SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SOC2001	Urbanization	Fall	3	0	3	6

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR
Recommended Optional Program Components:	"."
Course Objectives:	This course aims to equip students with the analytical tools to critically engage with the urban environment they inhabit, using both theoretical frameworks and fieldwork in urban sociology. We will explore key themes in urban sociology and urban theory, tracing their development from the early 20th century to the present day. Our theoretical readings will address broad questions concerning the evolution and challenges of metropolitan life worldwide. While we engage with global urban theory, our empirical case studies will draw primarily from the work of American, French, German, and Turkish sociologists and geographers, with a particular focus on the city of Istanbul. Through this localized lens, we will examine how global urban dynamics manifest in a city that bridges continents, cultures, and historical epochs. Students are expected to complete two individual observation exercises in the city, applying the concepts and insights from weekly readings to real-world urban contexts. These exercises will help bridge theory and practice, fostering a deeper understanding of the urban spaces we navigate daily.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Identify Key Theories and Theorists: Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of major theories and key theorists in urban sociology, recognizing their contributions to the study of cities and urban life.

2. Appraisal of Case Studies in Urban Contexts: Critically analyze and evaluate case studies that apply urban sociological theories, with particular emphasis on the unique urban dynamics of Istanbul and other global cities.

3. Enhance Academic Reading and Critical Analysis: Develop strong academic reading and critical analysis skills by engaging with complex theoretical texts and empirical studies in urban sociology.

4. Conduct Urban Fieldwork: Complete small-scale non-participant and participant observation research projects in urban environments, applying sociological methods to gather and interpret data about urban spaces and social interactions.

5. Application of Sociological Imagination: Actively apply sociological imagination to the analysis of urban spaces, demonstrating the ability to connect individual experiences, spatial arrangements, and broader social forces shaping urban life.

6. Develop Critical and Analytical Skills: Enhance critical thinking, presentation abilities, and interactivity through active participation in class discussions, presentations, and collaborative learning, demonstrating a reflective understanding of course material.

Course Content

This course aims to equip students with the analytical tools to critically engage with the urban environment they inhabit, using both theoretical frameworks and fieldwork in urban sociology. We will explore key themes in urban sociology and urban theory, tracing their development from the early 20th century to the present day. Our theoretical readings will address broad questions concerning the evolution and challenges of metropolitan life worldwide.

While we engage with global urban theory, our empirical case studies will draw primarily from the work of American, French, German, and Turkish sociologists and geographers, with a particular focus on the city of Istanbul. Through this localized lens, we will examine how global urban dynamics manifest in a city that bridges continents, cultures, and historical epochs.

Students are expected to complete two individual observation exercises in the city, applying the concepts and insights from weekly readings to real-world urban contexts. These exercises will help bridge theory and practice, fostering a deeper understanding of the urban spaces we navigate daily.

Teaching Methods and Techniques Used in the Course:
Lecture, Case Study, Collaborative Learning, Discussion, Individual Study, Fieldwork, Field Trip, Guest Speaker, Reading, Observation, Project, Technology-Enhanced Learning

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course	Going over the Syllabus Activity: Discussion “Everyday life in the city”
2)	Urbanization and City Life: The Big Picture	Introduction to Urbanization and Urban Sociology Introduction to Theories of Urbanization Modern Forms of Urban Growth Poverty, Immigration, and Urbanization
3)	The first urban sociologists: Understanding the City, The Industrial City and Observing the City	Lewis Mumford: “What is a City?” (1938) Michel de Certeau: “Walking in the city”(1984) Georg Simmel: “The Metropolis and Mental Life” (1903) Suggested Reading: Friedrich Engels: “The condition of the working class in England - selection” (1845)
4)	The issue of Urban Density and The role of Urban Design	Urbanized
5)	Recent urban theorists: Production of Space and Right to the City	Henri Lefebvre: “The right to the city” (1968) and The Production of Space David Harvey: “The right to the city” (2008) R.W.J. Boer & J. de Vries: “The Right to the City as A Tool for Urban Social Movements: The Case of Barceloneta” (2009)
6)	Recent urban theorists: Production of Space and Right to the City	Henri Lefebvre: “The right to the city” (1968) and The Production of Space David Harvey: “The right to the city” (2008) R.W.J. Boer & J. de Vries: “The Right to the City as A Tool for Urban Social Movements: The Case of Barceloneta” (2009)
7)	Globalization and Its Impact on Cities	Saskia Sassen: “Locating Cities on Global Circuits” (2002) - Global City
8)	Minorities & Inequalities in the city: Representation and Difference	Special Readings
9)	Political and economic elites’ influence urban land us	Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
10)	Urbanization course tour	Course tour
11)	Center-Periphery / Public-Private Spaces, Understanding the rural-urban continuum, population movements and urban poverty: The Gecekondu	Herbert J. Gans: “Levittown and America” from The Levittowners (1967) Aysegul Baykana and Tali Hatukab: “Politics and culture in the making of public space: Taksim Square, 1 May 1977, Istanbul” (2010) Mills: “Boundaries of the nation in the space of the urban: landscape and social memory in Istanbul” (2006)
12)	Course Review	Presentations
13)	Course review	Presentations
14)	Course review	Presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Bu ders için özel ders okumaları ve görsel materyaller kullanılmaktadır.
Mumford: "What is a City?" (1938)
Engels: "The condition of the working class in England - selection" (1845)
De Certeau: “Walking in the city”(1984)
Simmel: “The Metropolis and Mental Life” (1903)
Henri Lefebvre: “The right to the city” (1968) and The Production of Space
David Harvey: “The right to the city” (2008)
R.W.J. Boer & J. de Vries: “The Right to the City as A Tool for Urban Social Movements: The Case of Barceloneta” (2009)
Saskia Sassen: “Locating Cities on Global Circuits” (2002) - Global City
Herbert J. Gans: “Levittown and America” from The Levittowners (1967)
Aysegul Baykana and Tali Hatukab: “Politics and culture in the making of public space: Taksim Square, 1 May 1977, Istanbul” (2010)
Mills: “Boundaries of the nation in the space of the urban: landscape and social memory in Istanbul” (2006)
Richard Sennett
Marshall Berman

References:

Special course reader as well as visual materials.
Mumford: "What is a City?" (1938)
Engels: "The condition of the working class in England - selection" (1845)
De Certeau: “Walking in the city”(1984)
Simmel: “The Metropolis and Mental Life” (1903)
Henri Lefebvre: “The right to the city” (1968) and The Production of Space
David Harvey: “The right to the city” (2008)
R.W.J. Boer & J. de Vries: “The Right to the City as A Tool for Urban Social Movements: The Case of Barceloneta” (2009)
Saskia Sassen: “Locating Cities on Global Circuits” (2002) - Global City
Herbert J. Gans: “Levittown and America” from The Levittowners (1967)
Aysegul Baykana and Tali Hatukab: “Politics and culture in the making of public space: Taksim Square, 1 May 1977, Istanbul” (2010)
Mills: “Boundaries of the nation in the space of the urban: landscape and social memory in Istanbul” (2006)
Richard Sennett
Marshall Berman

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 15
Field Work	1	% 15
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Presentation	1	% 20
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Presentations / Seminar	1	10	10
Homework Assignments	2	10	20
Paper Submission	1	40	40
Total Workload			140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.