“Curriculum Development For Real Estate Master Degree” Joint Project Supported by TEMPUS “Urban Planning and Management” “Urban Economics” Developed by: Irina G.Vanyan, PhD in Economics

“Urban Planning and Management” Constructive Alignment Goal –Prepare them for Urban areas development management –Help them understand the basics of planning decision making Delivery –Lectures –Seminars –Modelling Exercise

Awarded Credits within the Course of “Urban Planning and Management” Project Design – 2.3 Credits Interim Exam– 0.73 Final Exam– 0.73 Seminars and Games – 0.62 Lectures– 0.62

Semes ter Hours Kind of Activities Lectu res Semin ars Interim Exam Final Exam Project Design Total Class Work Hours Distribution for the Course of “Urban Planning and Management”

“Urban Planning and Management” Lectures Themes The Difficult City Development of Cities and Localization Urban Development and Cities Viability Feasibility Reports Research Methodology Planning and Power City and Power theory Planning Theory and Role

Seminars Main Themes “Urban Planning and Management” What is the City? City as a physical environment. Planning and performance strategy. City as a social environment. City as economic conditions. Planning in practice and its new challenges. Face of a global city. Reconstruction and city renewal. Habitation and city development.

“Urban Economics” Constructive Alignment Goal –Help them understand the basics of urban development economics Delivery –Lectures –Seminars –Modelling Exercise

2.5 Credits 0.4 Lectures 0.4 Seminars 0.4 Final Exam 0.0 Interim Exam 1.3 Project Design Awarded Credits within the Course of “Urban Economics”

Semes ter Hours Kind of Activities Lectu res Semin ars Interim Exam Final Exam Project Design Total Class Work Hours Distribution for the Course of “Urban Economics”

“Urban Economics” Main Themes 1. Urban Economics as an economic study of urban areas 2. Spatial relationships to understand the economic motivations underlying the formation, functioning, and development of cities. 3. Activities, geographical distance, firm location.

“Urban Economics” Seminars Main Themes Market forces in the Development of Cities Urban Economic Policy Housing and Public Policy Local Government Expenditures and Taxes

Courses were designed by next Principles  Lectures are closely followed by seminars and modelling exercises  Seminars –Presentation of take-home assignments  Instant feedback from teachers Assignments are graded –Prepares them for the modelling –Ensures they engage the material early

Assessment  Final exam –Content of final exam will be tied directly to learning outcomes –Final grade will include  Scores on take home assignments  Modelling execises participation

Our Experience  Group Working during the Class Work –They are very active – They like competition –They adopted defines better  Group work is hard –They are differed in thinking, participating

Example: Lectures and Seminars Urban Economics specialty Group ShT-54 is recording a lecture material that is provided by the lecturer. The Lecture Theme is: “Local Government Impact on the Urban Economics”. An active discussion is going during the Seminar of Group ShT-54. The Theme of discussion is: “Geographic issues Intervention in Urban Economics”.

Example Game Exercize: A Study Game in the same group of ShT-54 is implementing. Theme of the Study Game is: “The Local Government Obligations within the City: mandatory, voluntary and delegated obligations”. Students divided on two groups have to attach to the appropriate tree the small colored papers in the form of apple where different obligations are shown.

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