GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
URBAN LIVING QUALITY IN SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES/6221312
Course Title: URBAN LIVING QUALITY IN SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Achieving ability on the selection, evaluation and interpretation of subjective and objective indicators of life quality.
It provides a holistic view of the factors that affect the quality of life (social, economic, environmental and spatial) in terms of sustainability.
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction to course outline; basic terms and definitions related to quality of life
2. Week  The definition and the emergence of the concept of quality
3. Week  Approaches and methods used in the study of quality of life
4. Week  Quality of life concepts and indicators
5. Week  Environmental quality concepts and indicators
6. Week  Urban quality concepts and indicators
7. Week  Quality of urban environment and relation with urban planning and design
8. Week  Mid-Term Exam
9. Week  The objectives and goals for urban environmental quality issues in the policies, plans and projects of the international Agent’s reports
10. Week  The objectives and goals for urban environmental quality issues in the policies, plans and projects of the international Agent’s reports
11. Week  Healthy Cities Project and Programme
12. Week  Urban policy issues related with urban environmental quality
13. Week  Evaluation of case studies – presentation by students
14. Week   Evaluation of case studies – presentation by students
15. Week  Evaluation of case studies – presentation by students
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
10
 Assignment
2
40
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
2
10
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
16
3
48
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
15
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
3
30
 Material Design and Implementation
1
4
4
 Report Preparing
3
4
12
 Preparing a Presentation
3
3
9
 Presentation
3
6
18
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
4
8
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
4
4
16
 Other (should be emphasized)
3
5
15
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Nilgün GÖRER TAMER , Instructor Dr. Z.Aslı Gürel Üçer )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gorer)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (gorer@gazi.edu.tr , asligurelucer@gmail.com)