Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : ZTY542 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Second Cycle (Master's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 6 |
Climate change is today’s one of the most complex and challenging problems. This lecture is aimed to provide students a fundamental understanding of the scientific basis of climatic change.
This course provides a broad introduction to climate change. Fistly, the course deals with the physical mechanisms of climate change, Important concepts like radiative forcing, feedback mechanisms and the carbon cycle is presented. The latest greenhouse gas inventories are presented and the link through climate models for the future climate is reviewed. The second part of the course explains the role of United Nation in relation to anthropogenic climate change and presents their main tools, i.e. treaties, protocols, and COP/CMP meetings. The last part of the course deals with impacts on humans and the environment as a result of climate change and opportunities to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
| 1. | Explain the structure of the atmosphere, the Earth’s energy balance and the natural greenhouse effect |
| 2. | Explain the main greenhouse gases, accumulation in the atmosphere, and their role in the climate change |
| 3. | Explain the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions |
| 4. | Know about climate models, their uses and limitations |
| 5. | Describe the methods that can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions |
| 1. | Burroughs, W.J. (2007) Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cambridge University Press. |
| 2. | IPCC, 2021: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Pe´an, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekc¸i, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA |
| 3. | Dessler, A.E (2022) Introduction to Modern Climate Change. 3rd Edition Cambridge University Press |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Attending Lectures | 1 | %5 |
| Assignment | 1 | %5 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %20 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %70 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 |
| Assignment | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 30 | 2 | 32 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 40 | 2 | 42 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 150 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | |
OÇ-1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
OÇ-2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
OÇ-4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
OÇ-5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |