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| ITEO5035 | Ecological Economics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ECONOMICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Aykut BAŞOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to instruct students in ecological economics arise out of increasing environmantal problems |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand relationship between environment and economy | 2,6,9 | 1,3, | | PO - 2 : | learn the terminology and development of ecological economics. | 2,6,9 | 1,3, | | PO - 3 : | analyze discussion about environmental problems. | 2,6,9 | 1,3, | | PO - 4 : | increase environmental awareness and make individual, social and academic contributions to the sustainability of ecological balance. | 2,6,9 | 1,3, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Environment and economy, ecological economics, environmental IS-LM-EE model |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, Economy and ecology relation | | | Week 2 | Economy and ecology in history of economic thought: conventional economics | | | Week 3 | Economy and ecology in history of economic thought: ecological economics | | | Week 4 | Historical development of ecological economics | | | Week 5 | Neoclassical economics and ecological economics
| | | Week 6 | Ecological economics: philosophy and methodology | | | Week 7 | Policy principles in ecological economics: sustainable scale, justice distribution, efficient allocation | | | Week 8 | The Club of Rome: The Limits to Growth | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Kenneth Boulding: cowboy economy-spaceship economy
| | | Week 11 | Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen: The Entropy Law and the Economic Process | | | Week 12 | Herman Daly: steady-state economy | | | Week 13 | The market equilibrium and market failures | | | Week 14 | IS-LM-EE model | | | Week 15 | IS-LM-EE model | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Daly, H. and Farley, J, 2011; Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, 2nd Ed., Washington, D.C.: Island Press | | | |
| 1 | Costanza, R. et al., 2015; An Introduction to Ecological Economics, 2nd Ed., Mew York, CRC Press. | | | 2 | Common, M. and Stagl, S., 2005; Ecological Economics an Introduction, 1st Ed., New York, Cambridge University Press | | | 3 | Selected articles about topics | | | 4 | IPCC Reports | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | /11/2023 | 1 | 30 | | Quiz | 12 | /12/2023 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | /01/2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 2 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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