COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3374 PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course intends to give students the ability to use English more effectively in professional terms by means of augmenting further use of planning terminology in foreign language, providing advanced access to foreign literature in planning and facilitating international communication via both audio and visual tools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To properly use basic planning terms and concepts in English as a foreign language
2   To express fundamental developments concerning the underlying vision of an urban design product, its objective framework, design and planning principles as well as implementation terms in a foreign language
3   To follow the current agenda of planning through literature survey in urban studies
4   To become skilled in use of professional terminology in English
5   To formulate professional debates in international environments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Planning Theory I (Comprehensive Planning)
2 Planning Theory II (Piecemeal Planning and Comprehensive Planning; comparative analysis)
3 Planning Theory III (Other theories of planning, radical planning, advocative planning, participatory planning etc.)
4 Comparison of approaches and current debates in planning (fragmentation of planning)
5 Interim Exam
6 Documentary on New York DVD
7 Documentary on New York DVD cont. and discussion on New York and its planning
8 Discussion on New York and its planning
9 Documentary on Paris DVD
10 Documentary on Paris DVD cont. and discussion on New York and its planning
11 Discussion on Paris and its planning
12 Documentary on London DVD
13 Documentary on London DVD cont. and discussion on New York and its planning
14 Discussion on London and its planning
15 Preparation to the final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

http://www.newurbanism.org
http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org
http://www.smartgrowthplanning.org
http://www.lincolninst.edu/subcenters/vd/
http://www.planetizen.com
Discovery series documentary films

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, documentary film shows, presentations and reading activities.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Proper use and expression of varying subjects are assessed by the Interim Exam.
Following the agenda and becoming skilled are assessed by the Term Paper.
Formulating debates is assessed by the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 09.30-10:30; Friday 09:30-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Final Exam 1 2 2
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 20 20
Final exam 1 2 2
Interim exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.4111
LO.511