COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CITIES OF THE WORLD

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YÖN 4216 CITIES OF THE WORLD ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR ELIF YÜCEBAŞ

Offered to

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS (Evening)
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Course Objective

To be able to to know and understand cities, places, architecture, people, art, daily life and history of the world. Also to give an understand about the cultural differences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify cities of the world
2   Being able to classify cities
3   Being able to evaluate properties of cities
4   Being able to explaine historical process of cities.
5   Being able to evaluate differences between cities.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Development of concepts about cities
2 History of cities
3 Cities before industrialization
4 Globalization and city
5 Global City
6 Sustainable city
7 Midterm
8 Midterm
9 Research of city
10 Research of city
11 Research of city
12 Research of city
13 Research of city
14 Research of city

Recomended or Required Reading

TEXTBOOK(S): Ayşegül MENGI, Kent Ve Politika Antik Kentten Dünya Kentine, , Imge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY BOOK(S): Ilhan TEKELI, Kent, Kentli Hakları, Kentleşme ve Küresel Dönüşüm, , Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, 2011.
Bülent DURU, 20. Yüzyıl Kenti, , Imge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2002.
Materials: Current articles about subjects.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Questions & Answers
3. Discussion and case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes will be assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232- 3012563 elif.yucebas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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