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 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

M.Sc. in Urban Design

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, 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 cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. 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

2 years (excluding one year of English Preparatory School), 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

The cities occupy a crucial role in daily living practices as areas where economical relations are established and organized on the one hand, and where social culture is being produced on the other. While economical profitability is dependent upon spatial fluidity, functionality and facilities offered by the cities, cultural structure, which is the inevitable imperative for social re-production, is realized through those experiences attained over urban space. In this respect, to the extent that cities can provide for facilities as places of economical and social communication, sound and successful processes can be attained along the line of development extending from the individual to the society. Searches for reaching livable environments undoubtedly do not interfere with organization of merely the built environment. The naturality of the relations between the natural and urban environments bears important connections with the harmony between man and nature.
The Department of City and Regional Planning deals with the city as the re-production area social and economical processes and the organization of urban spaces. This area of interest comprises the relations between nature and built environments. In national, regional, urban and sub-urban regions, planning should be able to create not only such spatial organizations that can maximize economical profitability, but also such spatial opportunities where the society can express and re-produce its cultural identity.

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Developing skills to use qualitative data in planning and design.
2	Ability to interpret and use knowledge pertaining to contemporary issues in problem solving.
3	Ability to identify the different roles that enhance the individual abilities and to perform successful studies as a member of design team.
4	Ability to reinforce the implementation techniques obtained at the urban design scale via advanced technical means.
5	Ability to interpret the effects of local traditions and historical heritage in urban design.
6	Ability to interpret the differences of needs, desires, behavioural, social and spatial patterns that characterize different cultures.
7	Ability to determine the contextual needs for urban design and to develop appropriate solutions that will supply these needs.
8	Ability to interpret urban planning experiences of different countries and the underlying historical, local, climatic, technological, socio-economic, and cultural factors.
9	Ability to design supportive materials and details in holistic design
10	Ability to use norms, standards and regulations required for the development of ecologically-sensitive design principles in urban design.
11	Graphical representation ability to support visual communication (Ability to support presentations by hand drawings and advanced technical software, and to represent each phase of analysis, synthesis and design formally.)
12	Written and oral communication ability including following up literature in foreign languages and expressing ideas academically in discussions.
13	Developing the theoretical approaches and searches in the field of urban design at the professional level.
14	Gaining knowledge and consciousness of nature and natural resource.
15	Recognising the individual as the subject and object of urban design, examining the effects of implementations on the individual and searches for solutions.
16	Ability to interpret the spatial reflections of policies related to planning and design.

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 third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	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). PLN 5005, URD 5129, URD 5133, URD 5125, URD 5102, URD 5104, URD 5126 are obligatory for all students. URD 5107 course (A,L, UDL, IndD) is obligatory at first semester. URD 5109 course (CP, L, UDL, IndD) is obligatory at first semester. URD 5111 course (A) is obligatory at first semester. URD 5029 course (CP) is obligatory at first semester. PLN 5096 M. Sc. Seminar course is obligatory at third semester. ACRONYMS ABOUT COURSES: CP : City Planner; A : Architect; L : Landscape Architect; UDL : Urban Designer and Landscape Architect; IndD : Industrial Designer
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	1	FBE 5555	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	2	PLN 5093	APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR PLANNERS	COMPULSORY	2	2	0	7
G	3	URD 5181	URBAN DESIGN PROJECT I	COMPULSORY	4	4	0	9
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	9
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	URD 5031	ECOLOGY AND URBAN DESIGN RELATIONS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	2	URD 5193	CONCEPT OF URBAN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	3	URD 5065	URBAN FORM AND FUNCTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	4	URD 5091	COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
G	5	URD 5073	BUILDING BLOCK DESIGN CRITERIAS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	6	CON 5081	RELATION OF URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
G	7	URD 5117	HERITAGE DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	8	URD 5119	ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	9	URD 5127	FURNISHING THE CITY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	10	URD 5115	HOUSING DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	11	URD 5121	INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	12	URD 5123	BUILDING DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	13	URD 5135	TOWNSCAPE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	14	URD 6017	URBAN RENEWAL	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	15	PLN 5091	SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4
G	16	URD 5157	DESIGNING HEALTHY CITIES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	17	URD 5179	PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3
G	18	URD 5183	SECTORAL PLANNING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3
G	19	URD 5185	URBAN DESIGN PRACTICE	ELECTIVE	0	4	0	6
G	20	URD 5187	PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3
G	21	URD 5189	STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3
G	22	URD 5053	URBAN HOUSING POLICY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	PLN 5096	M.SC. SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	2	PLN 5098	M.SC. RESEARCH	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3
B	3	URD 5192	RESEARCH METHODS IN URBAN DESIGN	COMPULSORY	2	2	0	7
B	4	URD 5180	URBAN DESIGN THEORIES	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	7
B	5	URD 5126	URBAN DESIGN PROJECT-II	COMPULSORY	4	4	0	9
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	1
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	URD 5026	AESTHETICS IN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	2	URD 5184	CHILD RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	3	URD 5118	URBAN NETWORK	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	4	URD 5132	RECREATION AND URBAN DESIGN RELATIONS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	5	URD 5134	ECOLOGICAL TOTALITY, SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AND URBAN APPROACHES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	6	URD 5136	STREETS FOR PEOPLE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	7	URD 5138	URBAN WATERFRONTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	8	URD 5146	HERITAGE PLANNING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	9	URD 5174	DESIGN FOR TOURISM	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	10	URD 5176	DESIGN OF CITY CENTERS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	11	URD 5080	POLITICS, SPACE AND SCALE QUESTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	12	URD 5108	CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE IN URBAN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	6
B	13	URD 5110	ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	14	URD 5182	MEASURING WALKING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	15	URD 5088	AESTHETICS SPACE AND URBAN DESIGN	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7

3 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	30
TOTAL:								30

3 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS

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

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 81 ECTS), M. Sc. Seminar (3 ECTS), M. Sc. Research (6 ECTS) and M. Sc. Thesis (30 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. 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 Adatepe Mahallesi, Doğuş Cad. No:207/K 35390 Buca / İZMİR

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