COURSE SYLLABUS

PHILOSOPHY OF ECOLOGY

1	Course Title:	PHILOSOPHY OF ECOLOGY
2	Course Code:	FLS0532
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi VEHBİ METİN DEMİR
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Dr. Öğretim Üyesi V. Metin Demir vmetindemir@uludag.edu.tr, 0 224 29 42 282 Uludağ Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to discuss the philosophical and theoretical implications of ecological problems
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Since ecological problems will effect the formation of todays and coming society and politics this course will be helpful.

Learning Outcomes:

1	At the end of the course, any student can understand the reasons of different cultural environments developed on the natural environment of Turkey and understand the spatial distribution of the population of the country, which forms the basis of social and economic structure, the reasons of migration movements between regions;
2	Learning main ecological issues such as global warming, population and deforestration;
3	Recognizing ethical implications of environmental issues;
4	Understanding the relations between ecology, politics and justice;
5	Discussing alternative models of society;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	İntroduction to global ecological crises
2	Contemporary ecological issues
3	What is the global climate change
4	Why we need a new environmental ethics?
5	We should protect the nature: Anthropocentric ethics and the concept of sustainability
6	Value beyond protection Aesthetic value of the environment
7	For whom the environment should be protected: The problem of future generations
8	Should we care only humans? Animal rights and vegetarianism
9	Should we care only animals? Biocentric ethics
10	Holism beyond life Holistic land ethics
11	Values and mentality Deep Ecology
12	Material structure beyond minds: Eko-marxism
13	The problem is the structural mentalities: Eco-feminism and eco-anarchism
14	Religions, İslam and Environment: Eco-theology

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Joseph des Jardins, Environmental Ethics, 5.th Edition, Cangage Learning, 2006
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Participation, assignment final and midterm exam
Information	Each student should participate, make an assignment

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High