CRP371 PLANNING TECHNIQUES
| Course Code: | 1210371 |
| 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: | Prof.Dr. EMİNE YETİŞKUL ŞENBİL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
In this course, various quantitative methods and models used in urban and regional planning are introduced. The course develops a theoretical framework with numerical examples and covers a selection of mathematical and statistical techniques. This course aims to provide students an understanding of the role of these methods and models in urban policy analysis and decision making; their assumptions, technical properties, processing stages and extentions. Our main objective is to indicate how these methods and models are selected and applied; and how the results of these models are interpreted.
Course Content
Development of planning idea and thought, differentiation between planning and design, planning processes, urban planning programming, planning techniques and ethics.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will be able to understand key methods and models in substantive topics of city and regional planning and economic development. Demographic analysis and population projection, regional economic analysis, decision-making tools and employment with its allocation. They will manage to use quantitative tools and techniques in urban policy analysis and planning. They will build developing policy decisions within the mathematical and statistical methods and models.
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