Awarded

Ph. D. in Urban Design

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) diploma; minimum 80/100 or 3/4 Cumulative Grade Point Average, minimum score of 60 from the National Central Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field; a minimum score of 70 from the graduate school entrance exam; a minimum score of 60 from the nation-wide Foreign Language Exam ( YDS ) or equivalent score from an exam accredited by YÖK.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

The cities occupy a crucial role in daily living practices as areas where economical relations are established and organized on the one hand, and where social culture is being produced on the other. While economical profitability is dependent upon spatial fluidity, functionality and facilities offered by the cities, cultural structure, which is the inevitable imperative for social re-production, is realized through those experiences attained over urban space. In this respect, to the extent that cities can provide for facilities as places of economical and social communication, sound and successful processes can be attained along the line of development extending from the individual to the society. Searches for reaching livable environments undoubtedly do not interfere with organization of merely the built environment. The naturality of the relations between the natural and urban environments bears important connections with the harmony between man and nature.
The Department of City and Regional Planning deals with the city as the re-production area social and economical processes and the organization of urban spaces. This area of interest comprises the relations between nature and built environments. In national, regional, urban and sub-urban regions, planning should be able to create not only such spatial organizations that can maximize economical profitability, but also such spatial opportunities where the society can express and re-produce its cultural identity.

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Ability to comprehend the interaction between urban design and other disciplines to develop analytical evaluations and derive original results
2   Ability to develop a new scientific technique or to adopt a known technique to urban design and to bring novelty in urban planning.
3   Developing contemporary and advanced level theoretical approaches and searches in urban design through original thought and research.
4   Ability to use and interpret different knowledge types in developing original problem solving techniques in design.
5   Ability to interpret the interaction between space and individual.
6   Ability to contribute to the solution of problems through promoting the development of social, scientific, cultural, aesthetic, and ethic values related with urban design discipline and ability to be active in decision making.
7   Ability to derive the advanced information from various environments pertaining to scientific, technological, aesthetic, historical and cultural environments that will enable the theory and practice integrity in urban design.
8   Evaluating the reflections of cultural diversity within the planning and design system.
9   Ability to possess the knowledge pertaining to the usage principles of natural and physical resources.
10   Developing the design tools and techniques to the improve the quality of life quality for disadvantaged groups.
11   Graphical representation ability to support visual communication (Ability to represent each phase of analysis, synthesis and design formally.).
12   Written and oral communication ability including following literature in foreign languages and expressing ideas academically in discussions.
13   Recognising the individual as the subject and object of urban design, examining the effects of implementations on the individual and searches for solutions.
14   Gaining knowledge and consciousness of nature and natural resource.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Alumni are employed in the public sector (ministries and affiliated provincial organizations, municipalities) and private sector (private offices, appraisal companies, and so on).

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

In addition to the compulsory courses of the programme, students register to elective courses appropriate for their thesis topic, on the consent of their supervisor. If necessary, on the consent of their supervisor, they can also register to courses from other programmes (from DEU or other universities).
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
 
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 30
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 FBE 6666 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 2 PLN 6098 PH.D. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
3 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 PLN 6094 PH.D. SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 3 0 5
G 2 PLN 6098 PH.D. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
4 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 PLN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
5 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 PLN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
6 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 PLN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
7 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 PLN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
8 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 PLN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
FLEXIBLE ELECTIVE COURSE ACCORDING TO ECTS
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
Z 1 URD 5031 ECOLOGY AND URBAN DESIGN RELATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 2 PLN 5093 APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR PLANNERS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7
Z 3 PLN 5091 SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4
Z 4 URD 5109 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 5 URD 6017 URBAN RENEWAL ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 6 URD 5135 TOWNSCAPE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 7 URD 5125 URBAN DESIGN PROJECT I ELECTIVE 4 4 0 12
Z 8 URD 5123 BUILDING DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 9 URD 5121 INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 10 URD 5115 HOUSING DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 11 URD 5111 SECTORAL PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 12 URD 5133 CONCEPT OF URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 13 URD 5129 URBAN DESIGN PRACTICE ELECTIVE 0 4 0 6
Z 14 URD 5127 FURNISHING THE CITY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 15 URD 5119 ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 16 URD 5117 HERITAGE DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 17 URD 5107 PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 18 CON 5081 RELATION OF URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
Z 19 URD 5157 DESIGNING HEALTHY CITIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 20 URD 5053 URBAN HOUSING POLICY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 21 URD 5065 URBAN FORM AND FUNCTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 22 URD 5091 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
Z 23 URD 5073 BUILDING BLOCK DESIGN CRITERIAS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 24 URD 5029 STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 25 URD 5182 MEASURING WALKING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 26 URD 5026 AESTHETICS IN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 27 URD 5110 ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 28 URD 5108 CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE IN URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6
Z 29 URD 5080 POLITICS, SPACE AND SCALE QUESTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 30 URD 5176 DESIGN OF CITY CENTERS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 31 URD 5174 DESIGN FOR TOURISM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 32 URD 5146 HERITAGE PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 33 URD 5138 URBAN WATERFRONTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 34 URD 5136 STREETS FOR PEOPLE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 35 URD 5134 ECOLOGICAL TOTALITY, SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AND URBAN APPROACHES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 36 URD 5132 RECREATION AND URBAN DESIGN RELATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 37 URD 5118 URBAN NETWORK ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 38 URD 5088 AESTHETICS SPACE AND URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 39 URD 5180 URBAN DESIGN THEORIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 40 URD 5178 RESEARCH METHODS IN URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8
Z 41 URD 5184 CHILD RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 42 URD 5126 URBAN DESIGN PROJECT-II ELECTIVE 4 4 0 9
 

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylul University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades. The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Third Cycle (Doctor of Philosophy) Programme is comprised of courses (at least 67 ECTS),Ph.D.Seminar (5 ECTS), Ph. D. Research (18 ECTS) / Ph. D. Thesis (150 ECTS) courses, thesis proposal, doctoral qualifying examination and thesis examination with a total credit of 240 ECTS. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of the Department: Prof.Dr.Hülya KOÇ
Phone : +90 (232) 301 84 79 / +90 (232) 301 84 64
e-mail: hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr
Adres: D.E.Ü. Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Doğuş Cad. No:209 35160 Buca/ İZMİR