COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARENESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3757 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARENESS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESTER ETI AKYÜZ LEVI

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to raise awareness of architecture students about climate change, which is the biggest universal problem of our time, and to discuss what can be done to mitigate and adapt to the problem in an individual context. In addition, it is to determine what can be done to protect our cultural heritage against the negative effects of climate change.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic concepts of environment, historical environment, cultural heritage, weather, climate, climate change.
2   To be able to explain the studies on climate change.
3   To be able to discuss climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.
4   To be able to evaluate the effects of climate change on cultural heritage.
5   To be able to communicate a research on climate change and cultural heritage in visual, written and oral form using up-to-date technologies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course; aim, method and contents of the course. (Lecture-showing method)
2 Climate concept. General information about climate change. (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
3 Activities related to climate change. (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
4 Impacts of climate change. (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
5 Climate change mitigation-adaptation studies. (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
6 The concept of cultural heritage and our country's cultural heritage. (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
7 Midterm
8 Conservation problems of cultural heritage. (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
9 Impacts of climate change on cultural heritage. (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
10 What we can do as individuals about climate change (Lecture-showing, discussion, question and answer teaching method)
11 Broadcast discussion. (Discussion method)
12 Assignment presentations. (Presentation, discussion and question and answer teaching method)
13 Assignment presentations. (Presentation, discussion and question and answer teaching method)
14 Assignment presentations. Collection of take-homes. (Presentation, discussion and question and answer teaching method)
15 General evaluation and discussion. (Discussion and question and answer teaching method)

Recomended or Required Reading

- Atabey, E. (18 Eylül 2022). Asit Yağmurlarının Tarihi Yapıtlara ve Yapılara Etkileri. Temizmekân. https://www.temizmekan.com/asit-yagmurlarinin-tarihi-yapitlara-ve-yapilara-etkileri/
- Akyüz Levi, E. ve Uğur, M. (2021). Iklim Değişikliği ve Tarihi Çevreler, in Eliaçık, M. (Ed.), International Halich Congress on Multidisciplinary Scientific Research Proceedings Book (102- 118), 15-16 Ağustos 2021, Istanbul.
- Akyüz Levi, E. ve Uğur, M. (2023). Tarihi Çevrelerde Iklim Değişikliğine Uyum Üzerine, 2. International Mediterranean Congress (146-157), 2-3 Şubat 2023, Bayrut, Lübnan.
- Carter, N. (2007). The Politics of Environment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- CO2 Human Emissions. (13 Aralık 2017). Main sources of carbon dioxide emissions. https://www.che-project.eu/news/main-sources-carbon-dioxide-emissions
- ÇEKÜL. (2023). Kültürel Miras. https://www.cekulvakfi.org.tr
- Gençer, I. (2017). Kültürel Mirasın Korunmasında Iklim Değişikliğinin Oluşturduğu Tehditler, Mimar.ist, 58, 24-30.
- Kumar, A. (2018). Brief Introduction of Environment, Ecology and Environmental Pollution, Inspira- Journal of Modern Management & Entrepreneurship, 8(1), 314-322.
- T.C. Çevre, Şehircilik ve Iklim Değişikliği Bakanlığı. (t.y.). Paris Anlaşması. https://iklim.gov.tr/paris-anlasmasi-i-34
- Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Dışişleri Bakanlığı. (t.y.). Birleşmiş Milletler Çevre Programı (UNEP). https://www.mfa.gov.tr/birlesmis-milletler-cevre-programi.tr.mfa
- UNESCO. (2023). World Heritage List. https://whc.unesco.org.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Dialectic method, structuralist method and comparative method are considered to be used.
The student is expected participating in the course actively.
- Literature research and archive inquiry.
- Field Study (on-site observation and examination)
- Ability to express thoughts on the matter visually, verbally and in writing by using up-to-date technologies.
- Providing information with verbal and visual presentations.
- Developing the ideas discovered through in-class debates, evaluations, interpretations.
- Group works and discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm %25 (LO1, LO2, LO4)
Homework assignments/presentation %25 (LO3, LO5)
Final assignment %50 (LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Thursday: 13.00-13.45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 1 11
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.133
LO.25
LO.33
LO.433
LO.53333

CONTACT INFORMATION
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