CRP214 CREATIVE THINKING FOR PLANNERS
| Course Code: | 1210214 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | City and Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. OLGU ÇALIŞKAN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will:
- Explore foundational concepts of creative thinking, specifically within the context of planning practice and theory.
- Develop cognitive skills such as reflection, critical analysis, and comprehension to understand complex urban and social systems.
- Encourage proactive and future-oriented thinking to respond to planning challenges across social, political, and technical dimensions.
- Introduce interdisciplinary thinking by integrating perspectives from design, politics, and ethics into planning thought and practice.
Course Content
Introducing the students with the basic conceptions and skills needed for creative thinking to be utilised in the act of planning which requires the basic cognitive faculties such as reflection, analytical comprehension and cognisance as well as the constructive, interventionist and generative mode of engagements like design and politics. Enabling students to develop positive , constructive, proactive and futuristic mind-set while tackling with the social, political and technical aspects of planning.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Define and explain key concepts related to creative and critical thinking in the planning context.
- Generate creative and original ideas for interventions in urban and regional planning challenges.
- Integrate political, social, and technical dimensions into design-oriented and strategic planning processes.
- Work collaboratively to develop and communicate innovative planning ideas through visual, verbal, and written means.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Knowledge and internalization of the concepts of social responsibility and public interest | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Giving priority to these concepts in planning and practice | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Commitment to professional ethics and values | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Capacity to independently carry out individual tasks and studies | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Ability to work as a responsible team member as well as a leader in team works | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Professional competency to carry out plans and projects with the utmost quality | ✔ | |||
| 7 | In the fields of planning and design: * Knowledge of planning theories * Ability to integrate theory and practice * Competency in problem definition, critical approach, and usage of analysis methods and techniques * Skills of inter-disciplinary and multi-dimensional thinking, analysis, synthesis, implementation, and development of alternative plans and design solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | In both Turkish and English: * Knowledge of professional terminology * Ability to carry out and present original studies * Skills of expressing oneself | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Lifelong learning skills and attributes | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in process design and management | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution