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
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
 -- 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)