CRP372 PLANNING THEORY
| Course Code: | 1210372 |
| 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. CEMİLE NİL UZUN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims at providing students with a profound knowledge about different planning paradigms and approaches starting from the late 19th century until today. They learn past and present core planning approaches and paradigms, which have shaped thinking within the field of city and regional planning. The emphases will be on both planning process and substantive outcomes. Students are expected to identify how changing paradigms and thoughts have guided planning practice and research. In the end, students are supposed to develop skills to integrate theory and practice.
Course Content
Development of planning idea and thought, evolution of different planning paradigms, differentiation between planning and design, planning processes.
Course Learning Outcomes
The purpose of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the development of planning theory starting from the late 19th century until today. The emphases is on both planning process and substantive outcomes. Students are expected to learn how changing planning paradigms and thoughts have guided planning practice and research, and on this basis, reflect on contemporary planning practices and approaches.
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