Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 3 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | SABRİYE AK KURAN (akkuran@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| In this course, climate change is discussed through several dimensions with a specific focus on politics-environment relations. The causes, impacts, societal and class-based interactions of climate change are covered with also attempts to overcome, such as mitigation and adaptation policies and mechanisms. This course aims to let students understand and focus on climate change through socio-political context and to help them build their own critical approaches. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Uses the theoretical, historical and recent information about climate politics. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models; PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization; |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Evaluates and discusses the historical and recent information about climate politics. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models; PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization; |
Examination |
| LO-3 | Defines historical and recent problems through social, political and psychological dimensions. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models; PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems; |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| In this course, main topics such as approaches to climate change, climate problem and social relations, causes and results, internationalization and strategies of climate change are covered and discussed. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction of basic concepts | Expression, question and answer |
| 2 | Climate problem | Expression, question and answer |
| 3 | Climate problem | Expression, question and answer |
| 4 | Climate and social relations | Expression, question and answer |
| 5 | Climate and social relations | Expression, question and answer |
| 6 | The Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (documentary) | Watching and Analysis of Documentary |
| 7 | The Internationalization of Climate Problem | Expression, question and answer |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Kyoto Protocol and beyond | Expression, question and answer |
| 10 | Sectoral Emission Mitigation Strategies | Expression, question and answer |
| 11 | Individual Emission Reduction Strategies | Expression, question and answer |
| 12 | EU Climate Policies | Expression, question and answer |
| 13 | US Climate Policies | Expression, question and answer |
| 14 | Turkey's Climate Policies | Expression, question and answer |
| 15 | General Assessment | Expression, question and answer |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Giddens, A. The Politics of Climate Change, Cambridge, Polity, 2009. (Ana Kitap) | |
| 2 | Hansen, James E., Küresel Isınmanın Kırılma Noktası, Der. ve Çev. A. Yılmaz, İstanbul, Ayrıntı, 2009. (Ana Kitap) | |
| 3 | Karakaya, Ethem (ed) Küresel Isınma ve Kyoto Protokolü: İklim Değişikliğinin Bilimsel, Ekonomik ve Politik Analizi, İstanbul, Bağlam, 2008. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| 4 | Kadıoğlu, Mikdat, Küresel İklim Değişimi ve Türkiye: Bildiğiniz Havaların Sonu, 2.Basım, İstanbul, Güncel Yayıncılık, 2007a. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| 5 | TÜBA, Türkiye Açısından Dünya’da İklim Değişikliği, Ankara, 2011. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| 6 | Madra, Ömer, Küresel Isınma ve İklim Krizi, İstanbul, Agora Kitaplığı Yayınevi, 2007. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| 7 | Neale, Jonathan, Küresel Isınmayı Durduralım, Dünyayı Değiştirelim! Çev. D. Tarkan, İstanbul, Yordam, 2009. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| 8 | Talu, Nuran, Türkiye’de İklim Değişikliği Siyaseti, Ankara, Phoenix Yayınevi, 2015. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| 9 | Keleş, R., C. Hamamcı, A. Çoban, Çevre Politikası, 7. Baskı, Ankara, İmge, 2012. (Yardımcı Kitap) | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Course book, notes, projection | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | %40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | %60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 106 | ||