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| PEML7220 | Landscape perception theories and approaches | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Serap YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Landscape perception theories and how to use them in landscape research |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | know the components that affect perception, perception and landscape perception. | 1 - 2 | | | PO - 2 : | learn theories of landscape perception and their basic principles. | 1 - 2 | | | PO - 3 : | expound and consider about these theories and use them in their thesis study. | 1 - 2 | | | PO - 4 : | reflect their information about landscape peception to their environmental design projects | 1 - 2 | 3,5,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Definition of landscape perception theories; basic features and principles. The effects of these theories on landscape design. How to use in landscape perception research. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Concept of perception and factors affecting perception | | | Week 2 | Concept of landscape perception and components affecting landscape perception | | | Week 3 | Landscape Perception Theories: Gestalt theory
| | | Week 4 | Landscape Perception Theories: Gibson?s Theory of Affordances
| | | Week 5 | Landscape Perception Theories: Prospect-refuge theory | | | Week 6 | Landscape Perception Theories: Information processing theory | | | Week 7 | How to use them in landscape research and landscape design | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | How to use them in landscape research and landscape design | | | Week 10 | Students will define a problem in an open space from their surroundings in terms landscape perception and discussing this problem | | | Week 11 | Landscape perception of the determined problem on study area and displaying results and discussing. | | | Week 12 | Students will propose alternative solutions for the problem and discussion of proposals. | | | Week 13 | Presentation and discussion of students' researches. | | | Week 14 | Presentation and discussion of students' researches. | | | Week 15 | Presentation and discussion of students' researches. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Gibson, J., J., 1986. The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Lawrence ErlbaumAssociates, Inc., London. | | | |
| 1 | Kaplan, S., 1988b. Perception and Landscape: Conceptions and Misconceptions. In J. L.Nasar (Ed.), Environmental Aesthetics; Theory, Research, andApplications. Cambridge University Pres | | | 2 | Kaplan, S. ve Kaplan R., 1982. Preferred Environments. Stephen Kaplan, Rachel Kaplan(eds.), Humanscape; Environments for People. Ulrichs Books Inc. AnnArbor, Michigan. | | | 3 | Lang, J., 1987. Creating Architectural Theory; the Role of the Behavioral Sciences inEnvironmental Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 14
15 | | 1 | 20 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 11
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13 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 30 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 5 | 7 | 35 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 83 |
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