COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HERITAGE DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5117 HERITAGE DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHAMMED AYDOĞAN

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

The term heritage describes the activities concerned with the contemporary uses of the past. This term is not synonymous with the terms preservation or conservation but has evolved from them, continues to interact with them in much practice but has acquired distinctive overtones of meaning. This lesson will centrally concerned with the development of heritage places as attractions for users and with the issues which this raises.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define the concept of historical heritage (Knowledge),
2   will be able to recognize forms of intervention to historical areas and historical building (Comprehension)
3   will be able to interpret heritage policies and practices in western central countries (Application)
4   will be able to interpret heritage policies and practices in western fringe countries (Application)
5   will be able to compare different countries' experiences (Analysis)
6   will be able to propose management and organization models in heritage (Synthesis)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Urban Form and Urban Function Reading list will be given in this week.
2 The Evolution of the Conserved City: Heritage as Historical Reality Homework topics will be handed out in this week
3 The Registration of the Historical Buildings
4 Heritage as Formal and Informal Education
5 Uses and Users of the Historic City
6 Planning of the Heritage City
7 Midterm Examination
8 Using CAD for defining Urban Heritage
9 Using CAD for desinging Urban Heritage
10 Using GIS for defining Urban Heritage
11 Using GIS for directing Urban Heritage
12 Using GIS for planning Urban Heritage
13 Urban Heritage Planning in Practice: European Cities
14 Urban Heritage Planning in Practice: Other Cities of the World

Recomended or Required Reading

G.J.Ashworth (1991): Heritage Planning, Conservation as The Management of Urban Change, Geo Pers, The Netherlands.
David T.Herbert (Ed.) (1995): Heritage, Tourism and Society, Mansell Publishing Lim., London.
Hans-Dieter Dyroff (Ed.) (1980): Protection and Cultural Animation of Monuments, Sites and Historic Towns in Europe, German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn.
Göksu, Emel (1999): Tarih Felsefesi ve Kentsel Mekan: Zaman ve Temsil Sorunsalı, D.E.Ü., Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayını, Yayın No: MIMF-DK-01-2002, Izmir.

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 2nd 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 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining (Knowledge) and recognizing (Comprehension) will be measured by Midterm Examinations.
Interpreting (Application) and interpreting (Application) will be measured by Homework
Comparing (Analysis) and proposing (Synthesis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

m.aydogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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