COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUSINESS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IBS 4161 CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

International Business and Trade (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYÇA KÜBRA HIZARCI

Offered to

International Trade and Business (English)
International Business and Trade (English)

Course Objective

This course aims to develop student's awareness of climate crisis and the major threats both to nature and the free market system. The major purpose is to change the current business paradigm to TRANSFORMATION for UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs). The aim of learning is to create the solutions and possible opportunities it offers for enhancing business performance. The course will provide the students an understanding of emerging climate economy and what it means to companies, their industries, and the global economy and finally why they should be aware of these issues for their businesses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Enhance understanding of emerging climate economy
2   2. Learn why they should exploit from business strategies for climate change
3   3. Provide understanding of adopting solutions to climate change by businesses
4   4. Understand the importance of climate change issues for management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Climate Crisis: Basic Issues and Facts I
2 Climate Crisis: Basic Issues and Facts II
3 Corporate Implications of Climate Crisis Case Studies
4 The Climate Economy: A Framework Beyond regulation: Voluntary agreements and partnerships
5 Business Strategies for Climate Crisis
6 Case Studies
7 Climate Change, Sustainability, and Corporate Value
8 Solutions to Climate Change Case Study
9 Innovation and capabilities for climate crisis
10 Social Entrepreneurship ana Climate Crisis Solutions
11 Internatiınal Regime of Climate Change
12 International Agreements on Climate Change
13 Term Project Presentations
14 Term Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading


Text Book: Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları ile Kurumsal Dönüşüm, Editörler:Prof.Dr.Canan Madran&Prof.Dr.Mustafa Tanyeri, Akademisyen Yayınevi, Mayıs 2020

Reference resources:
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2020.pdf

https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal13


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Written and visual resources, presentations, current reports of relevant institutions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 ASS Assignment
3 PRS Presentation
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.30 + ASS * 0.40 + PRS * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Students should actively participate in class activities and discussions.
2. Students have to attend classes in order to obtain points from the in-class assignments. No excuses for the in-class assignments will be accepted.
3. Written reports should be submitted and presentations should be made on time. Late submission of reports will not be accepted.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students should attend the classes on time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ulviyye.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00 - 15.35

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 3 1 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Individual homework preperation (CBIKO Talent Gate) 1 12 12
Group homework preperation 3 6 18
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

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.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45