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 learn the concepts of agricultural problems, capitalism, small peasantry in Turkish agriculture, large land ownership, land rent, land reform, and to discuss the relationship between capitalism and agriculture and rural areas in terms of state-village-agriculture and capital relations, thus enabling them to evaluate the future of rural areas within the neoliberal globalization process.

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. Bernstein, H. (2010). Class Dynamics of Agricultural Change. (Translator: Oya Köymen), Yordam Book Publishing, Istanbul.
2. Boratav, K. (1980). Agricultural Structures and Capitalism. A. University, Faculty of Political Science, Ankara.
3. Erdost, M. I. (1988). Capitalism and Agriculture. Onur Publications, Ankara.
4. Köymen, O. (2008). Capitalism and Peasantry, Landowners, Producers, Employers. Yordam Book Publishing, Istanbul.
5. Wallerstein, I. (2004). The Modern World System, Capitalist Agriculture, and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the 16th Century. (Translator: Latif Boyacı), Bakış Publications, Istanbul.
6. Yörür, N. (2009). The Effects of Post-1980 Agricultural Policies on Structural Transformation in Rural Areas: The Aydın Dalama Example, DEU Institute of Science, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in the form of lecture presentations.
Students will learn by reading assigned articles, listening to lecture presentations, and preparing their assignment presentations.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining (Knowledge), Distunguishing (Comprehensive) and Implicating (Application) will be measured by Midterm Examination. 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, participating in discussions, and also preparing and presenting assigned assignments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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

Office Hours

Friday, Hours: 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes