COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 2014 TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICIES 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
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)

Course Objective

- To examine knowledge economy and it s characteristics
- To teach international technology classification and to compare Türkiye 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 Türkiye 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   To explain continuing environment policy and their effects in Türkiye and in the World

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

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

Recomended or Required Reading

Telli Çagatay, Voyvoda Ebru and Yeldan, Erinç (2008), Economics of environmental policy in Türkiye: 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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: ozlem.cakir@deu.edu.tr
Tel: +90(232) 4120289

Office Hours

Every Day 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 12 4 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511