GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
URBAN AESTHETICS/5091312
Course Title: URBAN AESTHETICS
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
On satisfactory completion of this course students will have a working knowledge of aesthetics and its its significance in planning and design.
Understanding the impact of the aesthetics of the city on the social and economic structure of the city.
Understanding the impact of urban aesthetics on urban life.
Understand the importance of urban built environment components in the formation of urban aesthetics.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week   Definition of Aesthetics
2. Week  Theories of Aesthetic Assessment
3. Week  Urban Aesthetics and Its Different Dimensions
4. Week  Development and Changing Meaning of Urban Aesthetics in Historical Perspective
5. Week  Development and Changing Meaning of Urban Aesthetics in Historical Perspective
6. Week  Methods of Evaluation of Urban Aesthetics (Objective Methods)
7. Week  Methods of Evaluation of Urban Aesthetics (Objective Methods)
8. Week  Methods of Evaluation of Urban Aesthetics (Subjective Methods)
9. Week  Methods of Evaluation of Urban Aesthetics (Subjective Methods)
10. Week  Urban Aesthetics and Urban Experience
11. Week  Social Construction of Urban Aesthetics
12. Week  Urban Culture and Urban Aesthetics
13. Week  Urban Aesthetics- Built Environment Characteristics
14. Week  Visual Aesthetics and Perception
15. Week  Student Presentation/Discussion
16. Week  Student Presentation/Discussion
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
4
50
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
50
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
16
3
48
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
15
4
60
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
2
12
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
1
30
30
 Preparing a Presentation
3
10
30
 Presentation
3
1
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
5
5
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr. Ayşe TEKEL)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/atekel‎)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (atekel@gazi.edu.tr)