Yozgat Bozok University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
OKP1024	ÇEVRE VE KENT PSİKOLOJİSİ	Elective	1	2	4

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle

Objectives of the Course

With this approach, it is aimed to gain the ability to look at the city and the user with a different point of view in urban planning education.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr.Gör.Güven Demirtaş

Learning Outcomes

1	The ability of the learner to determine environmental psychology criteria in the process of urban analysis
2	The ability of the learner to analyze human behavior in the urban environment
3	The ability of the learner to understand the relationship between environment and behavior
4	The ability of the learner to analyze the image in urban environments
5	The ability of the learner to take into account the criteria of human psychology and behavior in planning and design studies

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Concepts such as perception, motivation, stress, personal space as well as concepts of psychology and environment are discussed. These topics are related to urban space, urbanization and urbanization and analysis of human-environment-behavioral interactions are also included in the course.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Learning about psychology The importance of learning psychology,
2	Conceptual approaches in psychology, development of psychological researches,
3	The concept of environment, The place of environmental psychology in basic psychology, The development of environmental psychology,
4	Theories and research methods in environmental psychology,
5	Perception; senses, thresholds, sense of sight,
6	Mental process in perception; Learning, memory,
7	Mental process in perception; mental maps, road finding,
8	midterm
9	Motivation, concentration and stress,
10	The city, urbanization and behavior,
11	Physical environment, social behavior
12	Physical environment, social behavior
13	Urban aesthetics and image pollution,
14	General evaluation
15	final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Morval, J., (1985), Introduction to Environmental Psychology, Nuri Bilgin, Translator, Ege University Publications, Izmir

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Question-Answer	7	1	7
Self Study	14	1	14
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	14	2	28
Individual Study for Final Examination	14	2	28
Reading	14	1	14
Homework	14	2	28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14
LO1		4	4	4							5	5
LO2		4	4	4							5	5
LO3		4	4	4							5	5
LO4		4	4	4							5	5
LO5		4	4	4							5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High