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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ERA 2132	TECHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÇAKIR

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

- To examine knowledge economy and it s characteristics
- To teach international technology classification and to compare Turkey with other nations
- To explain contens of research and development (R&D) activities and innovation
- To familiarize industrial property rights
- To explain relationship between sustainable development and eco-innovation
- To develop awareness about global environmental problems
- To explain continuing environment policy and their effects in Turkey and in the World

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To explain importance of R&D and innovation in competitiveness
2	To notice national and global environmental problems
3	To cognize relationship between economy policy and environment policy
4	To explain role of environment policy in sustainable development

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Antecedents and characteristics of knowledge economy
2	International classification of technology
3	The concepts of R&D, innovation, national and international industrial property
4	Relationships Between Competitiveness and R&D
5	World Competitiveness Index
6	Competition strategies and role of technological innovation in competitiveness, position of Turkey
7	The concept of sustainable development and the other concepts about environment
8	Examination
9	Examination
10	The relationship between eco-innovation and sustainable development
11	National and international environment policies
12	Globalization and ecological environment problems
13	International meetings and documents, EU Environment Strategies
14	Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Climate Conference and status of Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Telli Çagatay, Voyvoda Ebru and Yeldan, Erinç (2008), Economics of environmental policy in Turkey: A general equilibrium investigation of the economic evaluation of sectoral emission reduction policies for climate change, Journal of Policy Modeling, 30, 321 340.

James P. Lester (1995), Environmental politics and policy, Duke University Pres, United States.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class participation
Debate
Papers
Examination

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE	MTEG * 1
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	5	60
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparation for quiz etc.	1	5	5
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	1	1	1
LO.2	1	1	1
LO.3	1	1	1
LO.4	1	1	1

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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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