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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | 214401301106 | NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS | Elective | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Short Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | It is to increase the awareness of the students about agriculture, natural resources and the environment by enabling them to learn the issues of environment and natural resources economy and thus to look at the environment and economy from a different perspective | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Muhittin KULAK | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Being more sensitive to environmental and natural resource problems | | 2 | To be able to interpret the events on environmental problems from an economic point of view | | 3 | Being more aware of current environmental problems and discussing the use and protection of resources | | 4 | Gain the ability to research, analyze and synthesize with the experience of writing term papers | | 5 | To be able to analyze the issue of agricultural externalities | | 6 | To be able to produce solutions for general environmental problems and agricultural externalities |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Daytime Class | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | Introduction to environmental economics, Valuation of the environment and natural resources, Property rights, Externalities, Coase's theorem, Environmental problems, Market Regulation, Recyclable resources, Resource Scarcity Growth in a Finite Environment, Trade and the environment, Transport and the environment, Resources and energy | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Course Description, Scope, Rationale, Importance and Basic Concepts | | | | 2 | Links Between Natural Resources, Environment and Economy | | | | 3 | Economic Growth and Environmental Problems; Public Goods and Environmental Externalities | | | | 4 | Agricultural Externalities and Their Consequences | | | | 5 | Definition and Classification of Natural Resources, Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources | | | | 6 | Famine, Natural Resources, Consumption and Population Relationship | | | | 7 | Midterm | | | | 8 | Turkey's Water Resources Potential, Use and Problems | | | | 9 | Turkey's Soil Resources Potential, Use and Problems | | | | 10 | Turkey's Soil Resources Potential, Use and Problems; Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Resources and the Agriculture Sector | | | | 11 | Climate Change and Agriculture | | | | 12 | Environmental Pollution and Agricultural Externalities | | | | 13 | Practices for Agri-Environmental Problems in Turkey | | | | 14 | End of Year Exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | 1 – Basol, K., Durman, M., Önder, H. (2007). Economic Analysis of Natural Resources and the Environment, ISBN: 9789752531116.
2 – Hartwick, J.M., Olewiler,N. (1998). The Economics of Natural Resource Use, ISBN: 0321014286.
3 – Hanley, N., Shogren, J.F., White, B. (2007). Environmental Economics in Theory and Practice, ISBN: 139780333971376.
4 – Karacan, A.R. (2012). Environmental Economics and Policy, E.Ü. Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Publication No:6, ISBN: 9789754837513.
5 – Kolstad, C.D. (2000). Environmental Economics, Oxford University Press.
6 – Tisdell, C.A. (2005). Economics of Environmental Conservation, Edward Elgar Publishing.
7 – Tietenberg, T. (2004). Environmental Economics and Policy, ISBN: 0321194128. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 70 | | Project Preparation | 1 | 20 | | Homework | 1 | 10 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 70 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 30 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Project Preparation | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Self Study | 14 | 2 | 28 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | LO2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | LO3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | LO4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | LO5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | | LO6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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