COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5086 LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION COMPULSORY 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 SIBEL ECEMIŞ KILIÇ

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning (Non-Thesis)
M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning

Course Objective

This course is aimed to provide basic legal principles and international agreements/declarations/regulations and planning legislations in Turkey which are considered the preparation and implementation of conservation plans. Students have also information about legislative powers and responsibilities of authorized agencies and institutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to follow international regulations on the protection of cultural
2   will be able to define legislations and professional and ethical responsibilities for the protection of cultural heritage,
3   will be able to recognize the cultural assets and related legislation,
4   will be able to recognize the institutional set for the protection of cultural assets,
5   will be able to associate conservation planning with the legislation,
6   will be able to evaluate existing protection legislation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance of natural and cultural heritage and why should be protected
2 International developments on the protection of cultural and natural heritage
3 Important international declarations and their contents
4 Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe
5 Development process of regulations on the conservation of cultural and natural heritage in Turkey-1
6 Development process of regulations on the conservation of cultural and natural heritage in Turkey-2
7 Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection Act (2863) and its contents
8 Responsible institutions and organizations and their duties for the protection af cultural and natural heritage in our country
9 Regulations about taking decision of conservation
10 Regulations concerning the preparation of conservation plans
11 Fiscal arrangements for the protection of cultural and natural heritage
12 The High Council Resolutions-1
13 The High Council Resolutions-2
14 Homework presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Ahunbay, Z. (1996). Tarihi Cevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, Istanbul, Yem Yayin. Kejanli, T. Akin C.T. &Yilmaz, A., (2007). Turkiye de Koruma Yasalarinin Tarihsel Gelisimi Uzerine Bir Inceleme Elektronik Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (www.e-sosder.com) , 6:19, 179-196
Orbasli, A.(2000). Tourists in Historic Towns: Urban Conservation and Heritage Management.London, UK: Spon Press http://site.ebrary.com/lib/deulibrary/Doc id=10054200&ppg=13
Pendlebury, J. (1999). The Conservation of Historic Areas in to UK, A Case Study of Grainge Town , Cities, 16:6, 423-433
Rogers, P. (1982). Conservation and Implementation in R. Zetter(ed.) Conservation of Buildings in Developing Countries, Oxford:Oxford Polytechnic. Tekeli, I.(1991). Kentlesme Planlamasi Konusmalari, Ankara, TMMOB Mimarlar Odasi Yayini
International Declerations
National Regulations on the Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection Act (2863) and other regulations
The High Council Resolutions

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61