COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3393 PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course intends to give students the ability to use English more effectively in professional terms by means of augmenting use of planning terminology in foreign language, providing access to foreign literature in planning and facilitating international communication via both audio and visual tools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To translate basic planning terms and concepts in English as a foreign language
2   To express fundamental developments concerning planning history and design principles in a foreign language
3   To follow the current agenda of planning through literature survey in urban studies
4   To become skilled in use of professional terminology in English
5   To formulate professional debates in international environments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Planning in 19th century I
2 Planning in 19th century II
3 Planning in 20th century I
4 Planning in 20th century II
5 Planning in 21st century
6 Interim Exam
7 Urban Design Principles
8 Urban Design Principles
9 Documentary (Engineering the Impossible)
10 Documentary (Engineering the Impossible) and discussion on the documentary
11 Documentary (Frank Gehry)
12 Documentary (Frank Gehry) and discussion on the documentary
13 In-class presentations I
14 In-class presentations II
15 Preparation to the final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Architecture of Happiness by Allan de Botton
http://planneronline.homestead.com/NewPlanningMeridian.html
http://www.planning.org/
http://www.cyburbia.org
http://www.crp.cornell.edu/lfp/
http://www.newurbanism.org/
http://www.planetizen.com/
http://www.plannersweb.com/
http://www.smartgrowth.org/
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/
http://www.acsp.org
http://www.pps.org/
http://www.carfree.com/
http://www.csbe.org/
http://www.patternlanguage.com/
http://www.planum.net/
Engineering the Impossible / DVD
Frank Gehry Documentary / DVD

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, documentary film shows, presentations and reading activities.

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

Translating and expressing activities are assessed by the Interim Exam.
Following the agenda and becoming skilled are assessed by the Term Paper.
Formulating debates is assessed by the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 09.30-10:30; Friday 09:30-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
In-class presentation 2 2 4
Lectures 11 2 22
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Final Exam 1 2 2
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 20 20
Final exam 1 2 2
Interim exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

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.111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.4111
LO.511

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