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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KMY 4004	INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 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 of environmental and economic aspects of international agreements, environmental aspects of international organizations, environment-based organizations work and the position of Türkiye against international agreements and analizing of relationship with international organizations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	being able to identify action plans and international enviromental policy
2	being able to analyse underlying the developments at the international level about enviroment and the efective of international agrements
3	being able to discus the effects of developed and developing countries's efforts about enviromental protective and economic development
4	being able to question Türkiye's enviromental administration and policies and to compare these policies with the best practices at international level
5	being able to make strategies related with current and potencial enviromental problems at local, national and international level

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	Factors That Force the Environmental Phenomenon to Gain Importance at the International Level
3	International Organizations and Environment (UN, NATO, OECD, OSCE)
4	Development of United Nations Environmental Policies and Stockholm Conference
5	Habitat Conferences
6	Rio Conferences and Sustainable Development Principles
7	Aarhus Convention
8	Non-Governmental Organizations Working on Environment at International Level
9	European Union Environmental Policy - Purpose and Principles, EU Summits and Environment
10	European Union Environmental Policy Technical Tools
11	European Union Environmental Policy Financial Instruments
12	Climate Change and International Efforts
13	Examples of Selected International Environmental Agreements
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

Karaman, Zerrin Toprak(2009), "Democratic Gains in Public Administration at Local Level in terms of CSR: Theory- and Practice-Based Approaches- Türkiye and Izmir Metropolitan City , Professionals´ Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer- Social Policy Book, Idowu, Samuel O.; Leal Filho, Walter (Eds.)
Tenikler, Gökhan ( Doktora tezi : Türkiye'de Tehlikeli Atık Yönetimi ve Avrupa Birliği Ülkeleri ile karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz)
Karaman, Zerrin Toprak & Asuman Altay (1996); Yeni Dünya Düzeninde Global Yönetim , Yeni Türkiye, Siyaset Özel Sayısı.
Karaman, Zerrin Toprak&Asuman Altay (1997); Global Governance Caused By New World Order , Marmara Journal of European Studies, M.Ü. Avrupa Topluluğu Enstitüsü, Cilt:5, S:1-2, Istanbul, 78-87.
Karaman, Zerrin Toprak (1992); Çevre Kirliliğinin Giderilmesinde Uzlaşmacı Politika (Izmir Körfezi Için Bir Yaklaşım), Amme Idaresi Dergisi, Cilt.25, S:4.

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	18	18
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	3	3
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.2	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1	1	1	1	1	1
LO.2	1	1	1	1	1
LO.3	1	1	1	1	1
LO.4	1	1	1	1	1
LO.5	1	1	1	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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