| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Policy | SBK205 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 2 | Fall | 5 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Günay GÖNÜLLÜ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Be able to think practically about the environmental problems of Turkey and the world.
2) Define and discuss environmental polutions that affect not only the country they appear, but also environmental awareness in the historical process at the point of these global level environmental problems present a danger to the entire world totally.
3) Show awareness on developing an international initiative against a global ecological disasters such as reducing ozone layer, conservatory affect of the carbondioxide, e.t.c.
4) Discuss relation between environmental and community, and comment on related intellectual knowledge.
5) Explain objectives of environmental policy, administration and environmental economic tools and thier international dimensions.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| 1 | No relation | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | No relation | High | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | No relation | High | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | No relation | High | High | High | High | High | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
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) Course contents2) Environment, science and policy
3) Environment and society interaction
4) Environment and community relations
5) Air, water, soil and noise pollution
6) Cultural environment
7) Environment and economy
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Philosophical foundations of environmental currents
10) Environmental currents and environmentalism in Turkey
11) Environmental policy concepts and approaches
12) Environmental policy tools
13) International dimensions of environmental policy
14) Environmental management and policy in Turkey
15) Fundamental legislation determin of environmental policies
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required