COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RECREATION AND PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5024 RECREATION AND PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MERCAN EFE GÜNEY

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to examine recreation as one of the most basic concepts of physical planning in conceptual and factual means. Discussions held during the course will evaluate the concept on scale of urban planning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to list the concepts related to recreation
2   to describe the elements that constitute the need of recreation
3   to interpret possibilities and limits in involving the notion of recreation in physical space
4   to analyze development plans in context of physiological recreation
5   to integrate the features of physical planning approach with recreation
6   to evaluate the importance of recreational planning in formation of urban areas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual Framework: tiredness weariness; physiological tiredness psychic tiredness; vigilance monotony; extreme tiredness - aging
2 Conceptual Framework: recreation, physiological recreation, psychic recreation, social recreation, meta-physical recreation
3 Concept of recreation in relation to: recreation time interaction recreation space interaction recreation working interaction recreation housing interaction recreation city interaction
4 Factors creating the need for recreation Working conditions: physical conditions, technical conditions, organizational conditions, human relations social atmosphere , other conditions
5 State of Education Shelter conditions Bio-climatic conditions
6 Mid-term exam
7 Human reactions for creation of the need for recreation Constitution, motivation, style of life, special state of women
8 Phenomenon of Recreation What is Lack of Recreation
9 What is Level of Recreation
10 Mid-term exam
11 What does the Need for Recreation mean
12 Potentials and limits of utilization of the notion of recreation on physical space
13 Examination of development plans in context of physiological recreation
14 Examination of development plans in context of physiological recreation

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s): Ergin, Ş., (1977), Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des
Ausgleichs von Arbeitsbelastungen durch die
Freiraumplanung an der Arbeitsstaette, Dissertation,
D.83, Nr.26, TU-Berlin

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is conducted as lectures, discussions and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 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

Listing and Describing activities are evaluated by the Exams. Analysis, Integration, Interpretation and Evaluation activities are assessed by the Take Home which represents the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is conducted as lectures, discussions and presentations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mercan.efe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:30-12:00, Friday 10:30:12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 5 35
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations
Preparing assignments 1 33 33
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61