COURSE SYLLABUS

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

1	Course Title:	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
2	Course Code:	KAM2302
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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:	Doç. Dr. YASEMİN KAYA
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-mail: yaseminkahveci@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0 224 294 11 07 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İİBF Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Görükle Kampusu 16059 Nilüfer/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide students with the perspective that environmental problem is not just a simple issue of pollution; that the issue is concerned with all fields of our cultural and socio-economic life.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	This course will enable the student to take environmental impacts into consideration in the decision-making process.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To have the intellectual background to comprehend global problems about environment.;
2	To have the intellectual background to comprehend global problems about environment.;
3	To be able to install the connection between environmental problems and ethics.;
4	To identify the factors that cause the environmental problems.;
5	To be able to analyze the link between environmental protection and economic growth.;
6	To be able to assess the environment-human relationship in the context of the information society and consumer culture.;
7	To explain the environmental movement and the politicization in this movement.;
8	To have knowledge about legal regulations related to environmental protection.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Course Plan, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
2	The Story of Easter Island, System Relations
3	Man and Nature Relations in the Context “To Dominate Nature”
4	Eco-System and Community Activities
5	Environmental Ethics
6	Environmental Issues
7	Environmental Issues in Turkey
8	Economic Growth and Environmental Protection
9	Competitive Equilibrium and Externalities
10	Place of Consumption Transformation of Risk Society in the Information Society
11	Green Power and Political Ecology
12	Environment and International Relations
13	Environmental Policy and Management
14	Participation in Environmental Management and Voluntary Environmental Organizations

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	A-Textbook: Çevre Bilimleri, Hasan Ertürk, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 2009. B-References: Çevre Etiği/Çevre Felsefesine Giriş, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Joseph R. Des Jardins, Ankara, 2006. Çevrebilim, Ruşen Keleş/Can Hamamcı, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Course success is measured by 1 midterm and 1 final exam held during the semester. In the exams, mixed exam technique, in which multiple choice and written methods are used together, is applied.
Information	In this course, letter grades are determined according to the relative evaluation system.

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