COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSI 2070 CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEVINÇ ÖZKUL

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geophysical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Mining Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Geological Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

Teaching issues concerning causes, effects and prevention of climate changes and adaptation to climate changes, raising awareness to the climate change

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning basic concepts related with the climate change
2   To have an idea about the political dimensions of climate change
3   To understand the causes and effects of climate change
4   To have a general knowledge about combating with and adapting to climate change
5   Achieving the awareness to the importance of implementing the necessary engineering practices to combat with and adapt to the effects of climate change.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Climate and climatic factors, Greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases
2 Political dimension of climate change (Climate change in the context of international environmental policies, legal dimension, international climate change negotiations and international relations)
3 Climate change forecast, climate models, estimations and scenarios, downscaling of global climate model results to regional scale
4 The effects of climate change (sea level rise, temperature increases, biodiversity)
5 The effects of climate change on sectors (agriculture, energy)
6 The effects of climate change on sectors (forestry, health, tourism)
7 Fighting with the effects of climate change (agricultural production and food safety, methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, policies)
8 Adaptation to climate change and sustainability (Water resources management, public health, environmental risks / natural disasters and management, carbon management)
9 Adaptation to climate change and sustainability (Urban development and transport, sustainable living, clean production)
10 Mid-term Exam
11 Adaptation to climate change and sustainability (Sustainable energy resources and energy management, sustainable development)
12 National mitigation and adaptation policies and strategies, European Union and World
13 Presentation of homework assignments
14 Presentation of homework assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kadıoğlu, M. (2007) Küresel iklim Değişimi ve Türkiye , ISBN: 978975758621088, 382 s.
Supplementary Book(s): IPPC 5th Assessment Report - Climate Change 2014 (http://www.ipcc.ch).
Iklim Değişikliği Ve Teknolojik Uygulamaları , ISBN: 975-958778-4-X, Türkiye Teknoloji Geliştirme Vakfı, Derleyen: Yunus Arıkan, 24 s.
Iklim Değişikliği Birinci Ulusal Bildirimi , Çevre ve Ormancılık Bakanlığı, 2007, 265 s.
Şen, Z. (2009) Iklim Değişikliği Tatlı Su Kaynakları ve Türkiye , Su Vakfı Yayınları, ISBN:9789756455371, 272 s.
Materials: Copies of the powerpoint presentations during lectures

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Formal presentation of subjects and recitation, homework assignments and exams.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2-3-4-5: evaluated through tailor-made questions posed during mid-term and final exams.
LO 2-4: evaluated through reports prepared upon homework assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance/active participation to the lecture is assessed. Guidelines for preparing reports from homework assignments will be distributed at the start of lecture and homeworks will be collected in due format.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Sevinç Özkul
sevinc.ozkul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced based on the course calendar of the relevant semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 1 11
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Project Assignment 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 57

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.122
LO.224
LO.3224
LO.422333
LO.52324443

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