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Department of Sociology
SOC 380 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Environmental Sociology
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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SOC 380
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionCase StudyQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
| National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to show the dynamics of environmental degradation and environmental injustices by examining the interaction between social structures and environment from a historical and critical viewpoint. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Environmental sociology examines environmental challenges, controversies and issues at every level from the global to local. It critically examines the historical and social dynamics of existing environmental problems as well as the struggles emerged around these problems. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Political Ecology, Political Economy | P Robbins (2012). Political Ecology (second edition). Chapter 1: Political versus Apolitical Ecologies, p. 11-24. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. T Forsyth (2003). Critical Political Ecology. Chapter 1: Political Ecology and the Politics of Environmental Science, p.1-20. London: Routledge. |
| 3 | The Ecological Crisis | John Bellamy Foster (1999) ‘The Ecological Crisis’. The Vulnerable Planet, Monthly Review Press, chapter 1. Video: The Children of Tsunami |
| 4 | The Debates on the Anthropocene | W Steffen, J Grinevald, P Crutzen, J McNeill (2011).The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 369, 842–867. Video: Chernobyl: The Exclusion Zone |
| 5 | The Debates on the Anthropocene | M Lepori, (2015) ‘There Is No Anthropocene: Climate Change, Species-Talk, and Political Economy’. Telos 172: 103-24. |
| 6 | Green Economy, Green Capitalism | P Ferguson (2015) The green economy agenda: business as usual or transformational discourse?, Environmental Politics, 24:1. J Goodman & A Salleh (2013) The ‘Green Economy’: Class Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony, Globalizations, 10:3, 411-424 |
| 7 | Green New Deal | |
| 8 | Midterm Week | |
| 9 | Environmental Justice: Ethnicity and Race, Class, Gender | D Schlosberg (2007) Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature, Oxford University Press, 3-10. R D. Bullard and GS. Johnson. (2009). “Environmental Justice: Grassroots Activism and Its Impact on Public Policy Decision Making”. in King and McCarthy (eds) Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action, 63-79. Video: Canada’s Toxic Chemical Valley |
| 10 | Globalization and environmental problems | RS Frey, PK. Gellert, and HF Dahms (2019) ‘Introduction: Ecologically Unequal Exchange in Comparative and Historical Perspective’ in RS Frey, PK Gellert, and HF Dahms(eds), Ecologically Unequal Exchange: Environmental Injustice in Comparative and Historical Perspective, 1- 10. Daniel Faber. (2009). “The Unfair Trade-off: Globalization and the Export of Ecological Hazards”. Chp. 11. in King and McCarthy (eds) Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action, 181-199. Video: Chevron vs. Amazon |
| 11 | Energy Justice | Kirsten Jenkins, Darren McCauley, Raphael Heffron, Hannes Stephan, Robert Rehner (2016) Energy justice: A conceptual review, Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 11, 174-182, BK Sovacool (2021) Who are the victims of low-carbon transitions? Towards a political ecology of climate change mitigation. Energy Research & Social Science 73: 101916. |
| 12 | Environmentalism | T Doyle (2005) Introduction to Environmental Movements in Timothy Doyle Environmental Movements in Minority And Majority Worlds: A Global Perspective, 1- 20. Video: A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet |
| 13 | Anti- environmentalism | D.Tindall , M.C.Stoddart and R.E.Dunlap (eds.) (2022) ‘The Contours of anti-environmentalism’ in D.Tindall , M.C.Stoddart and R.E.Dunlap (eds.) Handbook of Anti-Environmentalism. Edward Elgar, 2- 22. H. Özen (2022) Fashioning anti-environmentalism in Turkey: the campaign against the Bergama movement in D.Tindall , M.C.Stoddart and R.E.Dunlap (eds.) Handbook of Anti-Environmentalism. Edward Elgar, 268- 282. |
| 14 | Presentations | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | The reading list in this form. There is no a single textbook used in this course. The reading list includes a range of book chapters and journal articles. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
30
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project |
1
|
40
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam |
1
|
30
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
2
|
70
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
|
30
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
3
|
48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
|
0
|
|
| Study Hours Out of Class |
15
|
3
|
45
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| Field Work |
0
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||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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||
| Portfolio |
0
|
||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
10
|
10
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
|
||
| Project |
1
|
45
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45
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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||
| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
0
|
||
| Final Exam |
1
|
32
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32
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| Total |
180
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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#
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 |
To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 2 |
To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. |
X
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 3 |
To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. |
-
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X
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-
|
-
|
-
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|
| 4 |
To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. |
-
|
X
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-
|
-
|
-
|
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| 5 |
To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 6 |
To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. |
-
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X
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-
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-
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-
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| 7 |
To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. |
X
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-
|
-
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-
|
-
|
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| 8 |
To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. |
-
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X
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-
|
-
|
-
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| 9 |
To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 10 |
To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. |
-
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X
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-
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-
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-
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| 11 |
To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 12 |
To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 13 |
To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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