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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI208

Course Name:

Climate and Action Change

Semester:

Spring
Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. MUSTAFA AYTEKİN

Course Lecturer(s):

Mustafa Aytekin

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

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.

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Flow Plan

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

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Dersde verilecektir
References:	To be given in class

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Program Outcomes
1) Knows grammatical features of Turkish language.
2) Have knowledge of examining the properties of Turkish within the framework of universal linguistics rules.
3) Establishes the relationship between language and literature, active writing and interpretation activities.
4) Uses computer software, and information and communication technologies at least at the European Computer Driving License Basic Level.
5) Uses Turkish in terms of intonation and emphasis aesthetically; writes accurate, comprehensible, effective articles in terms of spelling and punctuation.
6) Knows and uses the current information and resources in the field.
7) Understands the historical and modern Turkish texts written with different alphabets, transmits them to modern Turkish.
8) Uses the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Turkish language and literature in other fields of social sciences.
9) Have knowledge of analyzing and evaluating literary works belonging to classical and modern periods with comparative methods.
10) Examine and evaluate the Turkish works in the social and cultural context.
11) Uses a foreign language at B1 General Level at least in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria.
12) Makes interpretation, commentary, interpretation, analysis and analysis by using traditional methods used in understanding, explaining and interpreting the old Turkish literature texts.
13) Uses philological, etymological and semantic approaches to understanding texts.
14) Respects social, cultural and individual differences, universal values and human rights in scientific and professional activities.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Knows grammatical features of Turkish language.
2)	Have knowledge of examining the properties of Turkish within the framework of universal linguistics rules.
3)	Establishes the relationship between language and literature, active writing and interpretation activities.
4)	Uses computer software, and information and communication technologies at least at the European Computer Driving License Basic Level.
5)	Uses Turkish in terms of intonation and emphasis aesthetically; writes accurate, comprehensible, effective articles in terms of spelling and punctuation.
6)	Knows and uses the current information and resources in the field.
7)	Understands the historical and modern Turkish texts written with different alphabets, transmits them to modern Turkish.
8)	Uses the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Turkish language and literature in other fields of social sciences.
9)	Have knowledge of analyzing and evaluating literary works belonging to classical and modern periods with comparative methods.
10)	Examine and evaluate the Turkish works in the social and cultural context.
11)	Uses a foreign language at B1 General Level at least in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria.
12)	Makes interpretation, commentary, interpretation, analysis and analysis by using traditional methods used in understanding, explaining and interpreting the old Turkish literature texts.
13)	Uses philological, etymological and semantic approaches to understanding texts.
14)	Respects social, cultural and individual differences, universal values and human rights in scientific and professional activities.

Assessment & Grading

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

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

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