COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 3004 ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN TENIKLER

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration

Course Objective

To evaluate for Türkiye the basic principles of the approach of undisturbed natural environment, which has gained considerable importance at international level since the 1970s, in the light of information provided within the scope of the course, to analyze the national legislation on environment, to put forward strategies that will ensure the balance of environmental conservation and use in line with the principles of sustainable environment , to evaluate national environmental organizations with environmental and economic dimensions, to determine the reasons for the implementation problems of Türkiye about environmental protectionist approaches and to develop strategies for eliminating management and implementation problems considering integrated government.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   being able to describe basic terms of enviromental administration, enviromental problems and the policy of solving these problems
2   being able to analize of integrated administration approach
3   being able to define the responsibility of the administrator focused on the sectors of environmental management direct/indirect
4   being able to reveal administration skill which contributes to strategic thinking
5   being able to define of policy and laws about Enviromental Administration and Policy
6   being able to dıscus of integrated strategies about practical problems of Türkiye's environmental protective approach
7   being able to explain of global enviromental problems and policies need to be developed

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, general information about the course, explanation of the concepts in general terms, evaluation of the importance of the course in the learning plan.
2 Natural Balance State and Perception of Nature by Humans
3 Definition, Dimensions and Scope of the Environment
4 Population, Natural Resources and Nutrition Problem
5 Environmental Values and Pollution Problem
6 Environmental Economics (Externalities and Measurement Issues)
7 Environment and Development Relations
8 Environmentalist Movements and Their Intellectual Foundations
9 Environmental Policy Concept and Types
10 Environmental Policy Approaches
11 Environmental Policy Implementation Tools
12 environmental law
13 Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change
14 General evaluation and reminder, reviewing the degree of achievement of the learning outcomes of the course by making a situation analysis of the period.

Recomended or Required Reading

Zerrin Toprak (2003); Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, Birleşik Yayınları.
National and international documents

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 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)

Prof. Dr. Zerrin Toprak Karaman, The Faculty of Economic and Administrative Science, The Department of Public Administration, e-mail: zerrin.toprak@deu.edu.tr

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 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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