Information Package / Course Catalogue
Deontology in Landscape Architecture
Course Code: PM323
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to ensure the implementation of the landscape architecture profession following the rules of morality and ethics, and the development of the landscape architecture profession based on professional awareness and sensitivity.

Course Content

To examine the concepts of morality, ethics, and professional ethics and their development in the historical process, to introduce the ethical rules in the landscape architecture profession, to draw the legal framework of the landscape architecture profession and professional ethics of landscape architecture in national and international scale.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Ebru ERSOY TONYALOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Have an understanding of the concepts of morality, ethics and professional ethics
2.Have an understanding of the development of moral and ethical ideas in the historical process
3.To understand the relationship between the concepts of morality and ethics and professional practice
4.Have an understanding of the importance of professional ethics in landscape architecture and other disciplines
5.Have an understanding of the place of professional ethics in landscape architecture's relationships with the public and private sectors
6.To be able to outline the legal framework of the profession of landscape architecture and the professional ethics of landscape architecture in the world and in Turke.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Johnson, B. J. (2014). Codes of ethics, public values, and what public servants offer the bureaucratic compac. International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, 17(4), 459-497.
2.Zachariasz, A. (2020). Professional licensing of landscape architects in Poland. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 18(4), 444-449.
3.Turner, B. S., & Durkheim, E. (2013). Professional ethics and civic morals. Routledge.
4.Hanssen, B. R. L. (2001). Ethics and landscape: values and choices. Ethics, Place & Environment, 4(3), 246-252.
5.Thompson, I. (2000). Sources of values in the environmental design professions: The case of landscape architecture. Ethics, Place and Environment, 3(2), 203-219.
6.Wasserman, B., Sullivan, P. J., & Palermo, G. (2000). Ethics and the Practice of Architecture. John Wiley & Sons.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information about the introduction, scope and process of the course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Deontology, morality and ethics concepts
Week 3 - Theoretical
Historical development of morality and ethics, differences between morality and ethics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Professional ethics, morality and ethics in professional relations
Week 5 - Theoretical
Duties of landscape architect
Week 6 - Theoretical
Landscape architecture professional organisations in the world and in Turkey
Week 7 - Theoretical
Professional ethics in landscape architecture
Week 8 - Theoretical
IFLA code of ethics
Week 9 - Theoretical
ASLA code of ethics
Week 10 - Theoretical
TMMOB Code of Professional Conduct
Week 11 - Theoretical
TMMOB Chamber of Landscape Architects main regulation: Duties and responsibilities of members of TMMOB Chamber of Landscape Architects
Week 12 - Theoretical
TMMOB Chamber of Landscape Architects main regulation: duties and competencies of the chamber honour board
Week 13 - Theoretical
TMMOB Chamber of Landscape Architects main regulation: disciplinary penalties
Week 14 - Theoretical
General review
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination121122
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
3
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5
3
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5
3
OÇ-4
2
5
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5
2
OÇ-6
5
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026