ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP0366	Practicing Sustainability	Spring	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. AHU ERGEN
Course Objectives:	The course shows how the sustainability topics can be integrated into daily life and business. The course aims to create awareness regarding sustainable lifestyle, business practices and ethic.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
At the completion of this course, students should be able to:
1) Act sustainably in their daily lives and in business environment.
2) Examine a range of barriers that exist to living sustainably.
3) Understand key consumer behaviour supporting sustainability.
4) Understand the role of consumers in creating solutions to sustainability-related problems.
5) Explore sustainable development goals.
6) Understand the role of business in providing solutions to sustainability-related problems.
7) Explore sustainable business models.
8) Make connections between the academic literature on consumer behavior and real-world sustainability issues.

Course Content

The course is focused on the concepts, challenges and solutions for sustainability, sustainable daily practices and business implementations. The course includes principles of sustainable consumption and lifestyle, corporate sustainability and ethic.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Understanding the Sustainability	Class slides / Articles /Cases
2)	Sustainable Development Goals	Class slides / Articles /Cases
3)	Understanding attitudes towards consumption and sustainability	Class slides / Articles /Cases
4)	Sustainable Consumption	Class slides / Articles /Cases
5)	Consumer Culture, Overconsumption and Voluntary Simplicity	Class slides / Articles /Cases
6)	The Attitude-behaviour Gap in Sustainable Consumption, Motivating behavioural change	Class slides / Articles /Cases
7)	LOHAS: A sustainable lifestyle	Class slides / Articles /Cases
8)	Midterm Week	Class slides / Articles /Cases
9)	Sustainability and Marketing	Class slides / Articles /Cases
10)	Sustainable Supply Chains	Class slides / Articles /Cases
11)	Creating Social Impact	Class slides / Articles /Cases
12)	Ethics and Responsible Business Practices	Class slides / Articles /Cases
13)	Communicating and Managing Sustainability	Class slides / Articles /Cases
14)	Sharing Economy	Class slides / Articles /Cases

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Robertson, M. (2017). Sustainability principles and practice. Taylor & Francis. Lee, N. R., & Kotler, P. (2015). Social marketing: Changing behaviors for good. Sage Publications. Sustainability Marketing, Belz / Peattie (2012) Wiley ISBN: 978-1119966197 Additional readings will be posted in Itslearning.

References:

Nidumolu, R., Prahalad, C. K., & Rangaswami, M. R. (2009). Why sustainability is now the key driver of innovation. Harvard business review, 87(9), 56-64. Kotler, P. (2011). Reinventing marketing to manage the environmental imperative. Journal of marketing, 75(4), 132-135. Griskevicius, V., Cantú, S. M., & Van Vugt, M. (2012). The evolutionary bases for sustainable behavior: Implications for marketing, policy, and social entrepreneurship. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 31(1), 115-128. Chouinard,Y., J. Ellison. ve R. Ridgeway. (2011). The Sustainable Economy. Harvard Business Review. 52-62.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	2	% 25
Presentation	1	% 25
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	12	4	48
Presentations / Seminar	1	10	10
Quizzes	2	10	20
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Acquire competence in understanding, explaining and analyzing the linguistic features of English and Turkish (phonetics, lexicology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics)	1
2)	Achieve competence in the languages of translation.	1
3)	Obtain the skills and competences required in the global language services industry.	1
4)	Learn about the interdisciplinary nature of translation through practice and non-departmental courses	5
5)	Demonstrate knowledge about different cultures, which is an integral part of translation and language.	5
6)	Make use of translation technologies, which are indispensable in the language services industry of today.	1
7)	Acquire competence in translation-oriented textual analysis in the source and target language.	1
8)	Learn translation-oriented research skills.	1
9)	Gain in-class interpreting experience in simultaneous interpreting, consecutive interpreting, conference interpreting and community interpreting	1
10)	Learn about the linguistic and lexical structure of Turkish, acquires rules for its spelling and its use, and becomes a competent translator in the native language.	1
11)	Demonstrate awareness in relation to theories of translation and interpreting today and in the past, can establish connections between theory and practice.	1
12)	Acquire research skills for life-long professional learning and improvement.	1
13)	Exhibit sensitivity in relation to translation ethics.	1
14)	Uphold quality standards in professional practice.	1
15)	Learn a second foreign language besides English at advanced level.	1