1	Course Title:	URBAN DESIGN THEORIES
2	Course Code:	MIM5064
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. SİBEL POLAT
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Sibel Polat sibelpolat@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course, is to examine urban design theories which have been put forward during the 20th century and is to discuss urban design approach and models through examples and their implications on urban environment,
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To be able to collaborate with experts from the urban design discipline

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To understand the relation of urban design with disciplines such as architecture, city planning, landscape architecture; 2 To learn the different dimensions of urban design and the basic principles of urban design; 3 To have knowledge about the historical development of urban design; 4 To learn the current urban design approaches; 5 To query the importance of urban design and to evaluate the urban design implementations in Turkey;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to the content and program of the course, giving the resources of the course
2	The definition, principles and interdisciplinary nature of urban design
3	Dimensions of urban design: formal, perceptual, social, visual, functional, temporal dimension-examples
4	Urban design approaches: visual-artistic approaches
5	Urban design approaches: social use oriented approaches
6	Urban design approaches: a place-making approach
7	Livable cities Urban renaissance
8	Pedestrian cities Walkable cities
9	Sustainable cities Ecological cities Green cities
10	Smart cities Digital cities
11	Slow cities Low carbon cities
12	Neighborhood centers Ecointensity Regional city centers
13	Transit oriented development New urbanism
14	Homework presentations

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Moughtin, C. et. all. (1999) Urban Design Method and Techniques, UK: Architectural Press Bacon, E. N. (1995). Design of Cities. Thames and Hudson Lang, J. (2005) Urban Design: A Typology of Procedures and Products, UK: Architectural Press: Lynch, K. (1960). The Image of the City. MIT Press and Harvard College. Carmona, M. et. all.(2003) Public Places-Urban Spaces. Architectural Press Von Hausen, M. (2013) Dynamic Urban Design.iUniverse, Inc. Alex Krieger, “Where and How Does Urban Design Happen” in Alex Kreiger and William Saunders (ed), Urban Design, 2009. P 113-130. Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, "Foreword to the Modern Library Edition","Introduction", "The Generators of Diversity". Pages xi-xviii, 5-34, 187-197. LeCorbusier, "A Contemporary City" from The City of Tomorrow and its Planning. Donald Miller (ed.), The Lewis Mumford Reader, "Introduction: The Urban Prospect", "The Ideal form of the Modern City", "Home Remedies for Urban Cancer", "Yesterday's City of Tomorrow". Pages 157-161; 162-175;176-183; 184-200. Allan Jacobs, “Seeing Change”, in Looking at Cities, P 99-107 Christopher Leinberger, “Downtowns: What America’s downtowns need is walkable urbanity” in Urban Land, Nov/Dec 2004, Pages 68-75. Judd and Swanstrom, City Politics: Private Power and Public Policy, “The Corporate Center Strategy: The Baltimore Example”, 1998, Pages 366-385. Edward Glaeser, “Introduction: Our Urban Species”, “How Do Cities Succeed? in The Triumph of the City.2011. Bruce Katz and Julie Wagner, The Brookings Institution, “Transformative Investments: Remaking American Cities for a New Century”. 2008. Edward Glaeser, “Introduction: Our Urban Species”, “How Do Cities Succeed? in The Triumph of the City.2011.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	7	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total	8	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Research assignments
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	3	42
Homeworks, Performances	7	12	84
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	12	12
Total WorkLoad			180
Total workload/ 30 hr			6
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High