| Week |
Topic |
| 1 |
Introduction |
| 2 |
Evolution of Cities
Presentation of research cases: Göbeklitepe, Çatalhöyük-Hacılar, Mesopotamia- Babylon/ Ur/ Uruk/ Ninova, Erbil, Egypt- Teb/ Amarna/ Memphis/ Abu Simbel |
| 3 |
Early Civilizations
Presentation of research cases: India- Harappan Culture/ Mohenjo-Daro, China, Aztec-Maya-Inca Civilizations, Mexico- Tulum/ Teotihuacan, Tikal, Machu Picchu, Cambodia, Vietnam |
| 4 |
Urban Planning & Design in Hellenistic Period and Philosophy of this period
Presentation of research cases: Greece and philosophy of this period, Priene, Miletus, Pergamon- Allianoi, Ephesus, Athens, Knossos, Alexandria (North Africa) |
| 5 |
Urban Planning & Design in the Roman Period
Presentation of research cases: The philosophy of Roman Period, Edirne-İznik, Troia, Antakya, Rome, Pompeii, Timgad, Jerash, Petra, Leptis Manga (North Africa) |
| 6 |
Urban Planning & Design in the Medieval Period
Presentation of research cases: The philosophy of Medieval Period, Verona, Mont Saint Michelle, Toledo, San Gimmignano, Bruges, Segovia, Siena, Geneva, Bath, Benin, Lubeck |
| 7 |
Islamic Town Planning
Presentation of research cases: The philosophy of Islamic Town Planning, Urfa, Mardin, Jeddah, Jerusalem, Medina, Morocco- Marrakesh, Damascus, Semerkand,Isfahan |
| 8 |
Midterm Break |
| 9 |
Midterm Exam |
| 10 |
Urban Planning & Design in Renaissance and Baroque Period
Presentation of research cases: The philosophy of Renaissance Period, Rome, Florence, Ferrara, Venice |
| 11 |
Urban Planning & Design in Renaissance and Baroque Period
Presentation of research cases: The planning philosophy of Hausmann- Paris, Versailles, Washington, St Petersburg, Savannah |
| 12 |
The Roots of Modern Concepts, Urban Planning after Industrial Revolution
Presentation of research cases: Garden City Movement- Welvyn/ Letchworth, Milton Keynes, City Beautiful- Barcelona/ Chicago/ New York City, Bauhaus, London |
| 13 |
20th Century Urban Planning & Post-Modernism
Presentation of research cases: Islamabad, Chandigarh, Brazilia, Tokyo-Kenzo Tange, Stockholm, Canberra, Philadelphia, Le Corbusier |
| 14 |
21st Century Urban Planning
Presentation of research cases: Utopian Cities, Abu Dhabi-Dubai, Sydney, New Urbanism- Seaside |
| 15 |
Evaluation
Presentation of research cases: Anatolia, Istanbul |