COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CIVIC ARCHITECTURE IN ANTIQUITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKI 5083 CIVIC ARCHITECTURE IN ANTIQUITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

ARCHAEOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK YOLAÇAN

Offered to

ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Objective

learning about civic architecture in antiquity

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   general info on the architecture in the medeiterranean
2   learning about houses and households
3   learning about public spaces and buildings
4   learning about infastructure
5   learning about city planning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 introduction to the class
2 what is the city
3 city planning in antiquity
4 approaches to city planning
5 greek household
6 roman household
7 villas
8 mid term exam
9 infastructure
10 public spaces
11 public spaces
12 baths
13 meeting spaces
14 entertainment in the city
15 midterm paper and discussion
16 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Dora P. Crouch, Water Management in Ancient Greek Cities, Oxford University Press, USA, 1993

Favro, D.C. (1996) The Urban Image of Augustan Rome, New York: Cambridge University Press

Doxiadis, C.A. (1972) Architectural Space in Ancient Greece (translated by Jaqueline Tyrwhitt), Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

DePolignac, F. (1995) Cults, Territory and the Origins of the Greek City-­ State (translated by Janet Lloyd), Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Ault, B.A.-­ Nevett, L.C. (2005) (eds.) Ancient Greek Houses and Households, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

Fox, R.G. (1977) Urban Anthropology: Cities in Their Cultural Settings, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hal

Streets: Critical Perspectives on Public Space, ed. Zeynep Celik et al., Berkeley: University of California Press, 151-­ 64

Harmanşah, Ö. (2013) Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East, Cambridge University Press

Laurence, R.-­ Wallace-­ Hadrill, A. (1997) (eds.) Domestic Space in the Roman World: Pompeii and Beyond, Journal of Roman Archaeology (Supplementary Series 22), Portsmouth, RI

Smith, M.E. (2007) Form and Meaning in the Earliest Cities: A New Approach to Ancient Urban Planning , Journal of Planning History 6/1: 3-­ 47

Owens, E.J. (1991) The City in the Greek and Roman World, New York: Routledge

Smith, A.T. (2003) The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities, Berkeley: University of California Press

Parkins, H.M.-­ Smith, C. (1998) (eds.) Trade, Traders, and the Ancient City, New York: Routledge

Smith, M.L. (2003) (ed.) The Social Construction of Ancient Cities, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institute

Trigger, B.G. (2003) Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study, New York: Cambridge University Press

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

presentations, discussions and term paper

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

learning outcomes 1-5 and a term paper wil be graded.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 admission is mandatory.
midterm, final and term papers will be graded.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burak.yolacan@deu.edu.tr
0 232 30187 31

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Case study 3 5 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 11 3 33
Reading 10 2 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
LO.5555555