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| SBP4010 | Local Government. | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of URBAN and REGIONAL PLANNING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Arş. Gör. Nisa ERDEM | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Central management and local administration concept, the local government concept, history of local government in Turkey, municipalities, special provincial administrations, village administrations, the state-local government relations, urbanization and metropolitan management, are issues reorganization of local government. Causes of existence of local administrations; local administrations and economy; distribution of services and resources between local government and central administrations; metropolitan area management; local government in practice. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | To be able to define the basic concepts related to local governments, to be able to count the local administration units. | 2 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | To be able to summarize the difference between local and central administration units with the help of figures and graphs. | 2,8 | 1,3 | | LO - 3 : | To be able to use the basic concepts in a case to point out, as a chair of a local government unit, to show how relations with central government units will be in case. | 3,11 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | Possible problems that local governments might encounter, for example natural disasters. | 2,5 | 1,3 | | LO - 5 : | To be able to rearrange the relations between local administrations and central government taking into account changing conditions. | | 1,3 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| These courses are intended to give general information on local government powers and responsibilities of students in Turkey. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Management from the center and under-management concept | | | Week 2 | Concept of local autonomy | | | Week 3 | The principle of subsidiarity | | | Week 4 | Reasons for the existence of local governmants | | | Week 5 | The history of local governments in Turkey | | | Week 6 | Local governments in legal regulations | | | Week 7 | Provincial private administrations | | | Week 8 | Village management | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Municipalities | | | Week 11 | Urbanization and Metropolitan Administration | | | Week 12 | Service and resource allocation between local administrations and central government | | | Week 13 | Reorganization of local governments | | | Week 14 | Local governments and economy | | | Week 15 | Local governments in practice | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/11/2018 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 17/01/2019 | 1 | 50 | | |
| 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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