COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 4004 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YUNUS EMRE ÖZER

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration

Course Objective

to evaluate of environmental and economic aspects of international agreements, environmental aspects of international organizations, environment-based organizations work and the position of Turkey against international agreements and analizing of relationship with international organizations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   being able to identify action plans and international enviromental policy
2   being able to analyse underlying the developments at the international level about enviroment and the efective of international agrements
3   being able to discus the effects of developed and developing countries's efforts about enviromental protective and economic development
4   being able to question Turkey's enviromental administration and policies and to compare these policies with the best practices at international level
5   being able to make strategies related with current and potencial enviromental problems at local, national and international level

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The term of globalization, the effects of globalization to international enviromental policy and enviromental protective approaches
2 The importance of enviromental policies in terms of international relations
3 International Organizations and the Environment: Organization of United Nations, NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization, World Bank, OECD- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
4 European Community and Environmental Policy, Cooperation of European Community with Developing Countries on Environment, Environment-oriented Studies of Council of Europe
5 Tecnical and fiscal tool of European Union Enviromental Policy
6 NGO's working on environmental issues at the international level(Greenpeace, Friends of Earth, PETA etc.)
7 Presentation of research papers
8 Mid-Term
9 Mid-Term
10 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
11 The examples of international agreements which Turkey participates: Framework Convention on Climate Change
12 The Kyoto Protocol
13 Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution
14 Group study orientated strategic analyses on international environment examples

Recomended or Required Reading

Karaman, Zerrin Toprak(2009), "Democratic Gains in Public Administration at Local Level in terms of CSR: Theory- and Practice-Based Approaches- Turkey and Izmir Metropolitan City , Professionals´ Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer- Social Policy Book, Idowu, Samuel O.; Leal Filho, Walter (Eds.)
Tenikler, Gökhan ( Doktora tezi : Türkiye'de Tehlikeli Atık Yönetimi ve Avrupa Birliği Ülkeleri ile karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz)
Karaman, Zerrin Toprak & Asuman Altay (1996); Yeni Dünya Düzeninde Global Yönetim , Yeni Türkiye, Siyaset Özel Sayısı.
Karaman, Zerrin Toprak&Asuman Altay (1997); Global Governance Caused By New World Order , Marmara Journal of European Studies, M.Ü. Avrupa Topluluğu Enstitüsü, Cilt:5, S:1-2, Istanbul, 78-87.
Karaman, Zerrin Toprak (1992); Çevre Kirliliğinin Giderilmesinde Uzlaşmacı Politika (Izmir Körfezi Için Bir Yaklaşım), Amme Idaresi Dergisi, Cilt.25, S:4.

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 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** 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)

Prof. Dr. Zerrin Toprak Karaman, The Faculty of Economic and Administrative Science, The Department of Public Administration, e-mail: zerrin.toprak@deu.edu.tr

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 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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