COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 2010 SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RAZIYE ÇAKICIOĞLU OBAN

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn basic information of Settlement Geography and gain the ability to work in this field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the basic concepts on urban settlements.
2   Assess the physical and human Geographical factors effecting the distribution of urban settlements.
3   Analyze the properties of urban settlements.
4   Knows the importance of urban planning and evaluate new applications in the cities in present-day.
5   Identify problems and improve the proposed solutions to the urban settlements.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts about Urban Settlement
2 The Criteria Determining for the City
3 Functions and Classification of the Cities
4 Date of Urbanization (Pre Industrial Cities and Industrialization and Urbanization)
5 Date of Urbanization (the More Recent Urbanization)
6 Date of urbanization (Urbanization in present-day, Mega Cities and Major Cities and Demand for Housing)
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Urban and Regional Planning (Beautiful City Movement-Garden City, New Cities, Balance metropolises, Radiant City, Sites and Urban Plans etc.)
9 City and Region (European Cities, Cities in Islamic and Asia)
10 Documentary or a movie on Urban Settlement
11 Urban Models (Urban Patterns in Developing Countries)
12 Major Problems of Urban Settlements
13 Urban Development Applications
14 Field Trip (Izmir - Ephesus Ancient City
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

AKŞIT, Bahattin; (1985), Köy, Kasaba ve Kentlerde Toplumsal Değişme, Ekonomik ve Sosyal Araştırmalar 7, Ankara.
AKURGAL, Ekrem; (1987), Anadolu Uygarlıkları, ISBN: 975-479-031-0, Istanbul.
ARU, Kemal A.; (1996), Osmanlı Türk Kentlerinin Genel Karakteristikleri Üzerine Görüşler , Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu da Konut ve Yerleşme, Habitat II Tarih Vakfı, s. 329-334, Istanbul.
BALAMIR, Murat; (1996), Türkiye de Apart kentlerin Oluşumu (Mülkiyet Ilişkilerinin Dönüşümüne Dayalı Kentleşme) , Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu da Konut ve Yerleşme, Habitat II Türk Tarih Vakfı Yayını, Cilt: II, Istanbul.
BARAN Tülay Alim (2003). Bir Kentin Yeniden Yapılanması Izmir 1923-1938, Arma Yayınları, Istanbul.
BENEVOLO Leonardo (cev. Nur NIRVEN), Avrupa tarihinde Kentler, Yeni Binyıl-Afa Yayınları, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, observation trips, seminars / the Internet, various institutions, organizations, and interviews with faculty members.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

raziye.oban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 2 8 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.45
LO.55

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