COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 6060 URBAN HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

To examine the socio-economic and political structures of cities;
To be informed about the origin and development processes of cities;
To interpret the functions of cities together with the past and the future.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn economic, social and spatial experiences of cities
2   To recognize political power, capital saving as a factor shaping cities.
3   To learn the development of capitals and their effects on urban policy
4   To compare Coastal town and kervan cities and multi cultural urban policies.
5   To learn the policies devleoped about urban problems in urban history.
6   To define future strategies and recognize urban transformation comparatively.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A General Overview of the course and Introduction Medieval Cities with their economic and political dimensions (general)
2 Episcopal Cities the Cities Established by religious functionaries, City and Urbanization in Anatolia
3 The Vatican City State
4 Commercial Cities Cities Established by Merchants
5 City and Urbanization in Anatolia
6 City and Urbanization in Anatolia
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 The Ottoman Cities
9 Do Cities Search for their Future in their Past
10 Cities and their Place in international agreements
11 New functions of cities, new phenomena
12 The analyses of cities new and old cases and today s connections
13 The analyses of cities new and old cases and today s connections
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Fritz Rorig (1945) , Avrupa Şehirlerinin Doğuş ve Gelişme Tarihi , Idare Dergisi, Çev. Cemil Ziya Şanbey, Yıl 16, Sayı 175, Temmuz-Ağustos.

Fritz,Rorig (1946) Avrupa Şehirlerinin Doğuş ve Gelişme Tarihi , Idare Dergisi, Çev. Cemil Ziya Şanbey, Yıl 17, Sayı 181, Temmuz- Ağustos.

Henri Pirene (1983): Ortaçağ Avrupasının Ekonomik ve Sosyal Tarihi, (Çeviren: Uygur Kocabaşoğlu), Iletişim, Istanbul.

Lewis Mumford (2007):Tarih Boyunca Kent Kökenleri, Geçirdiği Dönüşümler ve Geleceği, (Çeviren: Gürol Koca, Tamer Tosun), Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul

Supplementary Book(s): Doğu Akdeniz de Liman Kentleri(1800-1914),(1994); Ed.Çağlar Keyder, Tarih Vakfı Yayını, Istanbul.
Erkan Serçe (1998): Izmir de Belediye, Dokuz Eylül Yayınları, Izmir.

Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay (2000): Şehirler ve Kentler, Imge Kitabevi Yayıncılık.

Paul Dumont, Gregoire François Georgeon (1996): Modernleşme Sürecinde Osmanlı Kentleri (Çeviren Ali Berktay), Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** 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

Turkish

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545
LO.2545
LO.3545
LO.4545
LO.5545
LO.6545