COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE CIRCULATION OF URBAN CAPITAL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4383 THE CIRCULATION OF URBAN CAPITAL ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at defining fixed capital, presenting theories of urban capital with the circumstances under which they have developed, getting to comprehend current approach of the urbanization of capital, interpreting the circulation processes of urban capital as a case of practice, and analysing the relationships between different fractions of capital and urbanization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define fixed capital (Knowledge),
2   will be able to list different theories of urban capital (Knowledge),
3   will be able to describe current approach of urbanization of capital (Comprehension),
4   will be able to interprete the circulation processes (Application),
5   will be able to relate capital to urbanization (Analysis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Capital in General and Fixed Capital Reading list will be given in this week.
2 Industrial Capital and Production
3 Commercial Capital and Consumption
4 Financial Capital and The Credit System
5 Property Capital and Rent Relations
6 Midterm Examination
7 Urbanization of Capital Homework topics will be handed out in this week.
8 Fixed Capital
9 The Circulation of Urban Capital
10 The Circulation of Urban Capital and Transport Relations
11 Homework/Submission/Presentation Students will be required to submit their homeworks and present their studies briefly to each other in this week.
12 The Accumulation Cycle of Urban Capital
13 The Urban Crisis
14 The Role of Planning in The Circulation of Urban Capital
15 Final Examination
16

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Harvey, D. (2006), Sosyal Adalet ve Şehir, Metis, Istanbul
Harvey, D. (2012), Sermayenin Mekanları: eleştirel bir coğrafyaya doğru, Sel Yayınları, Istanbul.
References:
Harvey, D. (2007), Limits to Capital, Verso, London.
Materials:
Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in 7th Week and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Defining and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application) will be measured by Homework
Relating (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application) will be measured by Homework
Relating (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sezai.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00; Wednesday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 12 2 24
Presenting Homework 1 2 2
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

CONTACT INFORMATION
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