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The
undergraduate curriculum have been
designed with the understanding that the challenges facing urban planners
have multiplied especially in the last two decades and the scope of
tasks that planners are expected to undertake has considerably widened.
As far as planning education is considered, this means that planners
need to be equipped not only with conventional skills but also with
the skills required to cope with the new challenges. Planners must
now be capable of formulating questions in the light of the inputs
of a variety of disciplines.
The
aim of the undergraduate program in City and Regional Planning is
to train planners who can perceive holistic relationships, develop
alternative views (utopian/realist) on how to transform these relationships
and produce creative designs for the future. Students are, therefore,
equipped with a variety of skills ranging from quantitative analysis
techniques to social and economic analyses required to understand
how the urban system works.
The
undergraduate curriculum comprises Planning
Studio classes, which aim to equip students with professional
skills, and theoretical classes, which aim to develop an understanding
of a variety of urban and regional issues, and to help students
better understand and analyze urban and regional areas, their components,
their physical and socio-economic structures, and their governance.
The
program is designed with a view to offer students a wide range of
elective courses to help enhance the interdisciplinary nature of
planning. The elective courses start on the third year of undergraduate
education and are organized in four modules: Urban Policy Module;
Urban and Regional Economic Development Module; Urban Design Module;
and Environment, Infrastructure and Transport Planning Module.
The
Department of City and Regional Planning also offers a Minor
Program in City and Regional Planning for students from other
departments of METU, who wish to improve their knowledge and understanding
of urban areas, urban systems, and planning issues.
Organization
of Courses
Description
of Courses
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