Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
		ELECTIVE

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR EMINE DUYGU KAHRAMAN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Design for all approach is the intervention on the built environment accessible to everyone, conceived and without being dependent on anyone, will be available in a natural fashion. The aim of this course is to gain the necessary understanding and skills required for design for all approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	At the end of this course, students will be able to define the concept of design for all
2	will be able to list the principles of design for all, universal design and inclusive design
3	will be able to describe the means of the principles of design for all in practice

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	"1. Introduction, introduction to the concept of "Design for All"
2	2. Emergence and development of "design for all"
3	3. "Design for all" process models	Homework groups
4	4.Field Study - Homework
5	5.Learning disabilities, physical disabilities and illnesses
6	6. The "legal and institutional" awareness process in our country
7	7. Midterm Exam
8	8.Education Trip
9	9. No Lesson - Ramadan Festival
10	10. "Design for all" principles
11	11. "Design for all" principles
12	12. Examples of "design for all" applied in the urban environment
13	13.Examination of the samples
14	14.Examination of the samples
15	15. General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Evcil, Ayşe Nilay (2014): Herkes Için Tasarım - Evrensel Tasarım, Boğaziçi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Supplementary Book(s):
TMMOB Mimarlar Odası, Mimarlık dergisi, Dosya: Tasarıma Kapsayıcı Yaklaşım, sayı: 347, Mayıs-Haziran 2009, http://www.mimarlarodasi.org.tr/mimarlikdergisi
The EIDD Stockholm Declaration 2004, http://www.designforalleurope.org/
The City of Calgary (2010): Universal Design Handbook, Building Accessible and Inclusive Environments,
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/CNS/Documents/universal_design_handbook.pdf
Sacramento Transportation&Air Quality Collaborative (2005): Best Practices for Universal Design, http://www.sacta.org/pdf/STAQC/FinalReportII_BPUniversalDesign.pdf
References:
Materials: Web sources, design guidelines, handbooks, examples of best practices.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be sustained with lectures, visual presentations, homework presentations and discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FINS	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FINS * 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, listing and describing, will be measured by Midterm Examination,
Describing, defining, listing and analyzing will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

duygu.kahraman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday: 5-6

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exam	10	1	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparing presentations	0	0	0
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.2	PO.16
LO.1	1
LO.2		1
LO.3		1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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