COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN THE E.U AND THE COE AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5119 INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN THE E.U AND THE COE AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to deal with the studies of Turkey, as a country of the Council of Europe and a country desiring to become a member of the European Union, for adapting its environmental legislation to the European Union and the priorities of the legislation and to make an evaluation of the position and success of Turkey in the case reports of the European Union

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing the basic thought of Integrated environmental politics in European Union and European Council and teaching the association in integrated environmental policy
2   Teaching the executive responsibilities and legislation based upon law of harmonization code of the European union
3   To examining the EU and EC papers and spotting Turkey's deficiencies.
4   Learning the political, economic and cultural effects of international organizations
5   Overlooking the Turkey s environmental situations in the context of Europe partnership and teaching the achievement evaluation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Globalization and environmental protectionist approaches
2 Development of environmental protection mechanisms from EC to EU
3 European Community and Environmental Policy, Cooperation of European Community with Developing Countries with respect to Environment,
4 Environmental Studies of the Council of Europe, the Environment and International Relations,
5 Joint Activities and environmental policies of Turkey with the Council of Europe and the EU
6 International Organizations and Environment: United Nations Organization, NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization, World Bank, OECD- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment(SEA) Concept , practices in Europe and the other countries
9 Environment in EU Progress Reports
10 Examples and Applicability of International Agreements, of which Turkey is a Party about Environmental Management: Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats- research papers of students
11 Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, Ramsar-Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat- research papers of students
12 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal- research papers of students
13 Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Montreal Protocol, Framework Convention on Climate Change- research papers of students
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Supplementary Book(s): Zerrin Toprak (2003); Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, Birleşik Yayınları.
References:
Materials: Related legislation regulations as well as the articles and related materials to be suggested by the instructor of the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 14 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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