Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

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 september 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

Ph. D. in Urban Design

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines. 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 or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. 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

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

The programme provides full-time and daytime education with a total of twenty-four faculty members.
- It enables different professional groups to increase their knowledge and skills in Urban Design and to specialize in a particular subject of urban design with their theses. There are no Double Majors and Minor Programme opportunities.
- The programme has an interdisciplinary structure in terms of profession. This is reflected in the urban design education program.
- It is aimed to bring an urban design vision to the professional roots of design discipline graduates in urban design education.
- There are practice-oriented project courses in the curriculum in line with frequently meeting students from different professions. These courses are conducted by faculty members from different disciplines.
- The studies of the project courses include in-depth research process where the information produced by the students within the scope of the course is directly used in the project studies in line with the data obtained.
- The final projects are evaluated by the jury system.
- One-to-one relationships can be established with the student in the project courses, and thus, different options can be produced on an individual basis by discussing with each student during the project courses due to the nature of the education.
- Contribution is ensured to the transformation of the spatial environments created by rapid urbanization into liveable environments and to the production of alternative solutions to the existing spatial functioning.
- Qualified people and urban design experts who are sensitive to human, nature, and cultural processes, have professional knowledge and skills, and have professional ethics are trained.
- It makes research to reveal the functioning of the existing systems in the field of urban design, to understand the processes related to the problems, and to reveal clues about the place for the vulnerable social groups to attain fairer living conditions.
- The ability to technically solve the problems of urban design through direct application.
Facilities Offered to Students:
- Computer laboratory (36 desktop computers)
- Projection system in the classrooms where the theoretical lessons are taught (5 units)
- Drawing desks in the studios reserved for project lessons (6 units)
- 1 mobile projector,
- 2 large and 2 small laptops to be used in lessons,
- 1 microphone + headphone system to be used in lessons,
- 5 hand-GPS, licensed Geomedia, licensed Netcad program
- 1 thesis and project archive and department library,
- 1 conference hall for 280 people in the faculty,
- There is a Computer Specialist and a Photography Specialist in the Faculty.

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Ability to comprehend the interaction between urban design and other disciplines to develop analytical evaluations and derive original results
2	Ability to develop a new scientific technique or to adopt a known technique to urban design and to bring novelty in urban planning.
3	Developing contemporary and advanced level theoretical approaches and searches in urban design through original thought and research.
4	Ability to use and interpret different knowledge types in developing original problem solving techniques in design.
5	Ability to interpret the interaction between space and individual.
6	Ability to contribute to the solution of problems through promoting the development of social, scientific, cultural, aesthetic, and ethic values related with urban design discipline and ability to be active in decision making.
7	Ability to derive the advanced information from various environments pertaining to scientific, technological, aesthetic, historical and cultural environments that will enable the theory and practice integrity in urban design.
8	Evaluating the reflections of cultural diversity within the planning and design system.
9	Ability to possess the knowledge pertaining to the usage principles of natural and physical resources.
10	Developing the design tools and techniques to the improve the quality of life quality for disadvantaged groups.
11	Graphical representation ability to support visual communication (Ability to represent each phase of analysis, synthesis and design formally.).
12	Written and oral communication ability including following literature in foreign languages and expressing ideas academically in discussions.
13	Recognising the individual as the subject and object of urban design, examining the effects of implementations on the individual and searches for solutions.
14	Gaining knowledge and consciousness of nature and natural resource.

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 post doctorate programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Unit Type	T	P	L	ECTS
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
ALL COURSES
Z	1	URD 5135	TOWNSCAPE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	2	URD 5184	CHILD RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	3	URD 5182	MEASURING WALKING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	4	PLN 5093	APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR PLANNERS	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	7
Z	5	PLN 5091	SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4
Z	6	URD 5026	AESTHETICS IN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	7	URD 5031	ECOLOGY AND URBAN DESIGN RELATIONS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	8	URD 5053	URBAN HOUSING POLICY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	9	URD 5065	URBAN FORM AND FUNCTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	10	URD 5088	AESTHETICS SPACE AND URBAN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	11	URD 5091	COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
Z	12	URD 5073	BUILDING BLOCK DESIGN CRITERIAS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	13	URD 5029	STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	14	URD 5107	PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	15	URD 5117	HERITAGE DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	16	URD 5119	ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	17	URD 5127	FURNISHING THE CITY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	18	URD 5129	URBAN DESIGN PRACTICE	ELECTIVE	0	4	0	6
Z	19	URD 5133	CONCEPT OF URBAN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	20	URD 5111	SECTORAL PLANNING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	21	URD 5115	HOUSING DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	22	URD 5121	INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	23	URD 5123	BUILDING DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	24	URD 5125	URBAN DESIGN PROJECT I	ELECTIVE	4	4	0	12
Z	25	URD 5157	DESIGNING HEALTHY CITIES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	26	URD 5118	URBAN NETWORK	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	27	URD 5132	RECREATION AND URBAN DESIGN RELATIONS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	28	URD 5134	ECOLOGICAL TOTALITY, SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AND URBAN APPROACHES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	29	URD 5136	STREETS FOR PEOPLE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	30	URD 5138	URBAN WATERFRONTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	31	URD 5146	HERITAGE PLANNING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	32	URD 5174	DESIGN FOR TOURISM	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	33	URD 5176	DESIGN OF CITY CENTERS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	34	URD 5080	POLITICS, SPACE AND SCALE QUESTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	35	URD 5108	CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE IN URBAN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	6
Z	36	URD 5110	ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	37	URD 5126	URBAN DESIGN PROJECT-II	ELECTIVE	4	4	0	9
Z	38	URD 6017	URBAN RENEWAL	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	39	URD 5109	PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	40	URD 5178	RESEARCH METHODS IN URBAN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	8
Z	41	URD 5180	URBAN DESIGN THEORIES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	42	CON 5081	RELATION OF URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
B	43	FBE 6666	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS	REQUIRED	3	0	0	5
B	44	PLN 6094	PH.D. SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	5
B	45	PLN 6099	PH.D. THESIS	THESIS	0	0	0	150
B	46	PLN 6098	PH.D. RESEARCH	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	9

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

Third Cycle (Doctor of Philosophy) Programme is comprised of courses (at least 67 ECTS),Ph.D.Seminar (5 ECTS), Ph. D. Research (18 ECTS) / Ph. D. Thesis (150 ECTS) courses, thesis proposal, doctoral qualifying examination and thesis examination with a total credit of 240 ECTS. 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 Doğuş Cad., Adatepe Mahallesi, No:207/K 35390 Buca / İZMİR

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