COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NERIMAN YÖRÜR

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The course aims to enable students to critically examine the rural transformation theories and typologies in the literature, rural transformation and village research conducted in Türkiye from the Republican period to the present day, and the methods used in these research, to evaluate current rural transformation projects, and to lay a foundation before conducting rural transformation and village research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Yörür, N. (2009). The Effects of Agricultural Policies after 1980 on Structural Transformation in Rural Areas The Example of Aydın Dalama DEU Institute of Science, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Izmir.
2. Akşit, B. (1982). "Some Methodological Problems in Rural Transformation Research", Journal of Human Sciences METU No. 1, 1982, pp. 173-180. (METU Journal of Human Sciences), No. 1, 1982.
3. Akşit, B. (1985). "Some Methodological Problems in Rural Transformation Research" in Social Change in Villages, Towns and Cities, pp. 74-86., Ankara: Turhan Bookstore.
4. Akşit, B. (1987). Rural Transformation and Village Studies: 1960-1980 Eleventh Thesis Book Series, No. 7, 11-29.
5. Akşit, B. (1988). "Rural Transformation and Village Studies (1960-1980)", Agricultural Structures in Turkey (1923-2000) (Eds.: Ş. Pamuk and Z. Toprak), Yurt Publications, Ankara, 1988.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening to the lectures and also by preparing and presenting the assignments.

Assessment Criteria

Listing (Knowledge), Defining (Knowledge), Distunguishing (Comprehension) and Discussing (Analysis) will be measured by Mid-term Examination. Implicating( Application), Discussing (Analysis) and Choosing (Analysis) will be measured by Homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course will be conducted through lecture presentations and discussions based on the reading list. Students will learn the material by listening to lectures and participating in discussions, as well as by preparing and presenting assigned assignments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: neriman.yorur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, Hours: 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes