COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN GEOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1124 URBAN GEOGRAPHY 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 aims at defining urbanization and urban growth, presenting the concepts and theory in urban geography with the circumstances under which they have developed, getting to comprehend urban structure and land use, interpreting various city samples in the context of urban geography, and analysing the relationships between function and form in the city.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define urbanization and urban growth (Knowledge),
2   will be able to list different concepts of urban geography (Knowledge),
3   will be able to describe urban structure and land use (Comprehension),
4   will be able to interprete various city samples in the context of urban geography (Application),
5   will be able to relate function to form (Analysis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course content of urban geography, concept of city, region and urbanization.
2 Urban geography studies, improved models, theories. Reading list will be given in this week.
3 Documentary film screenings for reading the urban geography over the samples
4 Position of urban geography within the discipline of geography, relations. Urban Functions and Functional Classification of Cities Homework topics will be handed out in this week.
5 Urban typologies. Settlement hierarchies.
6 Midterm examination
7 City trip.Efforts to read the city and urban geography, discussions.
8 Location and analysis of the interaction of urban functions.
9 Homework/Submission/Presentation
10 Homework/Submission/Presentation
11 Homework/Submission/Presentation
12 Homework/Submission/Presentation Students will be required to submit their homeworks and present their studies briefly to each other in this week.
13 Critical approach to space, community and geography relations, analiysis of urbanization.
14 Critical approach to space, community and geography relations, analiysis of urbanization.
15 Final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

References :
Hall, T. (2006), Urban Geography, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge.
Cadwallader, Martin, T. (2002), Urban Geography: An Analytical Approach, Prentice Hall, N.J.
Uğur, A. Aliağaoğlu, A. (2013), Şehir Coğrafyası, Nobel, Ankara.
Göney, S. (1984), Şehir Coğrafyası, Acar Mat., Istanbul
Short, John R. (1994), An Introduction Urban Geography, Routledge, London.
Carter, H. (1975), The Study of Urban Geography, Edward Arnold, London.
Pacione, M. (2005), Urban Geography, Routledge, London.
Hartshorn, Truman A. (1992) Interpreting The City: An Urban Geography, John Wiley, New York.
Harvey, D. (2012), Sermayenin Mekanları, Sel Yayıncılık, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures, by using visual communication tools and city trips. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in 4th 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)

tolga.cilingir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 09.00-10.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Case study (city trip) 1 2 2
Student Presentations 4 2 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

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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