COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABILITY IN TEXTILES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKS 5041 SUSTAINABILITY IN TEXTILES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VILDAN SÜLAR

Offered to

Textile Engineering
Textile Engineering
M.Sc. Textile Engineering

Course Objective

Recently, with the increase in climate change in our world and the rapid emergence of its effects, on the other hand, the awareness of the rapid depletion of usable resources and the increasing environmental awareness, the concept of sustainability has begun to settle in contemporary communication and studies on sustainability have become widespread. The main purpose of this course is to help graduate students adopt the philosophy of sustainability, to provide information about the studies carried out within the scope of sustainability and the reflections of the sustainability approach in textiles, to guide in this regard and to support the dissemination of sustainability studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have information about the concept of sustainability and sustainability approaches/applications in textiles.
2   To be able to evaluate the effects of textile materials and processes on the environment
3   To have knowledge about recycling, recovery and the features of the products produced by these methods.
4   To have knowledge about ecological textile concept
5   To have knowledge about ecological certification and its requirements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sustainability concept and philosophy, sustainable development goals
2 The interaction of raw materials, production, products with the environment in terms of sustainability (Selection and control of sustainable / biodegradable raw materials, textile production conditions and product evaluation)
3 Sustainability studies: Life cycle analysis methodology
4 Life cycle analysis applications for the textile industry
5 Sustainability studies: Ecological Footprints (water footprint, carbon footprint, energy footprint, nitrogen footprint)
6 Sustainability studies: water footprint, carbon footprint applications in the textile industry
7 Midterm exam
8 Waste management, regulations and certification in textiles
9 Examples of recycling, upcycling and recovery from the textile industry, product features
10 Ecological Labels in Textile: Raw material labels, scope, requirements and certification
11 Ecological Labels in Textile: Product labels, scope, requirements and certification
12 Social Sustainability Labels, scope and certification
13 Preparing a sustainability report and report examples
14 Homework/project presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Sustainable Textiles Life Cycle and Environmental Impact, Ed. R. S. Blackburn, 2009, Woodhead Publishing Ltd.
Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing, Ed. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, 2014, Springer Verlag
Recycling in Textiles, Wang Y., (Editör), Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles, No:50, 2006, 248 s. USA.
Recycling Handbook, Lund, H.F., McGrawHill Publications, 2001, 976 s., USA.
Sustainable fashion: Why now A conversation exploring issues, practices, and possibilities, Hawley, Jana, M., Fairchild Publishing, 2008, USA.
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation+Homework

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 * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

25% Midterm+25% Homework/project+50%Final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70%attendance is obligatory. Presentation of homework/project is obligatory for the assessment of homework

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Vildan Sülar
D.E.Ü.Müh.Fak.Tekstil Müh.Bölümü
Tınaztepe Kampüsü Buca/IZMIR

vildan.sular@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 18 18
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.133
LO.253
LO.3335
LO.453
LO.533

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