COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 2134 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

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 (1,3)
2   To notice national and global environmental problems (1,3)
3   To cognize relationship between economy policy and environment policy (1,3)
4   To explain role of environment policy in sustainable development (1,3)
5   Being able to recognize the international environmental agenda (1,3)

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 Examination
8 Examination
9 The concept of sustainable development and the other concepts about environment
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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.50 +MTE * 0.50
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 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

German

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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