Course Code & Number
PSIR 221
Course Title
Global Environmental Issues
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Global environmental issues and policies. Capitalist growth strategies and environmental problems. International conservation conventions and states’ policies. Civil societal initiatives.
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide the students with an environmental perspective in the International Relations area. It gives an overview of local, national, international and global environmental issues and policies.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Apply an environmental perspective for International Relations
2. Discuss the connection between the historical enclosure movement and today’s capitalist expansion
3. Describe the relationship between capitalist growth strategies and environmental degradation
4. Explain environmental problems like deforestation, desertification, pollution, urbanization, industrialization
5. Recite international conventions for conservation and various states’ policies
6. Critically evaluate sustainable development and interdependency
7. Analyze global civil society initiatives and civil movements on environmental protection
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Reading
Inquiry
Case Study/Scenarion Analysis
Video Presentations
Oral Presentations/Reports
Guest Speakers
Web Searching
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz
Case Studies / Homework
Presentation (Oral/Poster)
Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:
Recommended Reading
1. Timothy M. Swanson (ed.), The Economics and Ecology of Biodiversity Decline: The Forces Driving Global Change (Cambridge, 1998).
2. United Nations, Comprehensive Assessment of the Freshwater Resources of the World (United Nations, 1997).
3. Marc W. Zacher (ed.), The International Political Economy of Natural Resources (Edward Elgar, 1993).
Required Reading
1. Eddie J. Girdner, and Jack Smith, Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit and the Struggle for Environmental Justice (Monthly Review, 2002).
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:
Student Workload:
| Workload | Hrs |
|---|
| Case Study Analysis | 16 |
Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching:
