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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0631 | Sustainability and Climate Action | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Objectives: | The course aims to informing, awareness and provide examples of emergency measures to combat climate change and its effects. In this sense, the course provides the participants of the course with the basics of transforming our living habits from individual to society on topics such as being informed about the global environmental policies followed and their integration into national climate plans, gaining a critical view on climate action campaigns, examining the solutions brought by nature-based and nature-friendly technologies to mitigate climate change, and assimilating the philosophy of sustainability. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) You can explain what climate change is 2) You can describe how we plan to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change 3) You can identify opportunities for low carbon development 4) You can describe the transformative role that cities can play in achieving green and climate resilient development. 5) You can explain how climate negotiations work 6) You can formulate a climate pledge, project or policy. 7) You can explain how weather, climate variability and climate change can affect human health. 8) You can identify ways in which changing your diet makes a positive impact. |
This lecture focus on the integration of climate change measures into national plans, the improvement of education, awareness-raising and climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warnings. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Climate Change | |
2) | An Overview of Ecology | |
3) | The Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Action | |
4) | The Basic Concepts of Climate Change | |
5) | Adaptation to Climate Change | |
6) | Climate Change and Human Health | |
7) | Sustainable Diet, Agriculture and Impacts on the Planet | |
8) | Nature-based and Eco-friendly Technological Solutions | |
9) | The Key Issues in the ongoing International Climate Change Negotiations | |
10) | The Roles of Educational Institutions in Climate Actions | |
11) | Study Case: Cities and Climate Action: The Sustainable Environmental Projects of a Municipality | |
12) | The Overview to Climate Actions in Turkey and World | |
12) | The Overview to Climate Actions in Turkey and World | |
13) | The Principal Challenges and Opportunities for Climate Change Action | |
14) | Overview |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | ItsLearning platformuna ders kaynakları ve notları öğretim elemanı tarafından yüklenecektir. |
References: | UNITAR, FAO, Birleşmiş Milletler |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 2 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 5 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 55 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 45 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 55 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Project | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Quizzes | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 122 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
2) | To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. | |
3) | To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. | |
4) | To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. | |
5) | To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. | |
6) | To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. | |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | |
8) | To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. | |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
10) | To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. |