| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree With Thesis |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 7 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Gain knowledge about theories of environmental psychology.
- Gain knowledge about different concepts in environmental psychology such as urban planning, personal space, territoriality, and crowding.
- Develop critical perspective to discuss interrelationships between people and their physical and social surroundings.
- Gain insight about underlying mechanisms affecting behaviors that are destroying our environment.
- Suggest solutions and develop projects to increase pro-environmental behaviors.
- Evaluate the links of environmental psychology with other disciplines including clinical psychology, anthropology and sociology.
- Develop skills to use different types of research methods including experimental designs that can be used in the field of environmental psychology.
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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, meanings 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 |
Historical and Methodological Overview |
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3rd Week |
Context and Behavior Relations |
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4th Week |
Environment Management |
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5th Week |
Ecological Psychology |
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6th Week |
Relationship between Clinical and Environmental Psychology |
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7th Week |
Environmental Sociology and Environmental Anthropology |
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8th Week |
Mid-term Exam |
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9th Week |
Environmental Psychophysiology |
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10th Week |
Increasing Pro-Environmental Behavior |
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11th Week |
Climate, Weather and Crime |
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12th Week |
Pollution and Well-Being |
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13th Week |
Work Environments |
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14th Week |
Work Environments (cont.) |
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15th Week |
Healthy Residential Environments |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Bechtel, R. B., & Churchman, A. (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of environmental psychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
* The primary textbook for this course is renewed every year.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Project |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
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70 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
70 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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30 |
| 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 |
3 |
3 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
6 |
84 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
15 |
15 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
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| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
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|
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| Project |
1 |
28 |
28 |
| Total Work Load | 208 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 6.93 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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