CRP 101-102 Planning Studio I-II (4-8)8
The aim of CRP 101 studio is to help students to develop the notion of abstract thinking, attain an ability of representation, develop design skills and appropriate design language in order to develop basic design skills and visual culture. Exercises offered in the studio try to enable students to get acquainted with various concepts concerning order, balance, positive-negative values, three-dimensional representation etc. In CRP 102, the students are asked to use the abilities gained in abstract basic design thinking to real situations, that is, space-mass relations, topography, location analysis, movement patterns, hierarchical organization and they are expected to develop methods of problem definition, formulation, analysis and design.
Prerequisite for CRP 102: CRP 101

CRP 105 Origins of Urbanism and the Process of Urbanization (3-0)3
This is a course on urbanization in the past and at present. It is an introduction to basic processes of man-environment relations. Key social institutions and social relations (authority, economic, culture and identity) are analyzed. Emergence of urban life and the process of urbanization in the Western world and the Developing countries and related problems (employment, housing, migration, environment, and poverty) are stressed.

CRP 106 Urban Sociology (3-0)3
This course deals with the city in modern times, in 20th and 21st centuries. The metropolitan and post-metropolitan phenomena is one of the main issues. Social differentiation, economic restructuration, social and spatial change, social networks (local and global), social polarization are other issues that are analyzed in the course. Main approaches in urban sociology are also introduced.

CRP 111 Introduction to City and Planning (3-0)3
Types of settlements. Emergence, growth and decline of cities. Urbanization. Urban economy. Urban hierarchy and settlement patterns. Urban land values. Speculation. Urban land use. Urban morphology. Urban ecology. Typology of urban problems. Urban politics and urban administration. Planning and management. Urban design and planning processes. Issues of urban development planning. Issues of urban conservation and rehabilitation planning. Issues of urban infrastructure and transportation planning. Natural environment and the city.

CRP 116 Development of Western Thought and Technology (3-0)3
An introductory course on the development of Western thought, technology and corresponding approaches to environment, providing students with insight about certain basic concepts in their historical and cultural perspectives. Emergence of philosophy, the beginning of modern age, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, industrial revolution; knowledge and science; culture and ecology; ecology and ecosystems.

CRP 146 Computer Programming (2-2)3
Introduction to computers, hardware and software, operating systems, software applications, word processing, spreadsheets, data-base management, programming techniques, algorithms, flowcharting, introduction to and basic concepts of geographical information systems.