Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Kültür ve Çevre
	English	Human Culture & Environment
Course Code	SBP 315E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Aslı Ulubaş Hamurcu
Course Objectives		1. To introduce key concepts of environment and behaviour in a cultural context; 2. To introduce psychological processes like environmental orientations and cognition; 3. To discuss how people use actions and behaviours to regulate their relations with the social and physical environments; 4. To demonstrate how mental and behavioural processes are reflected in different scales of environment; 5. To discuss how we can benefit from understanding the interplay of culture and environment in urban planning and design.
Course Description		scales of environment; culture; social-psychological perspective; behaviour; environmental orientations; environmental cognition and perception; privacy; personal space; territoriality and territorial behaviour; home; communities and cities; urban life; ideal cities and communities; urban planning and design.
Course Outcomes		1. To learn the key concepts of environment and behaviour in a cultural context; 2. To learn general orientations, attitudes and beliefs that different cultures have about nature and the environment; 3. To learn the basic definitions, dynamics and development of environmental cognition and perception; 4. To learn behavioural mechanisms like personal space and territoriality and how they are related to privacy; 5. To learn how different scales of the environment are shaped/designed/produced by mental and behavioural processes, and vice versa; 6. To learn how we can benefit from understanding the interplay of culture and environment in urban planning and design.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		70% attendance and on-time submission of assignments are compulsory to pass the course. The minimum midterm grade to pass this course is 40 (out of 100). Students who fail to meet these conditions are deemed not to have fulfilled the requirements to enter the final and their end-of-year grade is evaluated as VF.
Other		70% attendance and on-time submission of assignments are compulsory to pass the course. The minimum midterm grade to pass this course is 40 (out of 100). Students who fail to meet these conditions are deemed not to have fulfilled the requirements to enter the final and their end-of-year grade is evaluated as VF.
Textbook		Altman, I., & Chemers, M. M. (1984). Culture and environment (No. 2). CUP Archive. Bektaş, C. (2023). Türk Evi. YEM Yayın.
Other References		Altman, I., & Christensen, K. (Eds.). (2012). Environment and behaviour studies: Emergence of intellectual traditions (Vol. 11). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I., & Churchman, A. (Eds.). (2013). Women and the Environment (Vol. 13). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I., Lawton, M. P. & Wohlwill, J. F. (Eds.). (2012). Elderly People and the Environment (Vol. 7). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I., & Low, S. M. (Eds.). (2012). Place attachment (Vol. 12). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I., Rapoport, A. & Wohlwill, J. F. (Eds.). (2012). Environment and Culture (Vol. 4). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I. & Wandersman, A. (Eds.). (2012). Neighbourhood and Community Environments (Vol. 9). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I. & Werner, C. M. (Eds.). (2012). Home Environments (Vol. 8). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I. & Wohlwill, J. F. (Eds.). (1983). Behaviour and the Natural Environment. Springer US. Altman, I. & Wohlwill, J. F. (Eds.). (2012). Children and the Environment (Vol. 3). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I., Wohlwill, J. F. & Everett, P. B. (Eds.). (2013). Transportation and behaviour (Vol. 5). Springer Science & Business Media. Altman, I., & Zube, E. H. (Eds.). (2012). Public places and spaces (Vol. 10). Springer Science & Business Media.

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