COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YÖN 4124 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SULTAN KAVILI ARAP

Offered to

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS (Evening)
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Course Objective

to introduce the environmental problems, the emergence of these problems, to learn the methods and tools used for these problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the terminology related to environment
2   Being able to explain the environmental problems
3   Being able to evaluate the environmental policy in Türkiye
4   Being more sensitive to the environment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic concepts
2 The environment and community relations
3 Environmental problems and their causes
4 The relationship between environmental protection and development
5 Environmental movements
6 International dimensions of environmental problems
7 International dimensions of environmental problems
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 The current environmental problems in Türkiye
10 Environmental policy in Türkiye
11 Environmental policy and legislation in Türkiye
12 Environmental legislation in Türkiye; laws and regulations
13 Environmental legislation in Türkiye; laws and regulations
14 Environmental legislation in Türkiye; laws and regulations
15 Solution proposals to basic environmental problems

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Keleş, Ruşen. 2015. 100 Soruda Çevre; Çevre Sorunları ve Çevre Politikası. Izmir: Yakın Kitabevi ,
Keleş, Ruşen, Hamamcı, Can ve Çoban, Aykut. 2015. Çevre Politikası. Ankara:Imge Kitabevi

Supplementary Book(s):
Kışlalıoğlu, Mine ve Berkes Fikret. 2010. Çevre ve Ekoloji.Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi
Çoban, Aykut (ed). 2015. Yerel Yönetim, Kent ve Ekoloji. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Question and Answer
3. Case study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sultan.arap@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

between 16.00-17.00 during course day

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Web Search and Library Research 3 2 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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