Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
İKT648	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES	Compulsory	1	2	5

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to give the solutions based on theoretical fundamentals which are related to economic and managerial problems like pollution, exhaustion of natural resources, waste of natural resources, inefficiency consumption of natural resources, misleading pricing of natural resources and inconsideration of alternative use of natural resources

Name of Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Seval MUTLU ÇAMOĞLU

Learning Outcomes

1	Doğal kaynaklar ve çevre ile ilgili temel kavramları ve sorunları analiz edebilecek ve çözüm yollarını tartışabilecektir.
2	Sürdürülebilir kalkınma ve büyüme ilişkisini değerlendirebilecek ve çevre politikalarını tartışabilecektir

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

• The classification and features of natural resources, • The supply and the demand of natural resources, • Land use and land value, • Nonrenewable natural resources use, • Market structure and strategy in nonrenewable resource use, • Uncertainty and nonrenewable resources, • Economic growth and nonrenewable natural resources, • The economics of energy, • The economics of the fishery, • Regulation of the fishery, • Forestry use, • Externalities and pollution, • Pollution policy in practice, • Government regulations and policy in natural resource use

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The classification and features of natural resources
2	The supply and the demand of natural resources
3	Land use and land value
4	Nonrenewable natural resources use
5	Market structure and strategy in nonrenewable resource use
6	Uncertainty and nonrenewable resources
7	Economic growth and nonrenewable natural resources
8	Mid-term exam
9	The economics of energy and the economics of the fishery
10	Regulation of the fishery
11	Forestry use
12	Externalities and pollution
13	Pollution policy in practice
14	Government regulations in natural resource use.
15	Government policy in natural resource use
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Hartwick, M. John. and Olewiler, D. Nancy. 1986; The Economics of Natural Resource Use, New York

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Self Study	14	2	28
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	7	6	42
Individual Study for Final Examination	7	6	42
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14
LO1	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
LO2	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High