COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURE, IDENTITY AND SOCIETY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3002 CULTURE, IDENTITY AND SOCIETY COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR GAMZE ERDOĞAN

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Scope of the lecture is to examine community, individual, sub-community groups, culture and identity (sub-identities) with the help of examples on historical and contemporary urban settlements, globalization, post-modernism, meanning, tranformation, immigration, population, sheltering, gentrification in Turkey and other world cities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Conceive the relationship between community and induvidual.
2   Perceive the aspect of culture and identity on spaces.
3   Conceive the new meanning of culture and identity
4   Understand the terms of industrial revolution, modernism, post-modernism, no-identity, globalization and determine present community.
5   Produce proposals on urban regeneration

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions of culture and identity
2 Community groups and sub-groups
3 Aspects of individual, community, environment and identity on spaces, and examination examples on historical and contemporary settlements.
4 Industry revolution, modernism, post-modernism, no-identity, globalization, sense of new culture and identity.
5 Tranformation of daily life and public space
6 Tranformation of urban life, immigration, increases on population, need of sheltering, preferences of dwelling, gated communities.
7 mid term exam
8 New approaches on urban and gentrification
9 Experiences on urban design and applications .
10 Presentation 1
11 Presentation 2
12 Presentation 3
13 Presentation 4
14 Presentation 5

Recomended or Required Reading

Rapoport, A., 1969, House Form and Culture, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall. Rapoport, A., 1977, Human Aspects of Urban Form, New York, Pergamon Rapoport, A., 2004, Kültür, Mimarlık Tasarım, Yapı Yayınları, ISBN:9758599526
Lefebvre, H. (2007). Modern Dünyada Gündelik Hayat, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul.

Özden, P.P.(2008). Kentsel Yenilme, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara.

Kurtuluş, H. (2005). Istanbul'da Kentsel Ayrışma, Araştırma Dizisi, Bağlam Yayınları, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Presentation

Assessment Methods

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

1. LO 1-5:The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.

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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.14354
LO.24535
LO.3444455
LO.45445
LO.545554