Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Ethics, Microplastics and Environmental Impacts
Course Code: EHB210
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

In this lesson, it is aimed to enable students to evaluate the relationship between nature and human in terms of environmental ethics and to equip them intellectually, to comment and to question the relationship between ethics and other fields. At the same time, it is aimed to provide information on how we can reduce the environmental effects of microplastics, which are extremely harmful to nature, and how we can reduce the effects of carbon footprint.

Course Content

To know the environmental effects of microplastics, to know what needs to be done to be protected from these effects, to learn what needs to be done to reduce the carbon footprint. In general, environmental ethics is the systematic study of moral relations between people and the natural environment. It constitutes the basis of a life ethic in which all beings that make up the ecosystem can exist in harmony and cooperation. Within the scope of this course, the ability to evaluate the relationship between nature and human in terms of environmental ethics and the relationship of ethics with other fields will be discussed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Murat ARI
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains the concept of environmental ethics and its historical development.
2.Explains the concept of environmental ethics and its historical development.
3.Understanding the ethical dimension of environmental pollution
4.Gaining sensitivity on the relationship between environment and ethics
5.Identifies methods for reducing carbon footprint at individual and societal levels
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Environmental Ethics, Emergence, Development and Results, Selim KILIÇ, Orion Publications, 2008.
2.Your Carbon Footprint (Mark Lynas, Translation Editor: Neşet Kutluğ) Açık Radyo Kitapları Publishing House, Publication Year: 2009.
3.Erdem, Ü., Doğan, F., Erdem Ü., Henden, E., Onoğur, E., Öztürk, M., Türkan, İ., Nurlu, E., Sunlu, U. (2000): Environmental Science- Sustainable World. Translation Book, Ege University Environmental Problems Application and Research Center Publication No:1, 1st Edition, 1-508, Bornova, İzmir. Ahmet CEVİZCİ, Applied Ethics, Say publications, Istanbul, 2013.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The Concept of Ethics and Morality in General
Week 2 - Theoretical
Historical Development of Environmental Ethics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Environmental Movements and Its Development
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sustainable Worldview
Week 5 - Theoretical
Microplastics
Week 6 - Theoretical
Definition and history of microplastics
Week 7 - Theoretical
Microplastics and their environmental impact
Week 8 - Theoretical
Microplastics and their environmental impact
Week 9 - Theoretical
Microplastics and their carcinogenic effects
Week 10 - Theoretical
Carbon footprint
Week 11 - Theoretical
The Role of Environmental Movements in Being Ecological Citizens
Week 12 - Theoretical
Discussion
Week 13 - Theoretical
Discussion
Week 14 - Theoretical
Result, evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Term Assignment1%100
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141128
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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4
4
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2
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OÇ-4
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5
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