Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Drilling Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILDIZAY AYYILDIZ SELIMOĞLU

Offered to

Mining Technology
Industrial Glass and Ceramics
Natural Building Stones Technology
Drilling Technology
Welding Technology
GEOTECHNICS

Course Objective

The aim of this course; to create awareness in students about the environment and sustainability, to make them comprehend the interrelationships of these issues, to enable them to think critically about the goals of sustainable development, and to enable them to comment and discuss about a sustainable environment and life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Define the concepts of environment and sustainability,
2	Discuss the causes of environmental problems,
3	Can list the objectives of sustainable development,
4	Explain the interaction process of sustainable development and environment,
5	List the indicators and indices of sustainable development,
6	Criticize sustainable environmental policies,
7	Integrate sustainability into the environment and life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Environmental Concept, Environmental Problems and Causes
2	Sustainability Concept, Relationship between Sustainability and Environment
3	Sustainability and Development, Goals of Sustainable Development
4	Interaction Process of Sustainable Development and Environment: 1. Limits to Growth Report 2. Stockholm Environment Conference 3. Mediterranean Action Plan 4. Our Common Future (Brundtland) Report
5	Interaction Process of Sustainable Development and Environment: 5. Rio Conference 6. Kyoto Protocol 7. United Nations Millennium Summit 8. World Sustainable Development Summit
6	Environmental Policies of Turkey and Sustainable Development
7	Sustainable Development Indicators and Indexes
8	General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam
9	Sustainable Cities and Transport
10	Sustainable Waste Management
11	Sustainable Energy Management
12	Sustainable Water Management
13	Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity
14	Homework Presentation and General Evaluation
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Başar, S. (2018). Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma ve Çevre. Erzurum: Fenomen Yayıncılık.
Brundtland, G. (1987). Ortak Geleceğimiz Dünya Çevre ve Kalkınma Komisyonu Raporu. Türkiye Çevre Sorunları Vakfı, Ankara.
- Kellogg, K. (2019). Sıfır Atık Için 101 Yol (Çeviren: Sima Özkan). Istanbul: Orenda Kitap.
- Kellogg, S., & Pettigrew, S. (2013). Şehirdekiler Için Sürdürülebilir Yaşam Rehberi (Çeviren: Egemen Özkan). Sinek Sekiz Yayınevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative learning method, group work, computer-based learning, presentation technique. question-answer technique, case study, problem-based learning, brainstorming.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	PRC	PRACTICE
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 +RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Assessment Criteria

I. Midterm exam: 25%
II. Homework: 25%
III. Final exam: 50%
IV. Resit exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. The students have to attend 70% of the courses.
2. Any attempt and act of plagiarism will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University, Torbalı Vocational School
yildizay.ayyildiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Weekdays, 09:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Lectures	1	2	2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	10	10
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

COURSE UNIT TITLE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

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

CONTACT INFORMATION