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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PLN 6020	OTHERS AND PHYSICAL 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MERCAN EFE GÜNEY

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze the human concept which is given a special importance by the Urban Planning which is usually considered as the medium of Modernization. This course also aims to determine the needs of those who are encoded as Others by social, ideological and cultural structure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	to list the factors effecting the emergence of Other
2	to describe being Other and otherization
3	to interpret the history of Other
4	to analyze the approach of Urban Planning to space
5	to determine the common features and factors of those who are characterized as Other
6	to evaluate the Other characterization that the Urban Planning puts forward

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The human concept of Modernism and the counter views of Socialism, Feminism and Green politics
2	The common concept in determining the Other: Racism
3	The racism in Kant and Hegel
4	Studies on Racism and relating Racism with Space. The problematic of region determination in the spatial context
5	The child as an Other and the space using. National and Regional Approach to Child
6	Adolescent as an Other and its spatial dimension
7	Woman as an Other and its spatial dimension
8	The reproduction of the woman concept in social-ideological upper-structure
9	Homework Presentation
10	Elder as an Other and its spatial dimension. The social discourse on Elder
11	Handicapped as an Other and its spatial dimension
12	Emigrants as an Other and its spatial dimension and the poor as an Other and its spatial dimension
13	In-class presentations
14	In-class presentations Homework Submission

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s): Komut, Emine M. (1996); Diğerlerinin Konut Sorunları, Habitat II. Ön Konferansı, TMMOB Mimarlar Odası yayını, ISBN 975-395-170-1, Ankara.
Bernasconi, Robert. (2000). Irk Kavramını Kim Icat Etti Felsefi Düşüncede Irk ve Irkçılık. Metis, ISBN: 975-342-275-X, Istanbul.
References:
Materials: The others documents which are about "ideology", "modernism", "elder people" and "Racialism".

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is conducted as class discussions and presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing and description are evaluated with Presentation Evaluation. Analysis, Unification, Interpretation and Evaluation is evaluated with the Take Home which takes the place of Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mercan.efe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:30-12:00, Friday 10:30:12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	7	6	42
Preparation for final exam	1	35	35
Preparing assignments	1	30	30
Preparing presentations	2	6	12
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.6	PO.9	PO.13
LO.1		1
LO.2			1
LO.3	1
LO.4					1
LO.5				1
LO.6						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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