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History & Theories of Architecture

  • Course Code :
    ARC 221
  • Level :
    Undergraduate
  • Course Hours :
    3 Hours
  • Department :
    3

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Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1- Identify the relationship between control and local government
2- Define important concept such as local systems, local governance, and local administration, government accountability and responsiveness
3- Investigate the key peculiarities, structure, functions and problems of local governments.
4- Observe the contemporary trend in administrative decentralization
5- Investigate the concepts of "Reinventing the government" and " the new public management" from various case studies
6- Identify funding functions of local systems and their problems in selected countries

b. Intellectual Skills:

1- Compare different local administration reform efforts and the lessons learned from each case
2- Distinguish between different local systems in developing and developed countries
3- Analyze important problems facing local government in Egypt
4- Examine major factors driving local government reforms
5- Classify different effects of reform efforts in developing countries

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1- Critically assess the advantages and disadvantages of different local systems.
2- Apply introduced knowledge to propose effective procedures to serve local citizens better
3- Report new elements that should be integrated in future reform plans drawing from the contemporary trends in administrative decentralization

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1- Communicate effectively in a group
2- Develop analytical thinking skills


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Course topics and contents:

Topic No. of hours Lecture Tutorial/Practical
Conceptual Analysis of Local Government: Justification, purpose. 3 1
The objectives of Decentralization, Environmental Conditions for the development of Local Government. 3 1
Decentralization, Governance and Democracy and the Structure of Local Government. 3 1
- framework for Comparing Local Governance - Local System in France 3 1
Local Systems in Britain and China 3 1
Local System in the US 3 1
Midterm Exam 1
Local System in Egypt, Structure, Process, and the Challenges of Reform 12 4
Local Administration Reform and Development Administration. New Public Administration and relevant concepts on Reinvention of Government, Accountability, Responsiveness. 9 3
Final Exam 1

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Teaching And Learning Methodologies:

Teaching and learning methods
Demonstration videos
Group discussion
Data show and computer in lectures
Research Paper

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Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment Relative weight % Week No. Assess What
Class Work(Attendance, Participation, Assignments, Quizzes, Research papers, Presentations,…) 30.00 To assess theoretical background of the intellectual and practical skills and understanding
Final Exam 40.00 15 To assess knowledge and intellectual skills.
Midterm Exam 30.00 7 To assess professional skills.

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