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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PLN 6015	EXAMINATION OF PLANNING CONCEPTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MERCAN EFE GÜNEY

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims to examine the basic concepts related to physical planning. The concepts may have different definitions under different conditions. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to compare the use of these concepts in everyday life and in the literature, understand the potential effect of these concepts on social power.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	to list the elements in concept of planning, urban design, rural development and environment
2	to describe urbanization
3	to interpret the emergence of sustainability, restoration, natural site and cultural site
4	to analyze the importance of elements in urbanization and their interaction
5	to integrate the features of nature with urban production and the impacts of one upon the other
6	to evaluate the importance of nature and ecological planning in formation of urban areas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Concepts of planning urban planning rural planning
2	Space
3	Public benefit social benefit
4	Ecology natural ecology deep ecology urban ecology social ecology etc.
5	Sustainability
6	Conservation in situ natural conservation site urban conservation site
7	Consciousness of Nature
8	Energy ecologic energy
9	Presentation of Term Paper
10	Recreation physiological recreation psychic recreation social recreation
11	State of being organized in physical planning organized industrial zone organized tourism zone organized greenhouse zone
12	Human, self and the other
13	Modernism - Postmodernism
14	Discussion on Term paper presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s): - All documents which are about concepts
- Researches and thesis
- Current articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is conducted as lectures, discussions and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	PRS	PRESENTATION
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	PRS * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	PRS * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing and describing activities are evaluated by the Presentation. Analysis, Integration, Interpretation and Evaluation activities are assessed by the Take Home which represents the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course will continue in the form of conference presentations and discussions. Question-answer technique will also be used to increase students' interest / motivation for the lesson.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mercan.efe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:30-12:00, Friday 10:30:12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparing assignments	1	25	25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	7	5	35
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparing presentations	2	8	16
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1	1
LO.2		1
LO.3			1
LO.4				1
LO.5					1
LO.6						1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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