COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE EU AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL INTERACTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 6004 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE EU AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL INTERACTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to make an evaluation of 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, its priorities of legislation and the position and success of Turkey in the case reports of the European Union.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Cognizing the legal provision and main principles of Environmental management in EU
2   Initiating administrative responsibilities and international legislations related to environmental management
3   Enabling to cognize the efficiency of international voluntary studies understanding the effects on social reliance
4   Understanding mission and visions of international organizations.
5   Cognizing effects of international organizations during the political interaction
6   Be capable of evaluating Turkey s position and achievement

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, environmental protection mechanisms from EC to EU
2 Environment in the studies for EU constitution, Principle of Subsidiarity- Treaty of Maastricht, Treaty of Rome,
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 What is the position of Turkey in environmental policies and Environment in EU Progress Reports
9 Approaches of Strategic Planning
10 Concepts of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Europe,
11 Environment-based parties in the EU and Turkey
12 Selected current environmental issues
13 Selected current environmental issues
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s): Related documents national as well as the international
References:
Materials: Related legislation regulations as well as the articles and related materials to be assigned 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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Preparing assignments 1 36 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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