COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH ON URBAN RETAIL STRUCTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3349 RESEARCH ON URBAN RETAIL STRUCTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AHU DALGAKIRAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The course primarily aims at examining the structure of and change in the retail sector of economically developed countries through considering the planning practice of urban retail areas in global scale and scrutinising the dynamics of the change in Turkish retail sector. Secondly, the course aims at orienting the students towards several researches in which the components of retail sector will be considered through the solution proposals based on the analysis of existing situation and problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able to define the concept of consumption, its change during the historical process and impacts on the life styles,
2   will be able to explain the development of new spaces of consumption and their economic, social and environmental effects,
3   will be able to list the structure of the trade sector in Turkey and the dynamics underlying its change,
4   will be able to summarise the general structure of the retail trade sector in the pre and post-1980 periods,
5   will be able to analyse one of the components of urban commercial structure comprehensively.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is consumption
2 The change in the concept of consumption within the historical process
3 Impacts of consumption on the life styles and the emergence of the concept of modern consumption
4 The emergence of consumption society, the development of the new spaces of consumption, economic, social and environmental effects
5 The structure of the retail sector and its change in global scale The development of retail sector in the USA and in Europe
6 The structure of retail sector in Turkey and the dynamics underlying the change
7 The general structure of Turkey in the pre and post 1980 period
8 Internationalisation of retailing and the actors of the change, determination of the contents of homework which will be prepared by the student groups
9 Midterm Examination
10 Continuing the researches related to the homework subjects
11 Draft presentation of the homework
12 Homework Presentation
13 Continuing the homework presentation
14 General Overview of the Legislation Concerning Retail Trade Sector in Turkey
15 Final Examination Week
16 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kepenek, Y. (1990), Gelişimi, Üretim Yapısı ve Sorunlarıyla Türkiye Ekonomisi (5. Baskı). Verso, Ankara
Supplementary Book(s): Findlay, A.M., Paddison, R. and Dawson, J.A. (1990), Retail Environments in Developing Countries, Routledge, London
Tokatlı, N. and Boyacı, Y. (1997), Internationalisation of Retailing in Turkey, New Perspectives on Turkey, 17, s. 97-128.
References: Kepenek, Y. (1990), Türkiye Ekonomisi, Verso, Ankara
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and the students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homework assignments will be prepared in accordance with the course content and presented by the student groups.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Explaining will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Analysing will be measured by Homework Assignments/Presentation.
Listing and Summarising 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)

ahu.dalgakiran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-13.45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 4 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 65

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

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