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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
CAE 4001	ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

To establish a connection between environment, ecology and geography events and problems from other disciplines , find an effective solution different, holistic approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To establish a link between the purpose and methods of knowledge, skills and equipment necessary subject of environmental science
2	To establish a connection between environment, ecology and geography events and problems from other disciplines , find an effective solution different, holistic approaches
3	To learn about the environment and human sensitivity to environmental problems and the formation parts of the environment and interact with components of the environment
4	To be informed about the roles of formal institutions on environmental problems in Turkey .
5	To be informed about the effects of environmental pollution on human life and health

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Environmental Science subject, purpose and Methods Components of the Environment, Sections and Interaction Environment
2	The Emergence of Environmental Science
3	Population growth, migration and environmental problems
4	Unplanned urbanization and environmental problems
5	Miss-landuse and environmental problems
6	Agricultural activities, irrigation techniques and soil pollution
7	Burning stubble, desertification, fallow method
8	General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9	Forest destruction, it's causes, erosion and effects
10	Climate change, flood, drought, access to clean water resources
11	Air, water pollution, solid waste problem and recycling opportunities
12	Traditional energy sources and the problems they cause
13	Renewable energy sources and their potentials
14	Noise, image pollution and environmental education
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Güney.E.(2004) Çevre Sorunları Coğrafyası Ankara Gündüz Yay.
Kışlalıoğlu M, Berkes F (1993)Çevre ve Ekoloji- Istanbul.Remzi Kitabevi
Özey R. (2001) Çevre Sorunları .Aktif Yay. Istanbul
Muslu Y.( 2000) Ekoloji ve Çevre Sorunları . Aktif Yay. Istanbul
Görmez K.(2010) Çevre Sorunları .Nobel Yay.Dağ. Ankara
www.ecology.com/
www.eoearth.org/article/Ecology
www.learner.org/courses/envsci/.../ecology/ -
www.intecol.net

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, lecture, case study methods (constructivist, active teaching practices).

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	Midterm Exam
2	DTK	Other Activity
3	FN	Semester final exam
4	BNS	BNS	Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5	BUT	Make- up note
6	BBN	End of make-up grade	Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	4	52
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Preparing assignments	1	4	4
Preparing presentations	1	4	4
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	5	4	5	4	4			5	5	3
LO.2	5	5	4	5	5			5	4	5
LO.3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
LO.4									5	5
LO.5			5							4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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