COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5111 SOCIOLOGY OF SPACE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAYAT ZENGIN ÇELIK

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to define the basic characteristics and differences of social structures before and after the industrial revolution; One of the most effective tools on which these different structures develop is the description of the city structure. Within the scope of the course, which will be explained by readings of society, socialization, political and cultural stance based on space, the focus will be on spatial and social structures changing with globalization and the relationship between space, society and identity will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define sociological point of view,
2   will be able to describe classical and modern social theories
3   will be abel to explain the society, socialization, political and cultural,
4   will be abel to released to query the spatial and social changes in the context,
5   will be abel to discuss the relationship between space, society and identity.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining sociological point of view, overview to theories of sociology
2 Classical social theories and critical approaches
3 Examination of modern social theories and different sociology schools' analyzes of society and city phenomena
4 Examining the effects of rational society models on socialization processes. (Homework topics will be handed out in this week)
5 Describe, the dominant determinant on the accumulation of space, production processes, editing styles which represents the unfolding scheme on modern societies
6 Theoretical frameworks that define the phenomenon of urban and urbanization and ve overview of the new conceptualizations of social sciences, shaped by changes in the last period
7 Scheme for the spatial representation schema of social groups and classes and examine the processes of change
8 Changing the subject's re-structured and structured as a field in the cities and urban structures, institutions and processes will be discussed
9 Identity and changes in terms of social and spatial processes
10 Changing social relations and restructuring of urban networks of relations
11 Evaluation of the relationship between strategic expansions of identity and urban space
12 Explanation and general evaluation of the planning concepts required by looking at the city sociologically.
13 Homework/Submission/Presentation Students will be required to submit their homeworks and present their studies briefly to each other in this week.
14 Homework/Submission/Presentation
15 Homework/Submission/Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

-Benko, G. 'Modernity, Postmodernity and Social Sciences', in Benko, G., U.
- Frisby, D., Cityscapes of Modernity, Polity 2001
- Lefebvre, H. The Production of Space, Blackwell 1991
- Lash, S., Urry, J. Economies of Signs and Space, Sage 1994
- Sennett, R. The Conscience of the Eye, W.W. Norton & Company, 1992
- Shelds, R. Places on the Margin, Poutledge, 1991
- Soja, W. E. Postmodern Geographies, Verso, 1989
- Strohmayer (ed.) Space and Social Theory, Blackwell, 1997
- Tekeli, I. Mekansal ve Toplumsal Olanın Bilgibilimi Yazıları, Tarih Vakfı Yurt
Yayınları, 2010
-Sosyolojik Düşünmek, Ayrıntı Kitabevi, Ankara, 1998
- Bayart, J.F. Kimlik Yanılsaması, (çev. Mehmet Moralı), Metis yayınları, 1996
-Habermas, J. Kamusallığın Yapısal Dönüşümü, (çev.Tanıl Bora, Mithat Sancar), Iletişim
Yayınları, 1997
-Morley, D.& Robins, K., Kimlik Mekanları, Ayrıntı Yayınları,
-Taylor, C., Çokkültürcülük, Yapı Kredi Kayınları, ( Der.Amy Gutman),1996
- Harvey, D., Kent Deneyimi, Sel Yayınları , 2020

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught face to face and in a classroom environment through presentations. Students will learn the course by listening to lecture presentations. In addition, participation in the course will be provided in an interactive environment in the form of discussion and question-answer. Students will be given homework topics for the 4th week and will be asked to prepare a homework on the given topic.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.40 + PRJ * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, Describing, explaining will be measured by Midterm Examination, sorgulayabilme examine and discuss will be measured by Final Examination(will be received as homework)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hayat.zengin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

FRIDAY- 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Student Presentations 2 2 4
Preparation about subject 2 8 16
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparing report 1 24 24
Project Final Presentation 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.11
LO.21
LO.3
LO.41
LO.511

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