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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IND 3973 PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Industrial Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI SERDAR TAŞAN

Offered to

Industrial Engineering

Course Objective

To provide an understanding of the main issues in industrial ecology and sustainability based on relevant theories and applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to explain the importance of industrial ecology and sustainability concepts 2   Ability to model the industrial engineering problems considering environmental and sustainability issues 3   Ability to solve the industrial engineering problems which considers environmental and sustainability issues

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to industrial ecology 2 Humanity and technology 3 The concept of sustainability 4 Industrial ecology and sustainable engineering 5 Introduction to life cycle assessment 6 Industrial ecosystems 7 Material flow analysis 8 Energy and industrial ecology 9 Industrial ecology 10 Modeling in industrial ecology 11 Examples of industrial ecology models 12 Scenarios related to industrial ecology 13 Life cycle assessment applications 14 Life cycle assessment applications

Recomended or Required Reading

T.E. Graedel and B.R. Allenby, Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering 1st edition, Prentice Hall, 2010, ISBN: 0-13-814034-0

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instructor notes will be given using blackboard and visual presentations. Additionally, it will be further supported by homework and student presentations.

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 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm (25%) + Assignments (25%) + Final Exam (50%)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: serdar.tasan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Preparing assignments 1 15 15 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 2 2 LO.2 2 4 2 1 LO.3 4 2