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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KMY 2010	URBAN ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration

Course Objective

To examine the socio-cultural, economic and political infrastructures of cities and the phenomenon of urbanization, to investigate the connections between foreign migrations and urbanization, to define the urbanization process in Turkey, to evaluate the relationships between theories of settlement and modern settlements within the changing global interaction, to make multi-dimensional analyses of the phenomenon of urbanization developing out of legal regulation, to investigate the relationships between house and settlement problems and human rights, and to inform about urban security and urban rights.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to compare reasons and results of urbanization
2	Being able to create healthy cities that are among the most important elements for sustainable management
3	Being able to discuss the bases of efficiency in urban services and democratic participation
4	Being able to develop strategies against the crimes committed against the city
5	Being able to know and to solve social problems
6	Being able to define policies which are necessary forurban rights

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Concepts of Urbanization and City, Urbanization Theories
2	Urbanization in Turkey, Reasons for Urbanization, Urbanization Policies in Planned Period, Sustainable and Livable Healthy Cities
3	Urban and Regional Planning, Building Site Problem
4	Urban Planning Studies, Legal Application Means for Urban Planning
5	Concept of Region and Need for Planning on Regional Scale, Regional Planning and Problem of Regional Development, Types of Regional Planning, Interregional Imbalances and Social Development
6	Urban Security, Rights of City-Dwellers
7	Settlement Problems, Public Service and House, House and Urbanization Relationships
8	Midterm Exam
9	Urbanization excluded from Legal Regulation, Phenomenon of Squatting
10	Integrated Coast and Port Management Policies
11	Institutional Structure and Service Relationships of City and Metropolitan City Administration and Strategic Planning
12	Efficiency of Pressure Groups in Urban Administration
13	Migrations, Settlement Problems, Their Reflections on Spatial Scale and Urban Renewal Project
14	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Zerrin Toprak (2008), Kent Yönetimi ve Politikası, Birleşik Yayıncılık, Izmir, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
3	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE	STT * 0.30 + MTE * 0.70
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTEG * 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	12	12
Preparation for final exam	1	18	18
Preparing assignments	1	20	20
Final	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	1	1		1		1	1
LO.2	1	1		1
LO.3	1	1		1		1		1	1
LO.4	1		1	1	1	1	1
LO.5	1	1		1	1	1
LO.6	1	1		1	1	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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