KAY625 - SPACE and POLITICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE and POLITICS | KAY625 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Academic Staff | |||||
| Course objective | The objective of this course is to enable students to evaluate the urban processes utilizing the classical and contemporary urban theories. The course aims to ensure that students can analyze urban problems such as housing problem, urban poverty and urban stratification using contemporary approaches and that they can develop policy suggestions. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | - Emergence of cities - Differentiation of the rural and the urban - Theories of contemporary urban processes - Housing problem - Urban stratification - Poverty and renewal. | |||||
| References | Castells, Manuel (1997) Kent, Sınıf, İktidar (çev. Asuman Erendil). Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları. Duru, Bülent ve Ayten Alkan (der.) (2002) 20. Yüzyıl Kenti. İmge Kitabevi. Gottdiener, Mark, 1988. The Social Production of Space. The University of Texas Press. Jacobs, Jane, 1961. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Random House: New York. Judge, David, Gerry Stoker and Harold Wolman, 1995. Theories of Urban Politics. London: Sage. Lefebvre, Henri, 1996. The Production of Space, Blackwell: Oxford. Saunders, Peter, 1983. Urban Politics. London: Hutchinson. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Pre- industrial Cities |
| Week 3 | Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of Industrial Cities |
| Week 4 | Chicago School and Urban Sociology |
| Week 5 | Urban Ecology |
| Week 6 | Political Economy and City in the Globalization Context |
| Week 7 | World Cities |
| Week 8 | City and Migration |
| Week 9 | Urban Poverty |
| Week 10 | Deindustrialization |
| Week 11 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 12 | Urban Stratification |
| Week 13 | Urban Transformation: Renewal and Gentrification |
| Week 14 | Urban Issues in Turkey: Cases |
| Week 15 | Urban Issues in Turkey: Cases |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 50 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 12 | 144 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 29 | 32 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To acquire advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of specialization. To understand the interactions with other disciplines and analyze social structure and dynamics. | X | ||||
| 2. To develop skills for doing and planning research, and analyzing/evaluating data in the field of specialization. To find solutions to the problems faced during the research process. | X | ||||
| 3. To contribute to related literature by conducting a research independently or as a member of a research team. To do leadership and to have a vision. | X | ||||
| 4. To follow the scientific literature in the field of specialization. To evaluate the data by critical thinking and to be committed to lifelong learning. | X | ||||
| 5. To communicate effectively in oral and written base. To master a foreign language and to use computer and information technology effectively in the field of specialization. To share knowledge at scientific platforms with this oral and written communication skill. | X | ||||
| 6. To feel social responsibility. To have a capacity and awareness to contribute to the society. | X | ||||
| 7. To appreciate social, cultural, scientific, and ethical values while conducting studies in the field of specialization. To contribute to the solution of problems faced in this process in the work life. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest