COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBANIZATION AND HOUSING QUESTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4487 URBANIZATION AND HOUSING QUESTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at defining the category of developing country, identifing poverty phenomenon, analyzing developing countries with the conditions of the period of urbanization, interpreting the Turkish urbanization and analyzing the relationships between the urbanization process and urban transformation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define the developing country category (Knowledge)
2   will be able to understand the phenomenon of poverty (Knowledge)
3   will be able to analyze the housing problem in Türkiye (Comprehension),
4   will be able to evaluate housing practices in developing countries. (Application),
5   will be able to relate urbanization processes to urban transformation (Analysis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explanation of the course content, explanation of the teaching and evaluation contents of the course, basic definitions and concepts. The importance of housing and housing problem
2 Urban housing problem
3 Development definitions
4 Development - indicators
5 The characterictics of developing countries and urbanization processes. Homework topics will be handed out in this week.
6 Urbanization processes in developing countries
7 Urban poverty phenomenon
8 Mid term exam
9 Housing Problems and Housing Policy in Türkiye - I
10 Housing Problems and Housing Policy in Türkiye - II
11 Housing Problems and Housing Policy in Türkiye - III
12 Housing Problems and Housing Policy in Türkiye - IV Homeworks
13 Discussions on urban renewal
14 Discussions on urban renewal

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Supplemantary Book:
Davis, M. (2007), Gecekondu Gezegeni, G. Koca (çev.), Metis, Istanbul.
Işık, O. Ve Pınarcıoğlu, M. (2001), Nöbetleşe Yoksulluk: Sultanbeyli Örneği, Iletişim, Istanbul.
Keleş, Ruşen (2017): Kentleşme Politikası, 16. Baskı, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara.
Pınarcıoğlu, M, O.Işık (2001): Kentsel Yoksulların Ağ Ilişkileri: Sultanbeyli Örneği, Toplum ve Bilim, sayı.39, s.31-61.
Tekeli, Ilhan (2009): Konut Sorununu Konut Sunum Biçimleri ile Düşünmek, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
Tütengil, Cavit Orhan (1980): Az Gelişmenin Sosyolojisi, 3. Baskı. Ülken Yayınları.

Materials:
Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will continue acoording to the pandemic situations face to face or online education and synchronous lessons. In this context, lectures, powerpoint presentations, short videos, discussions will be taught.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Defining and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application) will be measured by Homework
Relating (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Assessment Criteria

Description and Listing (Information), Description (Comprehension) is measured by Midterm Exam and Homework.
Distance education continues in 2020-2021 Fall Semester. There will also be a mid-term exam (question and answer given for a long time) and a homework submission in this semester. Interpretation (Application) and Association (Analysis) are measured by Final Exam (as homework delivery).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The final exam content includes meeting records to be synchronized over Sakai, articles to be read, powerpoint to be uploaded to the site and other visual presentations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 1-2

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 10 2 20
Case study 4 2 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 15 15
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.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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