Information Package / Course Catalogue
Modernity, City and Urbanism
Course Code: KYB525
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to discuss the modernity, modern city and urbanity accompanied by a historical reading. The course concentrates on urban positioning and urban exclusion. Moreover the course aims to address the change in relations between social groups that depends on the reorganization and the identification of the city in a historical and sociological aspect.

Course Content

This course discusses the modernity, modern city and urbanity accompanied by a historical reading.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Ali Arda YÜCEYILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Students will be able to analyze the change in relations between social groups that depends on the reorganization and the identification of the city in a historical and sociological aspect. Thereby they will develop theirability to make urban sociological analysis.
2.Students will be able to analyze the change in relations between social groups that depends on the reorganization and the identification of the city in a historical and sociological aspect. Thereby they will develop theirability to make urban sociological analysis.
3.Students will be able to analyze the change in relations between social groups that depends on the reorganization and the identification of the city in a historical and sociological aspect. Thereby they will develop theirability to make urban sociological analysis.
4.Students will be able to analyze the change in relations between social groups that depends on the reorganization and the identification of the city in a historical and sociological aspect. Thereby they will develop theirability to make urban sociological analysis.
5.Students will be able to analyze the change in relations between social groups that depends on the reorganization and the identification of the city in a historical and sociological aspect. Thereby they will develop theirability to make urban sociological analysis.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Max Weber, Şehir, Modern Kentin Oluşumu
2.İlhan Tekeli, Modernizm, Modernite ve Türkiye'nin Kent Planlama Tarihi
3.Georg Simmel, Max Weber, Ferdinand Tönnies, Don Martindale, Şehir ve Cemiyet
4.Mehmet Küçük, Modernite Versus Postmodernite
5.Richard Sennett, Ten ve Taş Batı Uygarlığında Beden ve Şehir
6.Oğuzhan Karadirek, Anadolu Uygarlıkları, Kültür, Mimari ve Yaşam
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Modern World
Week 2 - Theoretical
Modern State
Week 3 - Theoretical
Modern Society
Week 4 - Theoretical
From The Aristocratic City to The City of Bourgeois
Week 5 - Theoretical
Institutionalization of Modernity: Urban Society
Week 6 - Theoretical
Urbanity/Modern Problems in Cities: Class Dynamics, urbanites and the urban exclusion
Week 7 - Theoretical
General Evaluations Before Mid-term Exams
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Mid-Term Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Modern City
Week 10 - Theoretical
Anatolian Civilizations
Week 11 - Theoretical
City in Turks
Week 12 - Theoretical
Turkish Modernization and Transformation of the City
Week 13 - Theoretical
The Social Resources of Urbanity in Turkey
Week 14 - Theoretical
Urban Distance and Urban Segregation
Week 15 - Theoretical
Urbanity: Continuity and Change
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination120121
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)130
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
4
5
5
5
OÇ-2
4
5
4
5
5
OÇ-3
5
4
5
4
5
OÇ-4
5
4
5
4
4
OÇ-5
5
5
4
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026