COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

To explain the importance of natural resources in economic development and to explain, on the other hand, the environmental impacts of economic activities using the tools of economics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students may have knowledge of environmental awareness
2   Students will be able to analyze the relationship between environmental problems and economic growth
3   Students will understand the importance of natural resources for economic growth
4   Students will be able to establish growth relationship with energy policy
5   Students will be able to develop solutions to market failures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts, environment, environmental science
2 Natural resources, environmental pollution, formation, causes, sources of environmental pollution
3 Economic approaches to natural resources and environmental problems in the historical development process
4 Environmental and economic relations, production and consumption activities, economic growth and development
5 Definition, scope and classification of natural resources
6 Renewable and non-renewable natural resources and their basic characteristics
7 Soil and water resources economy
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Supply of resources, requests, principles of utilization, problems and basic environmental and economic approaches
10 Energy Economy, energy and environment in Turkey, environmental problems and externalities, market mechanism, problems of public goods and activities
11 Significant environmental agreements and the Kyoto Protocol,
12 Natural resources and environmental problems in Turkey, important environmental problems in Turkey and in the world
13 Natural resources and environmental problems in Turkey, important environmental problems in Turkey and in the world
14 Natural resources and environmental problems in Turkey, important environmental problems in Turkey and in the world
15 Natural resources and environmental problems in Turkey, important environmental problems in Turkey and in the world
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Karacan, Ali Rıza, Çevre Ekonomisi ve Politikası, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları, Izmir, 2007.

Supplementary Book(s):
Field, Barry ve Martha K. Field , Environmental Economics: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams: There will be held on two in class exams; midterm exam and final exam during the semester.
Grades: 50 % Midterm Exam, 50 % Final Exam, 50 % Make-up Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1) Attending at least 70 percent of lectures and fulfill the requirements of the course are mandatory.
2) Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00 - 16:30, Ground Floor, No: Z-08, Efes Vocational School, Selçuk / IZMIR.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.25
LO.33
LO.43
LO.53