SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
60314YETOS-SOS2326	Society and Ecology	0	Spring	2	0	2	3

Course Type :
Cycle:	Array      TQF-HE:Array. Master`s Degree      QF-EHEA:Array      EQF-LLL:Array. Master`s Degree
Language of Instruction:	Turkish
Prerequisities and Co-requisities:	N/A
Mode of Delivery:
Name of Coordinator:	Instructor STAFF
Dersin Öğretim Eleman(lar)ı:
Dersin Kategorisi:	Competency Development (University Elective)

SECTION II: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Course Objectives & Content

Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to make students comprehend the connections between society, economic structure, production-consumption relations and ecology in our age of global climate crisis and ecological crisis.
Course Content:	Ecology and environment, ecological movement and environmentalism, new social movements and ecological movement, environmental ethics, environmental policies in Turkey, environmental problems in cities and rural areas, nature in primitive, slave, feudal, capitalist and socialist societies, causes and consequences of global warming, sustainable life, social ecology.

Course Specific Rules

Course materials should be read and listened regularly on the onlinebeykoz panel. Students' attendance is important. Homework should be uploaded to the onlinebeykoz panel. The formal characteristics of the assignments are announced by the lecturer.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) are those describing the knowledge, skills and competencies that students are expected to achieve upon successful completion of the course. In this context, Course Learning Outcomes defined for this course unit are as follows:

Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)

1) Students gain comprehensive knowledge of how primitive, slave, feudal, capitalist and socialist societies socialize nature.

2) Students establish the relationship between today's climate crisis, depletion of the ozone layer, air, water, soil pollution, and the destruction of biological diversity with the modern capitalist society. They can analyze advanced industrial societies focused on continuous production and consumption and economic growth starting from the industrial revolution.

3) They recognize and discuss the theoretical approaches developed on environmental ethics. Understand the potential of these approaches to transform societies.

4) They know the causes and consequences of global warming and understand what needs to be done for a sustainable life.

Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)

1) As an individual, they can calculate their own carbon footprint. They can question their families, businesses, and society about consumption habits and the damage to nature.

Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)

1) Learn about the politicization of the ecological movement and the rise of green parties. Non-governmental organizations, citizen initiatives, green parties can compare the environmental policies of states.

Weekly Course Schedule

Week	Subject	Materials Sharing *
		Related Preparation	Further Study
1)	Ecology-environment, ecological movement-environmentalism definitions
2)	Ecology and ethics
3)	Ecology, society and politics: New social movements
4)	Ecology, society and politics: The Ecology Movement in Politics
5)	Environmental Policies in Turkey: Environmental History and Political Development in Turkey
6)	Environmental Policies in Turkey: Environmental Policies of Political Parties in Turkey
7)	Deep Ecology-Shallow Ecology
8)	Socialization of nature in primitive and slave societies
9)	Socialization of nature in feudal, capitalist and socialist societies
10)	Foundations of modern society
11)	Industrial revolution and consumption in developed industrial societies
12)	Causes and consequences of the global climate crisis
13)	Sustainable life
14)	Social ecology

*These fields provides students with course materials for their pre- and further study before and after the course delivered.

Recommended or Required Reading & Other Learning Resources/Tools

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Derek Sayer ve David Frisby. Toplum. Çev. Batuhan Bekmen. İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2017. Ekolojik Sorunlar ve Çözümleri. Necmettin Çepel. Ankara: Tübitak, 2008. Hans Freyer. Sanayi Çağı Çev. Bedia Akarsu ve Hüseyin Batuhan. Doğu Batı Yayınları, 2014. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Toplum Sözleşmesi. Çev. Vedat Günyol. İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları, 2007. Mark Kurlansky. 1968 Dünyayı Sarsan Yıl. İstanbul: Everest Yayınları, 2008. Murray Bookchin. Ekolojik Bir Topluma Doğru. Çev. Abdullah Yılmaz. Sümer Yayıncılık, 2014. Materyal

References:

DERS ÖĞRENME ÇIKTILARI - PROGRAM ÖĞRENME ÇIKTILARI İLİŞKİSİ

Contribution of The Course Unit To The Programme Learning Outcomes

Ders Öğrenme Çıktıları (DÖÇ)	1	2	3	4	5	6
Program Öğrenme Çıktıları (PÖÇ)

SECTION III: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE UNIT AND COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

Level of Contribution of the Course to PLOs

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

Programme Learning Outcomes

Contribution Level (from 1 to 5)

SECTION IV: TEACHING-LEARNING & ASSESMENT-EVALUATION METHODS OF THE COURSE

Teaching & Learning Methods of the Course

(All teaching and learning methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)

Teaching and Learning Methods defined at the Programme Level	Teaching and Learning Methods Defined for the Course
Lectures
Discussion
Reading
Homework
Course Conference
Questions Answers

Assessment & Evaluation Methods of the Course

(All assessment and evaluation methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)

Aassessment and evaluation Methods defined at the Programme Level	Assessment and Evaluation Methods defined for the Course

Contribution of Assesment & Evalution Activities to Final Grade of the Course

Measurement and Evaluation Methods	# of practice per semester	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	1	% 10.00
Homework Assignments	1	% 10.00
Midterms	1	% 30.00
Semester Final Exam	1	% 50.00
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

SECTION V: WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED FOR THE COURSE

WORKLOAD OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Teaching & Learning Activities	# of Activities per semester	Duration (hour)	Total Workload
Course	15	2	30
Laboratory	0	0	0
Application	0	0	0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)	0	0	0
Field Work	0	0	0
Study Hours Out of Class	2	15	30
Presentations / Seminar	0	0	0
Project	0	0	0
Homework Assignments	1	6	6
Total Workload of Teaching & Learning Activities	-	-	66
WORKLOAD OF ASSESMENT & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Assesment & Evaluation Activities	# of Activities per semester	Duration (hour)	Total Workload
Quizzes	2	2	4
Midterms	1	1	1
Semester Final Exam	1	1	1
Total Workload of Assesment & Evaluation Activities	-	-	6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (Teaching & Learning + Assesment & Evaluation Activities)			72
ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE (Total Workload/25.5 h)			3