GEP1635 Climate Change CommunicationBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementBologna CommissionNational Qualifications
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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
GEP1635 Climate Change Communication Fall 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: Turkish
Type of course: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator : Assist. Prof. NİLÜFER GEYSİ
Course Objectives: Students will be able to deal with communicative problems in the climate crisis from a multidimensional perspective; they will learn the essential knowledge to communicate strategically and through various channels. Thus, it is aimed that students gain the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to achieve transformation on individual, institutional and social scales.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Define the concept of sustainability,
2) Understand the causes of climate change from different dimensions,
3) Discuss the effects of climate change from sociological, cultural and psychological perspectives,
4) Analyze the challenges faced by climate scientists in communicating climate change,
5) Discuss the theoretical foundations of climate change communication,
6) Analyze case studies on climate change communication,
7) Learn climate change communication tools: visuals, storytelling, games, movies, events, advertisements, advocacy, new media,
8) Have information about climate change activism.

Course Content

This course enables students to gain in-depth knowledge of climate change communication. The sociological, cultural, and psychological dimensions of climate change will be addressed, and strategic communication tools and methods (visuals, storytelling, media) will be explored. Additionally, key topics such as challenges in climate change communication, global agreements, and climate activism will be discussed.
Teaching methods for this course include lecture, discussion, and case studies.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Message in climate change communication: emotions, frames, storytelling
2) An overview of the concept of sustainability, climate change as a sustainability problem
3) An in-depth look at climate change: Causes; results; cultural, psychological and social perspectives Progress on a global level: understanding why global agreements are important; examining the UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement, the IPCC
4) What can we do for a more sustainable world? Calculating carbon footprint In-class activity
5) What is communication? Disciplines related to climate change communication: Environmental communication, risk communication, science communication In-class activity
6) Source in climate change communication: A view from the point of view of scientific organizations/people, companies, NGOs and governments.
7) Message in climate change communication: emotions, frames, storytelling
8) Midterm exam
9) Receiver in climate change communication: Who is the target audience in climate crisis messages, how is it determined? In-class activity
10) Channels in climate change communication: traditional and social media, events, movies, advertisements, games
11) Climate activism
12) Communicating about climate change through art and science
13) Climate change and creativity
14) Review for the final exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Moser, S. C. & Dilling, L. (2007). Creating a climate for change: Communicating climate change and facilitating social change
Other resources will be given weekly.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 4 % 20
Midterms 1 % 30
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 13 3 39
Homework Assignments 4 10 40
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 122

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) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities. 4
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life. 3
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions. 3