| Course Name | Energy, Climate Change, and Environment |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| SEN 552 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This advanced lecture is designed to give the graduate students a critical perspective on the relationship between climate change and energy issues. The course aims to analyze the climate change issues from economic, political, and environmental perspectives. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The advanced course is designed to critically analyze the climate change, energy, and environmental issues. The issues will be dealt from economical and political perspectives. In this respect, developments in climate change negotiations and developments in carbon markets will be discussed in great detail. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Structure of Turkish Electricity Market & Energy Economics I | Lecture Notes and Presentations |
| 2 | Energy Economics II | Lecture Notes and Presentations |
| 3 | Energy Trading & Portfolio Management | Lecture Notes and Presentations |
| 4 | Renewable Energy, Cleantech & Environmental Markets | Lecture Notes and Presentations |
| 5 | Climate Change, Kyoto & Carbon Markets | Lecture Notes and Presentations |
| 6 | Carbon Trading & Business | Lecture Notes and Presentations |
| 7 | MIDTERM EXAM | |
| 8 | Students' Presentations | |
| 9 | Historical Background: Energy, Environment and Development | Presentations and Discussions |
| 10 | Turkey's Energy Sector: Status, Structures, Developments & Environmental Impact | Presentations and Discussions |
| 11 | A Model Energy Investment including Case Study: Power Plant Technology, Environmental Management; Monitoring, Corporate Social Responsibility | |
| 12 | A Model Energy Investment including Case Study: Power Plant Technology, Environmental Management; Monitoring, Corporate Social Responsibility | |
| 13 | The Green Revolution and its implications- Incentive Mechanisms | Presentations and Discussions |
| 14 | Future Perspectives on Turkish Energy Policies and Projects | Presentations and Discussions |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Lecture notes and PowerPoint presentations |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 40 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 50 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 45 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 27 | ||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 30 | ||
| Final Exams | 1 | ||
| Total | 168 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies as well as applied competencies on energy studies. | |||||
| 2 | To evaluate the problems and circumstances about energy systems by using theoretical and practical knowledge in fundamental disciplines of energy studies such as economics, natural sciences, political science, law, and sociology. | |||||
| 3 | To analyze multi-dimensional problems which are faced and unpredicted in energy system by taking over responsibility as an individual and a group member. | |||||
| 4 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in energy policies and applications such as structures, markets, institutions, regulations, climate change and environment in a critical perspective. | |||||
| 5 | To debate problems in sustainable energy development by identifying them. | |||||
| 6 | To argue positive and negative aspects of international affairs and geopolitics on energy. | |||||
| 7 | To examine the economic and political structure that energy systems are based on. | |||||
| 8 | To question the theoretical and empirical gaps in energy studies literature by developing original arguments in order to fill these gaps in the literature. | |||||
| 9 | To interpret the collected data that would measure the theories, scenarios and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in energy sciences and sustainable energy development field. | |||||
| 10 | To prepare an original thesis/term project about political, economic, environmental, social and/or historical dimensions of sustainable energy and geopolitics in accordance with scientific criteria. | |||||
| 11 | To develop foreign language skills to be able to follow the literature on energy studies and to communicate with international scholars. | |||||
| 12 | To be able to use data and information in advanced levels in the field of energy sciences. | |||||
| 13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to energy studies. | |||||
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