CRP414 URBAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
| Course Code: | 1210414 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | City and Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer NURİ TUNGA KÖROĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
It basically aims to enable the student to scrutinize a problem, organize its solutions, budgetize and program its implementation within a project through introducing concepts and terms relevant implementation of Urban Project Management. The context of the projects differ according to the interest area and working subjects of students which varies from urban gentrification to transport planning, from regional development to gender equity projects.
Course Content
Project Cycle Management; Logical Framework Analysis; social Impact Assessment; Project Design; Negotiation and Stakeholder Analysis; Monitoring and Assessment; Financial Estimation and Evaluation.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Analyze the roots of a defined problem within a hierarchical relation diagram
- Scrutinize the solutions for each sub division of the problem analysis
- Define stakeholders involved in the problem and analyze their relation
- Outline a strategy for solution in relation with relevant stakeholders
- State the background of the problem in a logical system
- Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement
- Outline activities that will lead to the solution selected according to the strategy
- Express technical, staff and financial needs of the activities
- Define a schedule for activities.
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