K.A.U. – F.E.D. - Urban and regional planning Department
Coordination plan of Housing - URP 400 and URP 241
Housing Courses - time table for the First semester 2015-2016
Week
No.
Date
1
Seb. 2015
2
Seb. 2015
3
4
Seb. 2015
Seb. 2015
5
6
7
Oct.2015
Oct.2015
Oct.2015
8
9
10
11
Nov.2015
Nov.2015
Nov.2015
Nov.2015
12
13
14
15
Des.2015
Des.2015
Des.2015
Des.2015
Unit
Lecture
Lecture 1: Introduction to Housing - Course content, Course organization, attendance,
researches, and grading system.
Lecture 2: The role of Housing, Housing Terminology, and
Unit 1
definitions
Understanding
Lecture 3: Quality of Live in Housing units, and Districts
Housing
Lecture 4: The value of Q.O.L. in Housing – Measuring criteria
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Lecture
5:
Housing
affordability
Unit 2
Lecture
6:
Demand
and Supply Housing
Housing
Lecture 7: Financing Housing projects
affordability
MED Term Exam
Lecture 9: Introduction to Neighborhood planning
Unit 3
Neighborhood Lecture 10: Hierarchy of services in Neighborhood
Lecture 11: criteria of Neighborhood planning
Planning
Project
Presentation
Lecture 12, Lecture 13:
Group presentation
In lecture 10
mints
Quizzes
Assignments
Group work
Housing
needs and
Quality
Task 1: Reading Material/
Summary/Presentation
Aspects of
Housing
Demand
Task 2: Reading Material/
Summary/Presentation
20%
Analyzing the
planning of a
Neighborhood
Task 3: Reading Material/
Summary/Presentation
Task 4: Project
Presentation
Final Term Exam
Declaring Students results at ODES
Please Note:
- Grading system:
 5% attendance (15min late: please do not disturb us/3 class absent=DN) and quizzes
 15% exercises (Reading Material/ Summary/Presentation) (Group work)
 20% research project (Group work)
 20% med term exam
 40% final exam
 Total 100%
40%