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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MSH 0071 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Catering Services Programme Cultural Heritage and Tourism Tourism and Hotel Management Civil Aviation Transportation Management Food Technology

Course Objective

To explain the importance of natural resources in economic development and to explain, on the other hand, the environmental impacts of economic activities using the tools of economics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students may have knowledge of environmental awareness 2   Students will be able to analyze the relationship between environmental problems and economic growth 3   Students will understand the importance of natural resources for economic growth 4   Students will be able to establish growth relationship with energy policy 5   Students will be able to develop solutions to market failures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Basic concepts, environment, environmental science 2 Natural resources, environmental pollution, formation, causes, sources of environmental pollution 3 Economic approaches to natural resources and environmental problems in the historical development process 4 Environmental and economic relations, production and consumption activities, economic growth and development 5 Definition, scope and classification of natural resources 6 Renewable and non-renewable natural resources and their basic characteristics 7 Mid-Term Exam 8 Soil and water resources economy 9 Supply of resources, requests, principles of utilization, problems and basic environmental and economic approaches 10 Energy Economy, energy and environment in Turkey, environmental problems and externalities, market mechanism, problems of public goods and activities 11 Significant environmental agreements and the Kyoto Protocol, 12 Natural resources and environmental problems in Turkey, important environmental problems in Turkey and in the world 13 Natural resources and environmental problems in Turkey, important environmental problems in Turkey and in the world 14 Natural resources and environmental problems in Turkey, important environmental problems in Turkey and in the world 15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Karacan, Ali Rıza, Çevre Ekonomisi ve Politikası, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları, Izmir, 2007. Supplementary Book(s): Field, Barry ve Martha K. Field , Environmental Economics: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

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

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 Preparation for final exam 1 12 12 Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5 5 LO.4 LO.5 5