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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
		ELECTIVE

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TOLGA ELBIR

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The aims of the lecture are (1) the understanding importance of climate change problem, (2) improving awareness on adaptation period for climate change, (3) studying environmental impacts of climate change.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Definition of climate change
2	Explanation of environmental impacts of climate change
3	Term of carbon market
4	Legistlation on protection of climate change system
5	Application of climate modelling

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to climate change
2	Previous climate change events
3	Signs of climate change
4	Natural and antrophogenic climate change processes
5	Effects of climate change on earth ecosystem
6	Effects of climate change on water resources
7	Effects of climate change on oceans
8	Protection of climate change (United Nations and Climate Change)
9	Protection of climate change (Kyoto Protocol)
10	Carbon market
11	Climate change scenerios
12	Carbon footprint
13	Climate change scenerios
14	Effects of climate change to Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know
by Joseph Romm

Climate Change: What the Science Tells Us
by Charles Fletcher

Introduction to Modern Climate Change
by Andrew Dessler

Küresel Isınma ve Iklim Değişikliği
Dr.Reşat Uzmen

Küresel Isınma ve Iklim Değişikliği
Çağatay Güler, Faruk Tekbaş , Songül A. Vaizoğlu

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Tolga Elbir
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering
Department of Environmental Engineering
Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca-Izmir/TURKEY
Tel: +90-232-301 7133
E-mail: tolga.elbir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 3-4

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparing presentations	1	5	5
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	5	5
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Project Final Presentation	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			49

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	1	5	5	4		1	2
LO.2		5	5	4		1	2
LO.3		5	5	4			2
LO.4		5	5	4	2	1	2
LO.5		4	4	4			2

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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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