GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATİON POLICIES/5461325

Course Title:	GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATİON POLICIES
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course has been designed to meet the career needs of people working in international development and climate change policy and practice.
To learn holistic evaluation of technical, social legislative and economical dimensions of climate change
Recognizes the studies on increasing climate change around the world.
Recognize the effects of global climate change in detail
To understand the existing climate change legistation in Turkey

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Earth System Dynamics
2. Week	The Oceans and Ecosystem Dynamics
3. Week	What is climate? Factors affecting climate
4. Week	Greenhouse Effect, the causes of global warming or cooling
5. Week	Integrated Climate Change Scientific Overview
6. Week	Climate Change in land, freshwater, marine and coastal areas of influence
7. Week	Midterm Exam
8. Week	Climate Change and Urbanization
9. Week	Climate Change and Public Health
10. Week	Climate Change and Sustainable Development
11. Week	Legal Size, UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, the Copenhagen Consensus
12. Week	Adaptation to Climate Change: Turkey, European Union, the World
13. Week	Inventory of Greenhouse Gases Turkey
14. Week	National Adaptation Policies, Mitigation Programs (NAMA)
15. Week	Final Exam
16. Week	-

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	10
Assignment	1	10
Application	0	0
Projects	1	10
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		40
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		60

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	4	4	16
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	5	5	25
Preparing a Presentation	4	4	16
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	4	4	16
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	5	5	25
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			182
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.28
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Using the data which limited or missing information to complete the scientific methods,skills in various disciplines integration informations. Competence to work in an independent and taking responsibility. Learning Competency. Field Specific Competency. Communication and Social Competence. Ability to transfer processes and results of studies a clear written or verbal.					X
2	Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purpose				X
3	Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety issues, and social and political issues, according to the nature of the design.)				X
4	Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for scientific practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.				X
5	Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.				X
6	Ability to combine the knowledge in different disciplines efficiently and ability to solve the complex problems					X
7	7. Ability to transfer of the knowledge, skills and experiences in his/her area to the interdisciplinary applications.				X
8	Ability of evaluation and interpretation of data in scientific studies and oral and written presentation of results.				X
9	Ability to study in intra- and interdisciplinary teams effectively and to make leaadership in such teams				X
10	Ability to bring an innovation/ to develop a new method and/or application of a known method to a new area.				X
11	Ability to determine the research areas such that meet the needs of society and industry and also to make contribution to the literature.				X
12	Ability to determine the scope, goals, pathway and ability to study in planned way for a scientific study.					X
13	Information about awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.				X
14	Ability to use of research results in technological applications and/or scientific research fields.					X
15	Ability to prepare, present and to design the national and international project proposal.					X
16	Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.				X
17	Ability to make independent research and ability to interpretate scientific studies by a criticizing approach.			X
18	Ability to make an original study that can make contribution to the literature.			X
19	Knowledge about awareness of the legal consequences of carry out the scientifc reseraches and the publishing of the results.			X
20	Ability to interpret the studies written in a foreign language and to make presentation in a foreign language.		X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Beril Salman AKIN)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/bsakin )

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(bsakin@gazi.edu.tr)

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