GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ECOLOGY AND DESIGN IN URBAN SETTLEMENTS/5031312
Course Title: ECOLOGY AND DESIGN IN URBAN SETTLEMENTS
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
To have students gained information about holistic planning and design including ecological, technological, economic, social and spatial components of
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction, information about content and termpapers
2. Week  General terms and concepts: The meaning of sustainability,ecology,urban ecology, eco-tech concepts and other terms
3. Week  Field study week
4. Week  Physical Environment Control (climate friendly design and noise control)
5. Week  Sustainable urbanism and sustainable urban design
6. Week  Sustainable urban design guides and world examples
7. Week  1st midterm exam
8. Week  European Green Capitals
9. Week  Green certification and urban design
10. Week  Eco-villages
11. Week  Permaculture Design- Film session
12. Week  Guest seminar
13. Week  Student presentations
14. Week  Student presentations
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
30
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 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
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
12
4
48
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
2
24
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
6
3
18
 Preparing a Presentation
5
1
5
 Presentation
12
2
24
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
6
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
8
8
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
175
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   ( Prof. Dr. Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (w3.gazi.edu.tr/~ozgeyal)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ozgeyal@gazi.edu.tr)