GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
URBANIZATION AND HOUSING POLICIES/7830002
Course Title: URBANIZATION AND HOUSING POLICIES
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Hikmet KAVRUK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr/~kavruk
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   kavruk@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students can relate the relationship between housing development, housing problems and housing policies
Students can analyze the peocesses behind change they observe in urban sphere and changes in housing sector.
Students can comment on the institutional structure in terms of implication and legal structure of housing policy area and housing problems.
Students can ongoe their research relying on the information on the necessary resources and tools within the course.
Students can analytically consider and develop thoughts on subjects related to slum and urban land in terms of relations of reason.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Examination of urbanization policies in parallel to the five year development plan periods in Turkey
2. Week  Evaluation of urbanization policies in Turkey periodically
3. Week  The housing problems in relation to periodical urbanization policies in Turkey
4. Week  Considering housing and housing problems from diverse perspectives: production styles, production technology, level of quality, planning decisions.
5. Week  Considering housing and housing problems from diverse perspectives: production styles, production technology, level of quality, planning decisions(con
6. Week  The housing problems in Turkey related to urbanization policies: a general evaluation
7. Week  The conditions related to housing problems and policies, legal context and institutional structure.
8. Week  The conditions related to housing problems and policies, legal context and institutional structure (continued).
9. Week  The implication tools of housing policies in Turkey.
10. Week  The evaluation on development of housing policies in Turkey
11. Week  Slum: the development and change process related to social, economic, legal dimensions in urban policy area
12. Week  The land policies in Turkey and urban lands.
13. Week  The land policies in Turkey and urban lands (continued)
14. Week  Natural demolition events, disaster and urban policy.
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Ruşen Keleş: Yerel Yönetim ve Siyaset, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2003 Nuri Tortop: Mahalli İdareler Yargı Yayınevi, Ankara, 2003
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
25
25
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
180
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.2
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Local Goverments through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
2To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
3To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Local Governments and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X
4To gain a repertoire on European Union s administrative structure, local government policy in Turkey, globalization and localitization debates and new approaches in public administration.X
5To be equipped with the knowledge of Turkish Constitutional order, legal framework of human rights and international law.X
6To be able to reach the academic literature on public administration, to prepare a research design based on this theoretical framework, to conduct a scientific research by utilizing both the quantitative and qualitative methods and to analyze gathered data as well as to produce findings out of them.X
7To have professional and social responsibility as well as the skills to produce scientific knowledge in line with the ethical principles; to be able to make scientific publications.X
8To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Local Governments through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
9To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
10To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Local Governments and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X