City and Regional Planning TED University

Overview

TED University's City and Regional Planning education is designed with the following bases:

• Under the social and political conditions in Turkey where the urbanization continues rapidly and the reproduction of the existing structured areas of the city becomes even more important, the link between "whole and parts" constitutes the basis of the education program.
• Whether it is the master plan or the structural plan, the city planners have to know how to control the part-whole relationship and how to shape the neighborhood.
• Actors must learn to convince planners and compromise in a climate of conflict and alliances.
• Even if it is difficult to identify, the concept of "public interest" should be examined and emphasized.

• Specialization should always be a goal for planners. Planners must constantly differentiate in areas such as planning, design, spatial modelling, transportation modelling, infrastructure analysis, developing, geography, social theory, history, and housing. In this sense, planning has a very broad context.

The students of TEDU Department of City and Regional Planning are expected to realize:

• Identifying the problem in the context of planning, integrating disciplinary knowledge, interdisciplinary approach, and the knowledge related to associative fields in the process of problem solving
• Designing different scales related to the program of planning systematically, and developing know-how in terms of material and production methods within the scope of urbanism
• Utilizing current knowledge and information technologies in the processes of thinking, producing, and representing
• Proficiency in English and in Turkish in terms of expressing oneself literally and verbally
• Utilizing theoretical and empirical knowledge in practice
• Developing self-discipline for life-long learning, time management, methodological work and research habits
• Developing abstract, analytical and relational thinking skills in internalizing design and planning concepts and processes
• Generating plans and proposals through the guidance of basic and universal principles of planning field
• Developing personal creativity and skills in order to convey creative thinking, perspectives and solutions
• Evaluating available information and applications through appropriate research methods, qualified examination, and ethical point of views.
• Developing a planning approach or a project in a professional and participative manner individually or as a part of a group
• Having social responsibility and ethical consciousness in the planning discipline, as well as identifying and evaluating the relationship between people and built environment through social factors, human behavior, and cultural diversity