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OSD FAKÜLTESİ / OSDCM 301 - ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ

Code: OSDCM 301 Course Title: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERKAN ŞAHİNKAYA (serkansahinkaya@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to provide information about the main causes of global climate change, international agreements on this issue, environmental problems encountered today and possible environmental problems to be encountered in the future related to global climate change, Turkey's perspective on global climate change and the measures planned to be taken against it.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can propose solutions to the ecological and economic problems that constitute the causes of the threat of global climate change. PO-
Examination
LO-2 Can analyze the possible impacts of climate change on Turkey. PO-
Examination
LO-3 Can define human-induced environmental pollution. PO-
Examination
LO-4 Can explain what has been done and what needs to be done within the scope of individual, national and international struggle against climate change and its effects. PO-
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course covers the basic concepts of climate change, environmental causes and consequences of climate change and environmental measures that can be taken against climate change in Turkey and the world.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Basic concepts related to climate change Narrative Method
2 Weather conditions, climate and seasonal norms and oscillations, their effects and climate change Narrative Method
3 Past climate changes and their consequences Narrative Method Case Study Method
4 Signs of global climate change: Plants and animals whose habitats are changing Narrative Method Case Study Method
5 The relationship between global climate change and natural disasters Narrative Method Case Study Method
6 The relationship between global climate change and natural disasters in Turkey Narrative Method Case Study Method
7 Temperature changes in the world, melting of glaciers, changes in precipitation regimes Narrative Method Case Study Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Climate change and urban heat islands Narrative Method
10 Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Narrative Method
11 Paris Climate Agreement and its obligations Narrative Method
12 Climate change and its potential impacts on Turkey Narrative Method
13 Turkey's climate change adaptation strategy and action plan Narrative Method
14 Global Footprints: Rural Botswana, Las Vegas (USA), Jaipur (India) Narrative Method Case Study Method
15 Solutions: What can we do? Narrative Method Case Study Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kadıoğlu, M. (2001). Bildiğimiz havaların sonu: Küresel iklim değişimi ve Türkiye. Güncel Yayıncılık.
2 Kadıoğlu, M. (2007). 99 sayfada kürsel iklim değişim. Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
3 Anonim. (2012). Türkiyenin iklim değişikliği uyum stratejisi ve eylem planı (2011 - 2023). Ankara: Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı.
4 Talu, N. (2015). Türkiye'de İklim Değişikliği Siyaseti. Phoenix Yayıncılık.
5 Şahinkaya, S (2024). İklim Değişikliği Ders Notları.
6 Godin, S. (2022). Karbon Almanağı. MediaCat Kitapları.
7 Can, F. (2023). Çevre ve İklim Değişikliği 101. Say Yayınları.
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, Projector, Projection Screen, Board, Articles, Textbooks/Auxiliary Books

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 1 14 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       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; 86