COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLIMATE CHANGES AND METEOROLOGIC DISASTERS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 5017 CLIMATE CHANGES AND METEOROLOGIC DISASTERS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

Global climate change affects all countries in the world. Therefore, the problem of climate change should be addressed with a common dialogue by all countries in the world. This course encompasses issues such as the institutional and convention-based developments in international dimension regarding climate change, the common strategies to be developed, and the impacts of climate change on development. In addition, preventive technical developments towards meteorological disasters such as flood and heat change the types of disasters resulting from climate change will be addressed within the scope of the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To Know The Basic Reasons For Climate Change,
2   To Be Able To Cope With Climate-Induced Disasters And To Comprehend The Importance Of Technology,
3   To Acquire The Skill Of Knowing And Developing Preventive And Damage Reducing Strategies On The Types Of Disasters Resulting From The Changes In Climate,
4   To Analyze The Relationship Between Climate Change And Development,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A General Overview of the Course and Introduction
2 Environment and Development Relations and Sustainable Development
3 Environmental Disasters Caused By Climate Changes
4 Case of Disaster and Climate Changes in the International Conventions
5 UN Climate Change Convention and the Montreal Protocol
6 The Kyoto Protocol
7 Climate Change and Technological Scenarios
8 Mid-term exam
9 Climate Change Policies in International Organizations
10 EU Environmental Policy and Climate Changes EU 2020 Targets
11 Policies Developed And Less Developed Countries And The Preferred Technologies And Analysis On Climate Changes
12 Responsibilities of Local and Central Level Administrators on Climate Change
13 Economic Impacts of Climate Change
14 General Assessment and Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Zerrin Toprak (2012); Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, Birleşik Yayınları.
National and International Documents and reports

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** 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 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.12332
LO.2322
LO.323
LO.43

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