COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO CITY PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1123 INTRODUCTION TO CITY PLANNING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR TOLGA ÇILINGIR

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course intends to give the basic concepts including information on the city, urban population, urban facilities, activities, population and building densities and different plans/planning levels and cover an overall framework of the profession.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able; to describe the city (knowledge) and list urban theories. (knowledge)
2   To acknowledge problems in city planning and collect information on planning scales (knowledge)
3   To conceive of planning levels and identify their functions (conception)
4   To distinguish between various cities and city planning experiences (analysis)
5   To relate concepts of population and building densities (analysis) and be able to make related calculations (analysis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of the city and urbanization.
2 Urban categories in different scales.
3 City theories.
4 Plan types in urban and regional planning.
5 Relations between base-maps and plans.
6 Definitions from Development Law No. 3194.
7 Midterm Examination
8 Implementation plans, legends and codes (plan notes).
9 Concepts of population and building densities.
10 Calculation of Total Area Ratio (TAR) / density.
11 Types of city plans.
12 Problems in global urban agenda.
13 City planning in Turkey and in the world.
14 Professional education in urban planning.
15 Final Examination
16 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

None

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be held in 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

Activities held for describing and identifying (conception and knowledge) information on the city and urban planning together with comparisons between various cases and the calculation of densities (analysis) will be measured by the mid-term and final exams.

Assessment Criteria

Activities held for describing and identifying (conception and knowledge) information on the city and urban planning together with comparisons between various cases and the calculation of densities (analysis) will be measured by the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will ve given through lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sezai.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.00-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

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.211
LO.31
LO.41
LO.511

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