COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4500 PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at giving introductory information on the profession of city planning, its professional organization system and its fields of implementation, ensuring that problems of the profession are well-understood and preparing the students for the profession.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the domain of city planning as a profession (conception)
2   To identify the problems prevailing the profession of city planning (conception)
3   To acknowledge the importance of getting professionally organized and the organization of the profession (conception)
4   To examine the professional standpoint in response to problems of implementation (analysis)
5   To take active role in solving problems in specific cases related to the profession (application)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Urban planning profession and business areas of the profession, problems in planning.
2 Organization of the planning profession, Chamber of City Planners Communication and information exchange with the Chamber of City Planners Izmir Branch. Term paper topics to be given
3 Ethics, professional ethics, working principles
4 Institutional opinions in the planning process
5 Professional Practice Panels - 1
6 Student presentations -1
7 Student presentations -2
8 Expertise practice in the profession
9 Student presentations -3 Submission of all assignments presentations were conducted
10 Professional Practice Panels - 2
11 Midterm Examination
12 Job applications, CV preparation, interview, reference
13 Academicianship, postgraduate education, career planning
14 Spatial planning professional practices abroad
15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

mevzuat.gov.tr
spo.org.tr
Kentsel Planlama Ansiklopedik Sözlük (Ninova Yayıncılık, 2012; 3.Baskı Eylül 2022)
Kentsel Rantlar, Planlama ve Kamu Yararı (Imge Yayınları, 2022)
Şehircilik Yazıları: Melih Ersoy (ODTÜ, Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayınları, 2018)
Kentsel Planlama Kuramları (Imge Yayınları, Ikinci Baskı 2012 )

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given in lectures. The students will be given term papers on the second week and term papers will be presented in class. In addition, panel discussions will be held with various invited professionals and seminar will also be organized for discussions of specific cases in solving problems of urban planning.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Definition and identification (conception) will be measured by the interim and final exams, while the examination and implementation (application) will be measured by the term papers.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be held in lectures, panel discussions, debates and term paper presentations.Topics on the urban agenda will be discussed in the first 15-20 minutes of 12 weeks of the programme and interactive participation of students is a must.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tolga.cilingir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.00-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparation for tutorial exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54