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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS PLN 5065 ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS ELECTIVE 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 EBRU ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis) City and Regional Planning City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Physical environment influences aesthetic evaluation and personal behavior. Research showed that environmental aesthetic is measurable despite being an abtsrcat concept. This course will foucs on environmental aesthetic literature to understand the personal, social, cultural and physical environmental parameters that influence environmental aesthetic evaluation and personal behavior

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the personal factors influencing environmental aesthetic evaluations 2   Understand the physical environmental factors influencing environmental aesthetic evaluations 3   Evaluate the relation between environmental aesthetics and personal behavior 4   Criticize the economic valuıe of environmental aesthetics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Aestehtics in arts and urban setting 2 The influence of aesthtics on environmental behavior 3 Aesthetic in residential environments 4 Aesthetic in urban environment 5 Aesthetic in natural settings 6 Discussions on literature 7 Discussions on literature 8 Presentation 9 Turkish municipalities practices for environmental aesthetics 10 Conduct an emprical research on environmental aesthetic 11 Conduct an emprical research on environmental aesthetic 12 Conduct an emprical research on environmental aesthetic 13 Report writing 14 Report writing

Recomended or Required Reading

Nasar, Jack L. (Hrsg). Environmental aesthetics. Theory, research and applications. New York: Cambridge University Press 1988

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.cubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 3 21 Preparing assignments 2 50 100 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 LO.3 1 1 LO.4 1 1