| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enveriomental Ethics | SBK436 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Spring | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Günay GÖNÜLLÜ
Associate Prof. Dr. Örgen UĞURLU ORTAÇ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explain the intellectual foundations of environmental problems.
2) Discuss about different ethical approaches to environmental issues.
3) Establishe the relationship between ethics and economics.
4) Establishe the relationship between ethics and ecology.
5) Explain the links between ethics, legal, and society.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| 1 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | |
| 2 | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | |
| 3 | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
Course, focus on the intellectual foundations of environmental problems and explicate the concern of the idea of ??enlightenment and understanding of the nature, industrialization, and the different ethical approaches such as antropocentric, bio-centric, eco-centric ethics for understanding of the intellectual foundations of the social and economic structure of the environmental issues.
Weekly Schedule
1) Concept of ethics2) Ethics theory and the environment
3) Basic theories on human-nature relationship
4) Ethics and economics
5) Capitalism and the environment
6) Anthropocentric theories
7) Eco and biocentirc theories
8) Mid-term examination
9) Rights of future generations
10) Animal rights
11) Earth ethics
12) Ecophilosophy
13) Environmental justice and social ecology
14) Ecofeminism
15) Pluralism, pragmatism and sustainability
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Question-Answer
2) Discussion
3) Group Study
4) Case Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Presentation/Seminar to Course Grade |
50% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
50% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required