CRP382 LEGAL AND ASPECTS OF PLANNING
| Course Code: | 1210382 |
| 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. OSMAN BALABAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This is a must course for the third year students in the department. The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge about legal and administrative aspects of urban and regional planning since they are frequently dealth with those in their studies in the department and also faced with in their professional work either in public institutions or in private sector.
Course Content
A broad theoretical approach on the subject of the administrative and the organizational approach to the process of planning. A review of legal concepts in Turkish legislative, judiciary and administrative systems. Study of the urban planning process in relation to central and local governments. Analysis of planning and development laws, by-laws and regulations and their usage.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students wil have a rather comprehensive knowledge about the legal and administrative language, concepts and terms to be used in their professional life. This course also intends that the students, with their knowledge accumulation on the subject, should be able to use those legal and administrative tools when producing a visionary approach and some implementational policies necessary for their planning studio works. This must course also aimes to provide students with a background knowledge for the advanced subjects and concepts offered in the fourth year.
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