COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 2228 HUMAN AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÖZDE EKŞIOĞLU ÇETINTAHRA

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

In this course, it's aimed to discuss the interaction of human psychology with the physical and social environment through environmental psychology and urban design disciplines.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to learn the concepts and principles of environmental psychology.
2   to list the psychological, architectural and geographical variables that effects the perception of the environment.
3   to interpret the methods that analyse human and environment interactions.
4   to analyse the relation between environmental psychology and urban design.
5   to evaluate the effects of existing urban environments on human psychology within the scope of the principles that are learnt in the course.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, explaining the course content and assessment methods
2 Sence, perception and perceptional process
3 Conscience and environmental psychology: Psychological-Architectural-Geographical Background
4 Perception of the environment, environmental images, mental / cognitive maps
5 Physical space, personal and social environment characteristics that determine behavior
6 Perception of built environment: landscape-architecture-geography
7 Methodology and examples in environmental psychology studies Explaining the homework topic. Determining the homework groups.
8 Midterm Examination
9 Field study
10 Assignment Review
11 Assignment Review
12 Assignment Review
13 Assignment Presentations
14 Discussions on assignments Term evaluations
15 Final exam Final exam week

Recomended or Required Reading

Bechtel, R.B. ve Churchman, A. (2002). Handbook of environmental psychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Lang, J. (1987). Creating Architectural Theory: The Role of the Behavioral Sciences in Environmental Design.
Göregenli, M. (2010). Çevre Psikolojisi: Insan-Mekan Ilişkileri. Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi.
Valentin, J. ve Gamez, L. (2010). Environmental Psychology: New Developments. Nova Science Publishers.
Steg, L., Van Den Berg, A.E. ve De Groot, J.I. (2012). Environmental Psychology: An Introduction. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Ekşioğlu, G. (2010). Çevre Estetiğinin Konut Fiyatları Üzerindeki Etkisinin Hedonik Fiyat Yöntemi Ile Modellenmesi. (Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Izmir.
Ekşioğlu Çetintahra, G. ve Çubukçu, E. (2010). The influence of environmental aesthetics on economic value of housing: An empirical research on virtual environments. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 30 (2), 331-340.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through conference presentations and literature readings. Besides midterm exam, students will be required to prepare homework in the semester.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS Arasınav
2 SN Sunum
3 YYS Yarıyılsonu Notu
4 BNS Başarı Notu AS * 0.20 + SN * 0.30 + YYS * 0.50
5 BUT Bütünleme Notu
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu AS * 0.20 + SN * 0.30 + BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm (%20) + Presentation/Assignment (%30) + Final Exam (%50) + RESIT

Assessment Criteria

Learning and Listing will be evaluated by the Midterm Evaluation (%20). Analysis and Interpretation will be evaluated by Homework (%30). Interpretation, Analysis and Evaluation will be evaluated by the Final Exam (%50).
A midterm exam will be held throughout the semester and an assignment will be expected to be submitted. At assignment, student groups will be formed and a group work will be expected.
In the evaluation of homework presentation, it is mandatory for the student to submit and present the homework on the official dates. The students who do not present their homework on the official date will not be evaluated even if they've submitted their homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course has a method that can be described by conference presentations and readings. During the semester, students will be asked to prepare an assignment based on group work.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gozde.eksioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Student Presentations 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 2 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 77

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.211
LO.311
LO.41
LO.5111

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