| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 6 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Students can explain environmental behaviors.
- Students can criticize non-environmental behaviors.
- They can transfer psychology theories to environmental issues.
- They can transfer psychology knowledge to designs for human-environmental relationship.
- They can take the necessary steps to conduct research on environmental-behavioral relations.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | This course will explore the nature and nuances of interrelationships between people and their surroundings by examining an array of critical issues in environmental psychology. The course will cover classic issues that help inform urban ecological design, such as relationships to nature, landscape preferences, personal space, territoriality, and crowding. The course also addresses the emerging importance of the politics of place, as manifest through the appearance, meaning and uses of urban public space. In addressing these issues, the course provides a critical framework for understanding the role of the environment in our everyday lives. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to Environmental Psychology |
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2nd Week |
Nature and Human Nature |
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3rd Week |
Environmental Perception and Cognition |
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4th Week |
Theories of Environment-Behavior Relationships |
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5th Week |
Noise |
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6th Week |
Weather, Climate, and Behavior |
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7th Week |
Disasters and Environmental Hazards |
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8th Week |
Mid-Term Exam |
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9th Week |
Personal Space and Territoriality, High Density and Crowding |
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10th Week |
The City |
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11th Week |
Planning and Design for Human Behavior |
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12th Week |
Design in Residential and Institutional Environments |
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13th Week |
Work, Learning, and Leisure Environments |
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14th Week |
Changing Behavior to Save the Environment |
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15th Week |
Review |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Bell, P. A., Fisher, J., Greene, T., & Baum, A. S. (2005). Environmental psychology. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Other
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
|
40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
|
|
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
35 |
35 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
25 |
25 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
|
| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
|
|
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| Total Work Load | 177 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5.9 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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