Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE) | ||||
| 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; the main causes of global climate change, international agreements on this issue, the environmental problems encountered today and possible environmental problems to be encountered in the future related to global climate change, Turkey's view of global climate change and to provide information about the measures planned to be taken against it at the graduate level. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Knows the causes of global climate change. |
PO-7 PO-7 Evaluate how the important personalities, events and phenomena that have made essential contributions to the development of Environmental Engineering that might have impact on their field of practice PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means PO-9 PO-9 Monitor and supervise the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the process of collecting, interpreting, implementing and publishing the data related to the field of Environmental Engineering and teach those values |
Examination Performance Project |
| LO-2 | Knows the consequences and future impacts of global climate change. |
PO-1 PO-1 Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Environmental Engineering, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods
PO-5 PO-5 Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means |
Examination Term Paper |
| LO-3 | Interpret the national and international struggle against global climate change. |
PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means PO-9 PO-9 Monitor and supervise the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the process of collecting, interpreting, implementing and publishing the data related to the field of Environmental Engineering and teach those values |
Examination Term Paper |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| 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 global climate change | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 2 | Weather conditions, climate and seasonal norms and oscillations, their effects and climate change | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 3 | Past climate changes and their consequences: Discussion with examples. | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 4 | Signs of global climate change: Plants and animals whose habitats are changing with examples | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 5 | The relationship between global climate change and natural disasters with examples | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 6 | The relationship between global climate change and natural disasters in Turkey with examples | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 7 | Temperature changes on Earth, melting of glaciers, changes in precipitation regimes with examples | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Climate change and urban heat islands with examples | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 10 | Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 11 | Paris Climate Agreement and its obligations | |
| 12 | Possible impacts of climate change on Turkey and examples. | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 13 | Turkey's climate change adaptation strategy and action plan | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 14 | Global Footprints: Rural Botswana, Las Vegas (USA), Jaipur (India) | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 15 | Solution Suggestions | Narrative Method and Discussion Method. |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Şahinkaya, S (2024). İklim Değişikliği Ders Notları. | |
| 2 | İklim değişikliği ile ilgili yapılmış bilimsel çalışmalar. | |
| 3 | Kadıoğlu, M. (2019). Bildiğiniz Havaların Sonu-Küresel İklim Değişimi ve Türkiye. Sia Yayınları. | |
| 4 | Akbal, İ. ve Nalbant, F. (2022) Güncel Araştırmalar Çerçevesinde İklim Değişikliği Nedenler, Sonuçlar ve Mücadele Politikaları. Nobel Bilimsel Yayınevi. | |
| 5 | Godin, S. (2022). Karbon Almanağı. MediaCat Kitapları. | |
| 6 | Çevre Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanlığının hazırlamış olduğu ulusal ve uluslararası raporlar. | |
| 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 | 7 | 40 | |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 4 | 14 | 56 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 184 | ||