DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: M.Sc. City and Regional Planning

General Description

History

Architectural education in the city of Izmir has first been offered in 1963 by Aegean Engineering and Architectural Private School, which has been founded at Buca, Izmir. Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture has then been established in 1992, on the 3rd of July. However, the foundation of the Faculty as party of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Alsancak dates earlier, to the year 1971. The Faculty has been moved to its new building in Buca, Tınaztepe, Kaynaklar Campus in 2004.
Since the beginning of undergraduate architectural education with 12 students in 1972, the Faculty has gone through a number of new developments that have various legal and institutional reflections. One of such is the start of undergraduate education in urban planning with the foundation of the Department of City and Regional Planning in 1979. In time, the two Departments of Architecture and City Planning has taken a prominent place in the establishment of different institutional bodies as part of first the Aegean University Engineering Sciences, Academy of Engineering and Architecture (1971), secondly Aegean University Faculty of Fine Arts (1975), then Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (1982), and finally Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture (1992).

Qualification Awarded

M.Sc. in City and Regional Planning

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

2 years (excluding one year of English Preparatory School), 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

The cities occupy a crucial role in daily living practices as areas where economical relations are established and organized on the one hand, and where social culture is being produced on the other. While economical profitability is dependent upon spatial fluidity, functionality and facilities offered by the cities, cultural structure, which is the inevitable imperative for social re-production, is realized through those experiences attained over urban space. In this respect, to the extent that cities can provide for facilities as places of economical and social communication, sound and successful processes can be attained along the line of development extending from the individual to the society. Searches for reaching livable environments undoubtedly do not interfere with organization of merely the built environment. The naturality of the relations between the natural and urban environments bears important connections with the harmony between man and nature.
The Department of City and Regional Planning deals with the city as the re-production area social and economical processes and the organization of urban spaces. This area of interest comprises the relations between nature and built environments. In national, regional, urban and sub-urban regions, planning should be able to create not only such spatial organizations that can maximize economical profitability, but also such spatial opportunities where the society can express and re-produce its cultural identity.

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Ability to design and conduct urban research and analyze and interpret research findings.
2   Ability to interpret and use knowledge pertaining to contemporary issues in problem solving.
3   Ability to develop comprehensive strategies to guide implementation.
4   Ability to comprehend the occupational and ethical responsibilities.
5   Ability to mediate, resolve conflicts, work together, supervise and to comprehend the leadership position of planner in planning process.
6   Ability to achieve and evaluate spatial planning practice within social, economic, cultural and political framework.
7   Ability to understand the importance of stakeholders in planning and to define the effects of public participation in planning process.
8   Ability to interpret the effects of local traditions and historical heritage in urban and regional planning.
9   Ability to determine the contextual needs for urban planning and to develop appropriate solutions to supply these needs.
10   Ability to interpret the urban planning experiences of different countries and their historic, local, climatic, technological, socio-economic and cultural causes.
11   Graphical representation ability to support visual communication (Ability to support presentations by hand drawings and advanced technical software, and to represent each phase of analysis, synthesis and design formally.)
12   Written and oral communication ability including following up literature in foreign languages and expressing ideas academically in discussions.
13   Associating the principles of social justice with urban planning.
14   Gaining knowledge and consciousness of nature and natural resource.
15   Recognising the individual as the subject and object of urban planning, examining the effects of implementations on the individual and searches for solutions.
16   Gaining knowledge about the theoretical and practical approaches in rural planning and experience of field surveys.
17   Gaining knowledge about the theoretical and practical approaches in changing dynamics in regional development and industrial planning and experience of field surveys.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Alumni are employed in the public sector (ministries and affiliated provincial organizations, municipalities) and private sector (private offices, appraisal companies, and so on).

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

In addition to the compulsory courses of the programme, students register to elective courses appropriate for their thesis topic, on the consent of their supervisor. If necessary, on the consent of their supervisor, they can also register to courses from other programmes (from DEU or other universities).
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 PLN 5067 URBAN PLANNING RESEARCH COMPULSORY 4 4 0 13
G 2 PLN 5093 APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR PLANNERS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 7
G 3 FBE 5555 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
G 4 PLN 5098 M.SC. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 2
TOTAL:   30
 
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 PLN 5013 TECHNIQUES OF PROJECT EVALUATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 2 PLN 5101 CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 3 PLN 5017 NEW SETTLEMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 4 PLN 5023 HOUSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 5 PLN 5037 CAPITAL ACCUMULATION RELATIONS IN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 6 PLN 6015 EXAMINATION OF PLANNING CONCEPTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 7 PLN 5051 APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PLANNERS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6
G 8 PLN 5041 NEW POLICIES - NEW DYNAMICS IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 9 PLN 5045 URBAN AND URBAN SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 10 PLN 5053 ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF URBAN AREAS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 11 PLN 5055 LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF URBAN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 12 PLN 5057 PLANNING TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 13 PLN 5061 RURAL TRANSFORMATION AND VILLAGE STUDIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4
G 14 PLN 5063 RURAL AREAS, AGRICULTURE PROBLEM AND CAPITALISM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4
G 15 PLN 5087 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 16 PLN 5059 HOUSING PROBLEM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 17 PLN 5065 ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 18 PLN 5069 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS METHODS IN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
G 19 PLN 5089 USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN CITY PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 20 PLN 5091 SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4
G 21 PLN 5015 RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 PLN 5096 M.SC. SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 3
B 2 PLN 5070 PLANNNING THEORY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5
B 3 PLN 5068 URBAN PLANNING STUDIO COMPULSORY 4 4 0 14
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 8
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 PLN 5016 RURAL PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 2 PLN 5080 DISASTER AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN URBAN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 3 PLN 5022 ECOLOGICAL PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 4 PLN 5024 RECREATION AND PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 5 PLN 5028 TOWNSCAPE ON ROUTES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 6 PLN 5030 SOCIAL POLICY IN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 7 PLN 5048 MODERNITY, POSTMODERNITY, CITY AND SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 8 PLN 6016 SUSTAINABILITY AND PHYSICAL PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 9 PLN 6018 THEORY AND ACTION RELATIONSHIP IN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 10 PLN 6020 OTHERS AND PHYSICAL PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 11 PLN 5050 ORAL HISTORY OF SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 12 PLN 5052 THE STRUCTURE OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIAL PORDUCTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 13 PLN 5056 ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSES AND PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 14 CON 5082 NATURE CONSERVATION AND PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 15 PLN 5060 TECHN.OF CONS.OF HIST.URBAN ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 16 PLN 5062 PLANNING OF IND.DEV.IN URBAN AREAS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 17 PLN 5064 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN URBAN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 18 PLN 5066 URBAN GROWTH AND FRINGE PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 19 PLN 5072 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MODELING WITHIN THE URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 20 PLN 5074 INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
B 21 PLN 5076 INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3
B 22 PLN 5078 TRAFFIC INDUCED NOISE AND VIBRATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3
B 23 PLN 5018 URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 0 4 0 5
 
3 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 30
TOTAL:   30
 
3 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
 

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylul University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades.
The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 54 ECTS), M. Sc. seminar (3 ECTS), M. Sc. Research (3 ECTS) and M. Sc. Thesis (60 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of the Department: Prof.Dr.Hayat ZENGİN ÇELİK
E-Posta : hayat.zengin@deu.edu.tr
Telefon : +90 (232) 301 83 58/ +90 (232) 301 84 68
Adres: D.E.Ü. Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Adatepe Mahallesi, Doğuş Cad. No:207/K 35390 Buca / İZMİR