COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SETTLEMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1191 HISTORY OF SETTLEMENTS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL ALTINÖRS ÇIRAK

Offered to

City and Regional Planning
Urban Conservation Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc Without Thesis)
Urban Conservation Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc)
City and Regional Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc Without Thesis)
City and Regional Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc)

Course Objective

This course aims to provide the students to comprehend the reasons of the formations and developments of human settlements and the form of interference of spatial rationals which are depending on time and geography, to define the developing conditions of human settlements from the first settlements to the mids of the 20. Century, to explain the transformation casualities of the settlements in a historical perspective and to discuss the settlement systems in a framework of socio-cultural and economic relations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to define the first formation and growth process of shelter and settlement in the historical process (Knowledge)
2   Will be able to describe the differencies depending on time and space of the settlements and cities (Knowledge)
3   Will be able to list the effects and justifications of socio and economic causes on formation of the space (Knowledge)
4   Will be able to list the formation and growth process of the cities in historical process (Knowledge)
5   Will be able to tell the forms of explanation on the development and growth process of urban areas (Knowledge)
6   Will be able to explain the types of settlements and it's spatial components (Knowledge)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Importance of Analysis and Methodology of History for Urban Planning Discipline and Basic Concepts In The Formation of The Settlements
2 Housing and Settlemet in Anatolia I Paleolithic and Mezolithic Ages (10000-8000 BC) Neolithic and Chalcolithic Ages (8000-3500 BC)
3 Analysis of The Concept of The City and The Urban Components in Ancient Mesopotamian and Egypt Civizilizations: Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylon and Ancient Egypt Cities
4 Housing and Settlemet in Anatolia II: Bronze Age (3500-1200 BC)
5 Analysis of The City Concept and The Urban Components in Classical Age and Hellenistic Civiziliations
6 Analysis of The City Concept and The Urban Components in Roman Age
7 Midterm Examination
8 Introduction to the Medieval Ages The Rural and Urban Structures and The Socio-Economic and Cultural Elements That Affects Them In The Middle Ages
9 The Architectural Styles Which Is Affected The Physical Space Since The Medieval Ages (Romanesque/ Gothic/ Renaissance/Baroque/Romanticism)
10 Medieval Cities II: Southern Europe Italian Cities (Florence, Venice), Northern Europe-English Cities (London) and Overseas Expansion and Mercantilist Term
11 The Sociological and Economical Processes That Caused Industrial Revolution In Western Europe: England (Manchester)
12 The Reactions To The Industrial Revolution I: Utopian Approaches / The Developments In Health Laws / The Paris Operations of Haussmann
13 The Reactions To The Industrial Revolution II: The Developments In Health Laws / The Paris Operations of Haussmann
14 The New Movements Which Developed As A Reaction To The Hausmanian Urban Planning Inteventions / City Industrial and City Efficient Movements / The Begining of Urban Planning Education
15 Final Examinations Week
16 Final Examinations Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Lewis Mumford (2007), Tarih Boyunca Kent, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul.
Gordon Child (1974), Tarihte Neler Oldu , Odak Yayınları, Ankara.
Sevgi Aktüre (1994), Anadolu'da Bornz Çağı Kentleri, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu'da Konut ve Yerleşme (1996), Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, Istanbul.
Leland Roth (2006), Mimarlığın Öyküsü, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul.
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.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Describing, Telling and Defining (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Desribing, Telling and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.altinors@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00 and 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 1 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Field study 2 6 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 69

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
LO.611

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