COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORY AND ACTION RELATIONSHIP IN PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 6018 THEORY AND ACTION RELATIONSHIP IN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

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

Course Objective

This course aims at defining planning and action, presenting action-oriented planning approaches, getting to comprehend action planning process, interpreting the Turkish planning system as a case of practice, analysing the relationships between strategic choice and action, proposing a normative framework for action-oriented planning and revising the actual one.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define planning and action (Knowledge),
2   will be able to list different action-oriented planning approaches (Knowledge),
3   will be able to describe action planning process (Comprehension),
4   will be able to interprete the Turkish planning system (Application),
5   will be able to relate strategic choice to action (Analysis),
6   will be able to propose a new (normative) framework (Synthesis),
7   will be able to revise the actual planning system (Evaluation).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The planning project Reading list will be given in this week.
2 Understanding places
3 Understanding governance
4 Shaping neighborhood change
5 Transforming places through major projects
6 Midterm Examination
7 Spatial transformation through social innovation Homework topics will be handed out in this week.
8 Designing strategic projects for spatial quality
9 Social and spatial sustainability in strategic projects
10 The Relationship Between Theory and Action in Planning
11 Homework/Submission/Presentation Students will be required to submit their homeworks and present their studies briefly to each other in this week.
12 Theorizing practice and practising theory
13 Producing place-development strategies
14 Making better places

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Oosterlynck, S., Broeck, J., Albrechts, L., Moulaert, F. and Verhetsel, A. (Eds)(2011), Strategic Spatial Projects: catalysts for change, Routledge, London.
Healey, P. (2010), Making Better Places: the planning Project in the twenty-first century, Palgrave, New York
Healey, P. and Upton, R. (Eds.)(2010), Crossing Borders: international Exchange and planning practices, Routledge, London.

Supplemantary Books:
Healey, P. (2007), Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies: towards a relational planning for our times, Routledge, London.
Davoudi, S. and Strange, I. (Eds.)(2009), Conceptions of Space and Place in Strategic Spatial Planning, Routledge, London.

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. Homeworks will be given to students in 7th 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 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.40


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), Proposing (Synthesis) and Revising (Evaluation) 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), Proposing (Synthesis) and Revising (Evaluation) 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)

sezai.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00; Wednesday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Presenting Homework 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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.61
LO.71

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