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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PLN 5023	HOUSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR EMINE IPEK ÖZBEK SÖNMEZ

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course focuses on interactions between housing and social, economic and cultural aspects of society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	At the end of this course, students, will be able to describe the housing question according to different actors,
2	will be able to interpret the problems and potentials of existing housing supply,
3	will be able to question the existing housing policies for the others,
4	will be able to debate the importance of public participation,
5	will be able to propose a new framework for a comprehensive viewpoint on housing question.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Presentation of course objectives and reference books
2	Discussion on housing question, housing policy and social housing policy
3	Homelessness
4	Disabled and housing
5	Women and housing
6	Elderly and housing
7	Children and housing
8	Midterm Examination
9	Non-profit housing
10	Social housing
11	Termpaper/ Homework Presentations and discussions
12	Termpaper/ Homework Presentations and discussions
13	Termpaper/ Homework Presentations and discussions
14	Revaluation of the house and housing policy

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
-People, Poverty and Shelter, Ed.by.R.J.Skinner&M.J.Rodell, Methuen, London,1983.
-Housing Question of the Others, Ed.by Emine M.Komut, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara, 1996.
-Houses and Homes, John Sewell, James Lorimer&Company, Publishers, Toronto, 1994.
-Shelter and Society, Ed.by Theodore Koebel, State University of NewYork Press, New York, 1998.
References: Web sources will be used
Materials: written and visual materials.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures aided by visual material 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 students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	PRS	PRESENTATION
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Describing and interpreting will be measued by mid-term exam, questioning and debating will be measued by homework, proposing will be measuerd by final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list and students will be present their homeworks/termpapers between 11th and 13rd weeks.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 9.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	10	2	20
Presentations	3	2	6
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	10	2	20
Preparing homework	1	20	20
Preparing presentations	1	10	10
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.6	PO.7	PO.13	PO.15
LO.1					1
LO.2		1
LO.3				1
LO.4			1
LO.5	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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