COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HOUSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 2998 HOUSING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ERDAL ONUR DIKTAŞ

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims to give basic knowledge and to discuss the uses of this information in the study of planning on the subjects. It is also aims to discuss the properties of hosing as a special product, characteristics of housing markets, the relation of housing supply and demand, forms of housing provision, housing finance and housing policy issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able to describe the housing problem according to its different functions
2   will be able to explain the concepts of housing supply, housing need, housing gap and housing demand and the relationship between the concepts.
3   will be able to express the characteristics of urban housing markets
4   will be able to interpret the effective variables about households housing choice
5   will be able to compare housing policies pursued in different periods in Turkey
6   will be able to compare the characteristics of different forms of housing provisions
7   will be able to analyze an existing housing area about forms of housing provisions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Week1: Discussing housing question, defining housing as a special product, housing as a basic human right
2 Week 2: Characteristics of housing markets, explaining and discussing distinctive features of housing markets than the other goods and services markets
3 Week 3: Variables affecting households housing choice, households characteristics, housing characteristics
4 Week 4: The concept of housing need, housing demand, the basic dimensions of housing demand, factors affecting the housing demand
5 Week 5:The concepts of static and dynamic housing gap, its calculations. Discussing the characteristics of different types of housing
6 Week 6: Housing density and relations between housing types, Different forms of housing provisions. Students will be given homework topics in this week.
7 Week 7: Mid-term Examination
8 Week 8: Individual housing provision, housing cooperatives housing provision, housing provision by small capital house builders
9 Week 9: Housing provision of housing cooperatives unions supported by Municipalities, housing provision of mass housing companies, squatter housing
10 Week 10: Concepts of housing policy and social housing policy, housing policies pursued in Turkey, housing statistics between 1950-2000 in Turkey.
11 Week 11: Housing provision after 2000's in Turkey. Housing statistics after 2000's in Turkey.
12 Week 12: Housing issues in Development Plans, housing renewal and housing relations. Homeworks will be finished till this week.
13 Week 13: Presenting and discussing of homeworks
14 Week 14: Presenting and discussing of homeworks

Recomended or Required Reading

Ilhan Tekeli, Konut Sorununu Konut Sunum Biçimleriyle Düşünmek, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010.
Ruşen Keleş, Kentleşme Politikası, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara,2006.
Türkiye Ulusal Komitesi, Habitat II Ulusal Rapor ve Eylem Planı, Ankara, 1996.
Ed. Yıldız Sey, 75 Yılda Değişen Kent ve Mimarlık, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı yayını, Istanbul, 1998.
Ed. Yıldız Sey, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu da Konut ve Yerleşme, Tarih Vakfı yayınları, Istanbul, 1996.
web sources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be carried out in the form of explanation supported by visuals, discussion and preparing a homework by researching a given question appropriately.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE 1 * 0.50 + MTE 2 * 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

Describing, explaining, interpreting and expressing will be measured by Midterm Examination,
Comparing and analysis will be measured by Homework,
Describing, explaining, interpreting , expressing and comparing will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course will be conducted in the form of lectures, visual presentations and discussions.
Each student is required to prepare a homework in the form of a report on the topics related to the content of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday 5-6

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Student Presentations 2 2 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 1 1
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 46

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.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71

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