Current Environmental Issues
Political Science and Public Administration
Faculty of Political Sciences
First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Environmental Issues | SBK334 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 3 | Spring | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Örgen UĞURLU ORTAÇ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Discuss the philosophical viewpoints regarding a healthy environment.
2) Debate and make analysis on Turkey and the world's major environmental problems.
3) Explain the effects and the secondary spreadof environmental pollution at the global level.
4) Establish the relationship between the current ecological problems.
5) Evaluate the environmental safety and scale threatening events.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| 1 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | No relation | No relation | High | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | Middle | Low | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | |
| 4 | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | |
| 5 | Low | No relation | Middle | Middle | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Modern thinking which is abstracting the world from the sacredness, inoculated to minds that humans who are weak against the nature should exploit the nature. Especially, in the Western Europe, the fact of production for developing market created a consumption fetishism. As a result of the extreme consumption, the wastes of consumer goods formed large garbage areas on the world. The recycling of the goods produced in the end of different chemical procedures take thousand of years. It is possible to take measures against these dangers by training new generation sensitively to environmental problems. This lesson is considered between these mentioned aims.
Weekly Schedule
1) Definition of the environment concept and emergence of environmental problems2) Air, water and soil pollution causes and effects
3) Destruction of biological diversity and erosion
4) Waste types and environmental impacts of
5) Energy resourses and environmnetal effects
6) The effects of unplanned urbanization and industrialization
7) Relation between environment, economy and development
8) Midtermexam
9) Developed-developing country distinction and relationship between sustainable development and environmental sustainability
10) Global environmental problems-ozone layer depletion and global warming
11) Search solutions for solving environmental problems in the international arena
12) Environmental rights and justice
13) National and international environmental destruction and environmental organizations
14) Environmental security
15) Water, food and energy security
16) Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
30% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
70% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
English
Work Placement(s)
Not Required