COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEP 5009 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Environmental Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI EKBER GÜLERSOY

Offered to

Environmental Education

Course Objective

In local and global level investigate the topic of environment, increase social and scientific consciousness, questioning ways of solving environmental problems in regard to scientific, social and political integrity and discussing them with examples

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define environmental terminology used in environmental education
2   Explain environment types and their relations
3   Develop activities towards protecting the environment
4   Recognize the reasons of factors polluting the environment
5   Establish the relations among the environment and living things

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Human and environment, The interactions between the living and non-living components of the ecosystem
2 Aquatic environment, Atmospheric environment, Pedospheric environment
3 Radioactivity and environment, Visual environment
4 Global climate change
5 Water supply, Population growth
6 Fuel and mineral resources
7 Land reclamation
8 Land reclamation
9 Loss of wildlife, Endangered species
10 Preservation of wetland ecosystems
11 Environmental pollution
12 Nuclear waste disposal
13 Industrial pollution
14 Air and water pollution and Noise pollution
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Erdem Ü (editör)(2000) Çevre Bilimi-Sürdürülebilir Dünya. Çeviri Kitabı, Çevirenler: Doğan F, Erdem Ü, Henden E, Onoğur E, Öztürk M, Türkan I, Nurlu E, Sunlu U, Ege Üniversitesi Çevre Sorunları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayın No: 1, 1. Baskı, Izmir.
2-Ertürk H (1998), Çevre Bilimine Giriş. Vipaş A.Ş., Uludağ Üniversitesi Güçlendirme Vakfı Iştiraki, Bursa.
3-McKinney ML, Schoch RM, Yonavjak L (2007) Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions. 4th editions, Jones and Barlett Publishers. Sudbury, MA.
4-Miller GT (1991) Environmental Science: Sustaining the Earth. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, CA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework, students portfolio, final exam, semester project, inquiry report

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term work scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes and term work scores will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.gulersoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Project Preparation 1 15 15
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 1 15 15
Research Presentation 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1331513
LO.2331513
LO.3331513
LO.4331513
LO.5331513

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