Property Sociology and Land Development

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Implementation of Urban Plans and Land Development (Post Graduate), Land Mangement (Graduate)

Course Contents

The views on property and historical framework, sociology of owners in land arrangements, property in civil law, inheritance law and land ownership.

Weekly Schedule

1) Historical evolution of property, relations of production and land ownership throughout the history of civilization
2) The sense of ownership in early civilizations, feudal societies, religions, the role of land ownership in Seljuk and Ottoman administrative systems
3) Noticeable opinions on property system
4) Relationship of property and possesorship, evolution of possesorship into property in civil law.
5) Land ownership in Turkish civil law; scope, framework and constraints
6) Land policies at republican period in Turkey and the effect of propriety
7) Public domain and their modifications
8) The concepts of public and social benefit in the restriction of property
9) The relationship between urban planning and possession
10) Propriety based difficulties in land development
11) Examination of propriety sociology in real estate based land developments
12) The consequences of canons of descent on land use and dilemmas
13) Ownership in the 22nd century society
14) Presentations/Grading
15) Presentations/Grading
16) Presentations/Grading, discussions

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Project Based Learning

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade	70%
Number Percentage Semester Studies Midterm Examination 1 20% Quiz 3 60% Presentation/Seminar 1 20%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	30%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required