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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI208 | ||||
| Course Name: | Climate and Action Change | ||||
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Fall Spring |
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. MUSTAFA AYTEKİN | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Mustafa Aytekin | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | In this course, it is aimed to examine and understand the basic issues related to the environment and climate change by comparing them with current events and to make them interested in the student's own academic programs. |
| Course Content: | The course on Environment and Climate Change has increasingly begun to affect our daily lives and the society we live in. Throughout the course, general information about climate change and related international organizations will be introduced. Additionally, ecosystems and the services they provide will be examined alongside the effects of global climate change. The benefits provided by natural ecosystems will be analyzed in an integrated manner with environmental and climate change issues. In addition to the global situation regarding these topics, current developments in Turkey and Istanbul will also be studied. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Basic and up-to-date information about climate change will be learned. 2) International organizations and their work on climate change will be examined. 3) The two key concepts of climate change, mitigation and adaptation processes, will be learned. 4) Adaptation and mitigation to climate change will be examined from a nature-based approach perspective. 5) Ecosystem services and their benefits related to climate change will be evaluated. 6) The impacts of urban green space applications on climate change will be learned. 7) The fundamental elements of the environment will be understood and explained in terms of their importance for daily life and the future, both on an individual and societal level. 8) Approaches to environmental and climate change at the global and local levels will be explained. 9) The relationship between sustainable development and environmental and climate change will be explained. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to the Course and Overview of Climate Change | To be given in class |
| 2) | Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases | To be given in class |
| 3) | Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 1 | To be given in class |
| 4) | Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 2 | To be given in class |
| 5) | Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services 1 | To be given in class |
| 6) | Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services 2 | To be given in class |
| 7) | Ecology and Current Environmental Problems 1 | To be given in class |
| 8) | Current Environmental Problems 2 | To be given in class |
| 9) | Land Use and Environmental Problems in the Context of Climate Change | To be given in class |
| 10) | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | To be given in class |
| 11) | Environment, Climate Change and Nature-Based Solutions | To be given in class |
| 12) | Turkey's Climate and Environmental Policies 1 | To be given in class |
| 13) | Turkey's Climate and Environmental Policies 2 | To be given in class |
| 14) | Zero Waste Management | To be given in class |
| 15) | Final Week | |
| 16) | Final Week |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Dersde verilecektir |
| References: | To be given in class |
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| 1) Have the theoretical knowledge in major sub areas of psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 2) Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings | ||||||||||||||
| 3) Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human. | ||||||||||||||
| 4) Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view. | ||||||||||||||
| 5) Collect and analyze the research data and report the findings in accordance to ethical publication rules. | ||||||||||||||
| 6) Develop and utilize measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | ||||||||||||||
| 7) Have the skills and abilities to follow advances in psyhology and other related sciences. | ||||||||||||||
| 8) Have the skills and abilities to work effectively on individual and group based. | ||||||||||||||
| 9) Have the skills and abilities to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | ||||||||||||||
| 10) Behave in accordance to the professional code of ethics applied to psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 11) Be unprejudiced and equal to various identity groups based on such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | ||||||||||||||
| 12) Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights. | ||||||||||||||
| 13) Master a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | ||||||||||||||
| 14) Master the computer softwares within information and communication technologies at least European computer driving licence. | ||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have the theoretical knowledge in major sub areas of psychology. | |
| 2) | Apply psychological consepts and theories in a variety of applied settings | |
| 3) | Identify and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human. | |
| 4) | Evaluate evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical view. | |
| 5) | Collect and analyze the research data and report the findings in accordance to ethical publication rules. | |
| 6) | Develop and utilize measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | |
| 7) | Have the skills and abilities to follow advances in psyhology and other related sciences. | |
| 8) | Have the skills and abilities to work effectively on individual and group based. | |
| 9) | Have the skills and abilities to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | |
| 10) | Behave in accordance to the professional code of ethics applied to psychology. | |
| 11) | Be unprejudiced and equal to various identity groups based on such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | |
| 12) | Have enhanced awareness of universal values as well as human and animal rights. | |
| 13) | Master a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | |
| 14) | Master the computer softwares within information and communication technologies at least European computer driving licence. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 15 | 45 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 30 |
| Midterms | 3 | 21 |
| Final | 3 | 22 |
| Total Workload | 118 | |