COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENT AND AESTHETICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÖZDE EKŞIOĞLU ÇETINTAHRA

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

In this course, it's aimed to comprehend the qualifications related to environment and aesthetics, to analyze the philosophical and conceptual foundations of the factors that create or influence aesthetic perception, and to compare how the built and natural environment in an individual's aesthetic response is measured in theoretical and empirical approaches via international and national literature. In addition, in order to practically observe the impact of theoretical knowledge on environmental aesthetics on designing the urban areas, it's intended to make an implementation towards the discussions held during the semester.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define the concepts of environment and aesthetics (knowledge),
2   will be able to explain the relationship of individual and environment with all the dimensions (comprehension),
3   will be able to clarify how the individual can evaluate the environment, nature or the spatial integrity through the aesthetic perception (comprehension
4   will be able to discuss the quality of the aesthetic values created in the design of living areas (comprehension),
5   will be able to analyse the fictional quality changed via the action of designing (analysis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of course content, process and evaluation methods Detailed definition of the concepts of environment and aesthetics
2 Approaches: Beauty, Truth, Aesthetics
3 Aaesthetics and meaning
4 Perception, meaning and phenomenological approaches
5 Conceptual and philosophical bases of the relationship set with the environment
6 The role of aesthetic perception in the assessment of natural and built environment - theoretical and ampirical research In this week, homework topics will be given
7 The role of aesthetic perception in the assessment of natural and built environment - applications
8 Scientific research methods related to environmental aesthetics
9 Midterm Examination Assignment Presentations
10 Evaluation of assignments
11 Art, Society and Aesthetics
12 Nature, Culture and Aesthetics
13 Space, Urban and Aesthetics
14 Term evaluation, determining the final topics of the final assignment
15 Finals Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Ekşioğlu, G. (2010). Çevre Estetiğinin Konut Fiyatları üzerindeki Etkisinin Hedonik Fiyat Yöntemi ile Modellenmesi. Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Izmir.
Nasar, J.L. (1992). Environmental Aesthetics, theory, research and applications. Cambridge University Press.
Porteous, I.D. (1996). Environmental Aesthetics, Ideas, Politics and Planning, Routledge, Britain.
Erzen, J. (2006). Çevre Estetiği. ODTÜ Yayıncılık, Ankara.
Altuğ, T. (2007). Kant Estetiği. Payel Yayınevi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and the students will learn topics by attending the lectures. Students will be responsible for the preparation of homework assignments. For midterm, students will present their assgnment presentations. For final exam, student will submit a finalized assignment/report.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, Explaining and Clarifying will be measured by Midterm Examination (Assignment Presentation). Discussing and Analysing will be measured by Final Examination (Assignment/Report Submission).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures, readings, researches and discussions. Students are expected to apply / design the knowledge they have acquired through theoretical explanations with an assignment topic.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gozde.eksioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 08.30-10.20

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
presentation 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 3 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing homework 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

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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