COURSE SYLLABUS

URBAN HISTORY OF ANATOLIA

1	Course Title:	URBAN HISTORY OF ANATOLIA
2	Course Code:	TRH3088
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	English
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. NURCAN ABACI
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Zeynep Dörtok Abacı
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-mail: nurcanabaci@gmail.com Telefon: 0 224 294 18 59 Adres: Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, 16059 Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The urbanization process which continues to date from the Neolithic period in Anatolia will be discussed. The effects of environmental factors to the models of urbanization in different ages and in different regions will be highlighted with examples.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To improve the knowledge about the urban theories and practicing to the Anatolian cities;
2	To be able to evaluate the transformation caused by enlightenment from old to new, metaphysics to physics;
3	To gain the ability to reach to primary and secondary sources related the Anatolian urban history;
4	Be able to understand the founding principles that guiding the development process of the conservation and sustentation of the historical textures;
5	To gain the ability to classify the Anatolian cities in the Neolithic period according to the settlement patterns;
6	Be able to define the structural characteristics that gained by the Turks to the Anatolian architecture;
7	Be able to comprehend the causes of changes in Anatolian cities during the history;
8	To gain the ability to compare the structural characteristics of the cities in other contemporary civilizations;
9	Be able to define architects and urban planners of the ancient age;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Urban and housing concepts. Historiography of Housing
2	Habitation models from central Anatolia in the Neolithic Period: Aşıklı and Çatalhöyük
3	The Neolithic Transition from Village to Town in the Lake District
4	Models of Urbanization in Eastern Anatolia
5	Early Bronze Age Urbanization in Western Anatolia
6	Housing, Settlement and Urban Planning in Western Anatolia (3000-30 BC)
7	The Development of Cities and Settlements in Roman Anatolia
8	Houses and Society in Classical Antiquity
9	Architects of Antiquity and the City
10	Housing and Settlement in Byzantine Anatolia
11	Conceptions on the General Characteristics of Ottoman-Turkish Cities
12	The Neighbourhood in Anatolian Towns in the Ottoman Period
13	Making Cities of Apartment Blocks
14	Overall Assessment and Discussion

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu’da Konut ve Yerleşme, ed. Yıldız Sey, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996. Lewis Mumford, Tarih Boyunca Kent Kökenleri, Geçirdiği Dönüşümler ve Geleceği, çev: Gürol Koca-Tamer Tosun, İstanbul, 2007. Sevgi Aktüre, Anadolu’da Demir Çağı Kentleri, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul, 2003. Sevgi Aktüre, Anadolu’da Bronz Çağı Kentleri, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul, 1994. Özlem Çevik, Arkeolojik Kanıtlar Işığında Tarihte İlk Kentler ve Kentleşme Süreci Kurumsal Bir Değerlendirme, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	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
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High