To understand the human-doğa relationship from a sociological perspective.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
Learning the sociological foundations of ecological problems.
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Learning Outcomes:
1
Understanding the human-nature relationship from a sociological perspective;
2
Understanding the social reasons of ecological crisis;
3
Understanding the cultural and economic determinants of the interaction with the nature;
4
Learning about environmentalism and deep ecology as a social movement;
5
Learning about the approaches to biological environment and nature in social theory;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
1
What is ecology? Basic concepts
2
Historical background of human-nature relationship
3
From hunter-gatherer societies to industrial societies: human-nature relationship
4
The evolution of the idea of the nature: from living natüre to mechanical nature
5
“Nature”, “Environment” and SocialTheory
6
The role of the environment historically in social theory-
7
Midterm Exam+The uses of natüre and the nonhuman world in social theory: pre-Enlightenment and Enlightenment accounts
8
Social theory in Twentieth-centruyandnonhumanworld
9
Right-wing approaches to environmental policies
10
Left-wing approaches to environmental policies
11
Gender, the nonhuman World and social thought
12
The environment and economic thought
13
Risk, environment and postmodernism
14
Bacis approaches, solutions and proposals to ecological problems
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
Kovel, Joel, Doğanın Düşmanı/ Kapitalizmin Sonu mu, Dünyanın Sonu mu?, Metis, 2005; Giddens, Anthony, İklim Değişikliği Siyaseti!, Phoenix, 2013; Ponting, Clive, Dünyanın Yeşil Tarihi & Çevre ve Büyük Uygarlıkların Dönüşümü, Sabancı Üniversitesi, 2012. E.F.Schumacher; Küçük Güzeldir, Erich Scheurmann; Göğü Delen Adam
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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
The system of relative evaluation is applied.
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
2
28
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
4
56
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
0
0
0
Others
1
36
36
Final Exams
1
30
30
Total WorkLoad
150
Total workload/ 30 hr
5
ECTS Credit of the Course
5
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
