| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | YBH1092017852 | NATURE CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| Short Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| To provide sufficient knowledge and equipment about the basic concepts related to biodiversity, biodiversity, national and international environmental problems and policies, to increase environmental awareness. To have information about national and international biodiversity contracts. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Öğr. Gör. Dr. Burcu DEMİREL YILMAZ |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Global environmental problems, causes and consequences of these problems and environmental problems | | 2 | He/She will be able to identify the factors that cause environmental problems, will be able to analyze the relation between environmental protection and economic growth. | | 3 | He/She will be able to evaluate environment-human relation in the context of information society and consumer culture, will be able to explain environmentalism and politicization in this current. | | 4 | At the global scale, actors of environmental policies will be able to examine living processes and legal texts. | | 5 | Turkey will have detailed knowledge of EU environmental policies. |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Formal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| Environmental and human relations, environmental problems and historical development, the changing structure of environmental problems in the local and regional and global scale, the perception of the environment in international law, the instruments of international environmental policies, the actors and the variables that are effective in the decision making process, the internalities in the environmental economy and externalities principle, Sustainable development, ecological footprint, environment and development right, Global environmental policies and EU harmonization process Turkey's regional and global environmental activity. |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Course Plan, Ecology and Environmental Sciences | | | | 2 | Easter Island's Story, System Relations | | | | 3 | Human and Nature Relations in the Context of "Being Sovereign of Nature" | | | | 4 | Environment-System and Community Activities | | | | 5 | Environmental Ethics | | | | 6 | Environmental problems | | | | 7 | Environmental Problems in Turkey | | | | 8 | Midterm exam | | | | 9 | Sustainable Development | | | | 10 | Turkey's biodiversity and endemism. National and international biodiversity contracts. | | | | 11 | Turkey's biodiversity and endemism. National and international biodiversity contracts. | | | | 12 | Ecological footprint and components | | | | 13 | Environmental Flow and Political Ecology | | | | 14 | Environment and International Relations | | | | 15 | Environmental Policy and Management, Environmental Management and Voluntary Environmental Organizations | | | | 16 | Final exam | | |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| SUM | 0 | |
| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Attending Lectures | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Self Study | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Individual Study for Homework Problems | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 17 | 17 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Reading | 14 | 1 | 14 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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