Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
200401303001ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITYElective233
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The course aims to bring the environmental and economic development practices to light with political and managerial approaches, to give students the ability to compare sustainability policies and to develop new policies.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Establishes relationships between environmental problems, resources and sustainability.
2Understands the importance of sustainability activities in terms of logistics management.
3Explains environmental sustainability and sustainable development theories with the help of economic and social indicators.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Non
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Basic concepts of environment and natural assets, environmental elements, resource use, use, sequencing principles and methods, renewable resources, pollutant elements, greenhouse gases and pollutant elements, and various variations on the subject types of this course.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Historical development of sustainability and environmental awareness
2The importance and scope of sustainability in today's conditions
3Environmental sustainability introduction
4Environmental externalities and market disruptions
5Sustainable development theory
6On environment and development: "Environmental Kuznets curve"
7Environmental sustainability-crisis relationship
8Industrial ecology and green development
9Midterm
10Brown-Green Fields, Economy Based Indicators and Analysis
11Renewable energy
12Sustainability, environmental justice and welfare relationship
13The relationship of sustainability with technology and logistics
14Environmental and sustainability practices in logistics
Recommended or Required Reading
Dünya Klasmanında Sürdürülebilir Üretim*Gümüşoğlu, Ş. Beta Basım Yayım. Sürdürülebilir Büyüme: İnsanlar, Gezegen ve Kâr. Fisk, P. (2011). Mediacat Kitapları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination170
Individual Study for Mid term Examination130
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination170
Individual Study for Final Examination130
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Individual Study for Mid term Examination4520
Individual Study for Final Examination71070
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)92
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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