GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
LOCAL AUTHORİTİES AND ENVİRONMENT EFFECTS/5731325
Course Title: LOCAL AUTHORİTİES AND ENVİRONMENT EFFECTS
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
To increase the awareness of students on environmental pollution originated from unplanned urbanisation.
Improvement of alternative prevention measures for local authorities
The bottlenecks faced by local authotities during the implementation of environmental responsibilities and commitments,
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Face to face training
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Environmental problems and their sources Urbanisation and environmental problems caused by urbanisation
2. Week  Urban management, local authorities
3. Week  Types of local authorities: Villages, municipalities and province managements
4. Week  Central management vs local management
5. Week  Responsibilities of municipalities on environmental management in a city Responsibilities of provincial authorities on environmental management in
6. Week  Definition of “governance and its effectiveness on the prevention of environmental problems?
7. Week  Importance of “public participation” and “transperency” on urban management
8. Week  What is e-government and m-government? Their impacts on environmental management
9. Week  Authorisation of Municipalities for “Planning”
10. Week  MT
11. Week  The bottlenecks faced by local authotities during the implementation of environmental responsibilities and commitments
12. Week  Sustainable cities, green cities
13. Week  Best practices from Turkey to Sustainable Cities
14. Week  Best practices from world to Sustainable Cities
15. Week  FINAL
16. Week  -
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
0
0
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
2
24
 Material Design and Implementation
10
4
40
 Report Preparing
3
4
12
 Preparing a Presentation
10
4
40
 Presentation
10
1
10
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
2
4
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
2
4
 Other (should be emphasized)
6
2
12
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Using 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
2Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purposeX
3Ability 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
4Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for scientific practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.X
5Recognition 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
6Ability to combine the knowledge in different disciplines efficiently and ability to solve the complex problemsX
77. Ability to transfer of the knowledge, skills and experiences in his/her area to the interdisciplinary applications.X
8Ability of evaluation and interpretation of data in scientific studies and oral and written presentation of results.X
9Ability to study in intra- and interdisciplinary teams effectively and to make leaadership in such teamsX
10Ability to bring an innovation/ to develop a new method and/or application of a known method to a new area.
11Ability to determine the research areas such that meet the needs of society and industry and also to make contribution to the literature.X
12Ability to determine the scope, goals, pathway and ability to study in planned way for a scientific study.X
13Information about awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.X
14Ability to use of research results in technological applications and/or scientific research fields.X
15Ability to prepare, present and to design the national and international project proposal.X
16Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.X
17Ability to make independent research and ability to interpretate scientific studies by a criticizing approach.X
18Ability to make an original study that can make contribution to the literature.X
19Knowledge about awareness of the legal consequences of carry out the scientifc reseraches and the publishing of the results.X
20Ability to interpret the studies written in a foreign language and to make presentation in a foreign language.
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Yrd. Doç.Dr. Gamze YÜCEL IŞILDAR)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/akarakoc)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (akarakoc@gazi.edu.tr , gkarakoc@yahoo.com)