COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISB 5033 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI EKBER GÜLERSOY

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to present; necessity of regional development; relationships between regional development and natural geographical locations, rural-urban, socio cultural and economical activities, agricultural reform and land use planning; development approaches; and applications from the World and Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyze the development within regional scope.
2   To be able to establish relationship between regional development and natural geographical locations, rural-urban, socio cultural and economical activities ( rural-urban integration).
3   To be able to make comparisons by knowing examples in the World and Türkiye of regional development.
4   To be able to analyze regional development in the World and Türkiye within the scope of theories, approaches, policy, plans, regional features and innovations.
5   To be able to question relationships between regional development and agricultural reform and land use planning.
6   Relationships between regional development and national development.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Giving information about the course outline and references.
2 Region concept and its change in the course of time.
3 Relationships between regional development and natural geographical locations.
4 Development and regional development.
5 Regional development theories.
6 Regional disparity/imbalance and planning hierarchy.
7 New developments in regional planning.
8 MID-TERM EXAM + New developments in regional planning.
9 Regional planning as a means of regional development.
10 Regional development in Tenth Five-Year Development Plan of Türkiye, and Regional Development Agencies.
11 Approaches to regional development in the World and Türkiye.
12 Regional planning experiences in the World and Türkiye.
13 Relationship between regional development and agricultural reform-land use planning.
14 Relationships between regional development and national development.
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

ÖZGÜR, E.M., (2010), Bölgesel Kalkınma, A.Ü. DTCF Coğrafya Bölümü Ders Notları, Ankara.
GÜNDÜZ, A.Y., (2006), Bölgesel kalkınma Politikası- Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa.
ILDIRAR, M., (2004), Bölgesel Kalkınma ve Gelişme Stratejileri, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
TEKELI, I., (2008), Türkiye'de Bölgesel Eşitsizlik ve Bölge Planlama Yazıları, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
DEDEOĞLU, S. ve SUBAŞAT, T., (2004), Kalkınma ve Küreselleşme, Bağlam Yayıncılık, Istanbul.
GLASSON, J., (1980), Regional Planning, Hutchinson.
INGHAM, B., (1995), Economics and Development. McGraw-Hill, London.
KEEBLE, D.E., (1967), "Models of Ekonomic Development", Socio-Economic Models in Geography, (ed.), P.Haggett ve R.J.Chorley, London.
UZAY, N., (2005) Bölgesel Gelişmişlik Farklarının Giderilmesi ve Bölgesel Kalkınma Ajansları, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question-answer, brain storming, reading the related texts, report preparation and presentation.

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

Written examinations (with long and short answers).

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation in the course is essential.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.gulersoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 11.30-12.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 3 21
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 5 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1443424
LO.2453424
LO.345342
LO.4532
LO.5532
LO.6532