Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / PM-408 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Code: PM-408 Course Title: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Theoretical+Practice: 2+2 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MELİHA AKLIBAŞINDA (melihaaklibasinda@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To make applications of professional practice studies, project studies and theoretically explained course topics, to discuss examples from applications in Turkey and in the world.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can know the application areas of the profession PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-7 Being able to behave independently and have the ability to use initiative
PO-14 Ability to thinking 3D and being creative in design issues
Examination
Performance Project
Term Paper
LO-2 can discuss the different instances of the professional implementation PO-3 To be able to interdisciplinary team work
PO-7 Being able to behave independently and have the ability to use initiative
PO-9 Ability to planning of rural and urban areas at different scales according to user needs, ecological, aesthetical and functional principles
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
Performance Project
LO-3 can know the possible challenges faced in the profession implementation PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-7 Being able to behave independently and have the ability to use initiative
PO-9 Ability to planning of rural and urban areas at different scales according to user needs, ecological, aesthetical and functional principles
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
Performance Project
LO-4 PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-7 Being able to behave independently and have the ability to use initiative
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
Performance Project
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic concepts related to Landscape Architecture, implementation fields, Professional organization, urban landscape problems, rural landscape problems, and nature concervation studies.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introducing the practice areas of the profession, briefly the history of the country and important developments Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
2 Comparison of national and international application areas; examples from abroad Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Examples of plant design used in outdoor arrangements, types of application and maintenance, types of plants used Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 Various examples about environmental problems, national and international approaches to conservation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 First information on nature and environment protection, EIA and SEA, application examples Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 Biological riches of our country, wetlands; Coasts, the importance of planning for conservation use, examples Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Monuments Council Decisions and applications Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Application Practical Lecture, Drawing
10 Examples of landscape repair, Practical Lecture, Drawing
11 Application Practical Lecture, Drawing
12 Explanation of plant and wetland; Ways, plant species, applicatio Practical Lecture, Drawing
13 Review of landscapes and applications in the immediate vicinity Practical Lecture, Drawing
14 Review of landscapes and applications in the immediate vicinity Practical Lecture, Drawing
15 Review of landscapes and applications in the immediate vicinity Practical Lecture, Drawing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Uzun, G., 1988. Peyzaj Mimarlığı Uygulama Tekniği. Ç.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi yayınları No:86, Adana.
2 Robinette, G. O., 1983. A Guide to Estimating Landscape Costs. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York
Required Course instruments and materials
Peyzaj Uygulama Teknigi, Prof.Dr.O.Bulend SEÇKIN, I.U. Orman Fakultesi Yayinlari,2003

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 30
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper 1 20
9.Project
final exam 2 50

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 7 14
       e) Term paper/Project 2 4 8
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 4 1 4
Own study for final exam 4 4 16
final exam 4 1 4
0
0
Total work load; 116