COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 305	C	5	3	0	0	3	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Salih Özcan , Thursday 14:00-17:30 hours
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	E 311
Course Description:	Why is it so difficult to develop solutions to global environmental problems? There are a number of potential impediments. Environmental problems often require extensive scientific knowledge, and involve risk and uncertainty. Existing incentives for different kinds of behavior can channel individuals and states away from environmental protection. The structure of political decision-making may disadvantage environmental activists. In this course, we explore three processes of environmental policy development – identifying problems, negotiating solutions, and implementing agreements –through a range of case studies. These include whaling, ozone depletion, deforestation, toxic waste trade, and especially climate change. We will ask: under what circumstances do countries negotiate treaties to resolve important environmental problems? How can future agreements be improved?
Course Objectives:	N/A

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction/Core concepts of Environmental politics
2	Environmental philosophy
3	Green Parties
4	Green Ideology and Green political thought
5	Party Politics and the Environment
6	Environmental Groups and Movements
7	The Environment as a Policy Problem
8	Midterm exam
9	Sustainable Development, Ecological Modernization and Green Growth
10	Global Environmental Politics
11	Globalisation, Trade and the Environment
12	Greening Government &Student presentations
13	Policy instruments and implementation&Student presentations
14	Case study: Local Environmental Governance in the Balkans (Albania, N. Macedonia and Kosovo)&Student presentations

Prerequisite(s):	N/A
Textbook:	1- Neil Carter, The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. 2- John McCormick, Environmental Politics and Policy, Palgrave, London, 2018.
Other References:	1- James Connelly; Graham Smith; David Benson; Clare Saunders, Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice, Third Edition, Routledge, New York, 2012 2- Jane Roberts, Environmental Policy, Second Edition, Routledge, New York, 2011. 3- Timothy Doyle & Doug McEachern, Environment and Politics, Third Edition, Routledge, New York, 2008. 4- Steven Cohen, Understanding Environmental Politics, Columbia University Press, New York, 2006 5- Piers H.G. Stephens; John Barry; Andrew Dobson, Contemporary Environmental Politics: From Margins to Mainstream, Routledge, New York, 2006
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	What is Environmental Philosophy?
2	Importance of Green Ideology
3	Importance of Sustainable Development

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations (3 years) Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources.	5
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches.	5
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.	4
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions.	4
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.	4
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.	3
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.	3
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.	3
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.	1
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.	1
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.	2
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.	5
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.	3

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	25
Presentation	1	10
Project	1	20
Final Exam	1	35
Attendance		10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	15	15
Assignments	1	7	7
Final examination	1	23	23
Other	-	-	0
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5