Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Politics
Course Code: SBK410
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

This course is designed to an introduction to main environmental problems (pollution, loss of bidiversity, global warming, population explosion, famine and poverty) and the policies formulated to eliminate or decrease them at local, national and global level

Course Content

Ecology, ecosystems, air, soil and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, global warming, population explosion, poverty, sustainable development, clean energy, environmental politics, environmental ethics, global environmental organizations and their policies, Turkish environmental organizations and policies

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Students the concept of environment, size and scope of the environment, will have basic knowledge about global environmental issues.
2.Students ecology, environmental economics will acquire different fields such as scientific equipment.
3.Students world wide importance of sustainable environment and development agenda of the current information about the owner, will have a vision about the relationship between management and environment.
4.Learn about the responsibilities of the organs of public administration and environmental management, environmental policy to have the necessary infrastructure will be provided.
5.Getting ready for exams in the field.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ruşen KELEŞ, “Çevre Politikası” İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2009
2.Bülent TOKUÇOĞLU, “Çevre Sorunları Ve Kentleşme” Çevre Dergisi, 2009
3.Ruşen KELEŞ, “Kentleşme Politikası” İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2010
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course subject, purpose and method, environment definition, meaning and quality.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Environment and ecology, ecological concepts
Week 3 - Theoretical
The emergence of environmental problems, environmental and human relations, natural resources, energy policies.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Environmental values and environmental issues
Week 5 - Theoretical
Environmental economics, political-economic systems and the environment.
Week 6 - Theoretical
International dimensions of the environment, international politics and the environment I
Week 7 - Theoretical
International dimensions of the environment, international politics and the environment II
Week 8 - Theoretical
International organizations and their work environment.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Environmental flows, the intellectual foundations of the environmentalist movements, environmental and political
Week 10 - Theoretical
Environmental management and organization
Week 11 - Theoretical
Types of organization for the world and the environment in Turkey / samples
Week 12 - Theoretical
Turkey, environmental policies, development plans and environmental
Week 13 - Theoretical
Environmental rights and environmental ethics
Week 14 - Theoretical
Environmental policy in the current global and national entities to share / discuss.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Midterm Examination114115
Final Examination120121
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-3
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PÇ-5
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OÇ-1
4
4
2
5
4
3
2
2
5
3
4
2
OÇ-2
4
4
2
5
4
3
2
2
5
3
4
2
OÇ-3
5
4
3
5
5
4
2
2
5
4
4
3
OÇ-4
4
3
2
4
4
3
3
2
4
3
4
2
OÇ-5
5
4
3
5
5
4
3
2
5
4
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026