COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS METHODS IN PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5069 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS METHODS IN PLANNING 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIBEL ECEMIŞ KILIÇ

Offered to

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

Course Objective

This course aims at defining research and analysis, presenting research theories, research concepts and operations, getting to comprehend planning research methods, interpreting the data and data presentation, analysing the relationships between land use analysis and planning, proposing an integrated analysis and revising the actual research phase of Turkish planning system .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define research and analysis (knowledge)
2   will be able to list different research theories and concepts (Knowledge),
3   will be able to describe planning research methods (Comprehension),
4   will be able to interprete the data (Application),
5   will be able to relate planning to land use analysis (Analysis).
6   will be able to propose a new (normative) integrated analysis (Synthesis),
7   will be able to revise the actual research pratice (Evaluation).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Methods for Urban Research
2 Research Theory and Designs
3 Research Concepts and Operations
4 Urban Simulation and Prediction
5 Methods for Urban Policy Analysis
6 Data and Data Presentation
7 Demographic Analysis
8 Regional Economy
9 Transportation Analysis
10 Integrated Analysis
11 Case Studies
12 On the Revision of the Research Phase of the Current System
13 General evaluation
14 Homework presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Wang X. And Rainer v. H. (2007), Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning,
Springer, Berlin.
Supplementary Book: Bracken I. (2007), Urban Planning Methods: research and policy analysis, Methuen,
London.
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in 7th Week and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71

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