TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Hacı Ahmet Şahinöz
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand that the environmental issue has become a part of our daily life and that the 21st century is the century of the environment. 2) Learn that environmental problems, which started with the Industrial Revolution, have only been on the world agenda for the last half century. 3) Understand that if necessary precautions are not taken against global warming and climate change, melting glaciers will upset the existing social, economic, political and physical structure of our world. 4) Understand that preventing global warming and climate change is possible only by transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy. 5) Learn that the newly industrialized countries, especially China and Turkey, insist on the use of fossil fuels, especially coal. 6) Have the awareness that effective environmental policies in a country can only be implemented when environmental awareness is embedded in all layers of the society.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course teaches how to analyze environmental issues and problems based on economic principles. Topics to be covered in the course include environmental problems and their causes, externalities, environmental valuation, static and dynamic efficiency, natural resource use patterns over time, energy, recyclable resources, water resources, global warming, and climate change, air pollution, water pollution, and sustainable development is included. New theoretical approaches such as "ecological economy", which have emerged in the last quarter of a century, and issues such as "light" and "strong" sustainability will be discussed. The aim of the course is to explain the very close relationship between the environment and the economy, and how important the economic dimension of environmental policies is to postgraduate students who are interested in environmental issues.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Basic concepts 2nd Week Basic Environmental Problems-Environmental Pollution 3rd Week Causes of Environmental Problems 4th Week Man and the Natural Environment: Theoretical Approaches 5th Week Passive Member Period 6th Week Disruptive Member Era 7th Week Compromise Period 8th Week Sustainable Development 9th Week UN Environment Conferences and International Agreements 10th Week Environmental Policies and Policy Tools 11th Week Economic and Social Consequences of Environmental Policies 12th Week Economic Growth and Environmental Destruction: The Kuznets Curve 13th Week European Union Environmental Policies 14th Week Environmental Policies of Turkey
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Şahinöz, Ahmet ve Fotourehchi, Zahra (2019), Çevre Ekonomisi ve Politikaları, İmaj Yayınevi, Ankara. Tietnberg, Tom (2004). Environmental Economics and Policy, Fourt Edition, Boston: Pearson & Addison Wesley, Inc
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Assignment 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 70 70 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 60 60 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 55 55 Total Workload 301 Total Workload / 30 10,03 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No