The contents of some of the sustainability-themed courses included in the list of elective courses offered in our university for the interests of our students are given below.
Ecology
The aim of this course; to prevent events such as global warming, epidemic diseases, increasing human population, reduction of agricultural areas and natural disasters that humanity is facing today. With the scientific research and eliminating possible negative conditions against the events that deteriorate for nature and humans, to research and provide ecological balance. In addition to many events such as creating environmental awareness and understanding the ecosystem, protecting populations and interactions between them, competition and food chain; to provide an understanding of some ecological terms and methods.
Global Warming and Climate Change
Human activities are changing the nutritional structure, energy flow, chemical cycle and natural complexity in the biosphere, and the ecosystem processes on which we and all other living things depend. Humans have physically changed nearly half of Earth's terrestrial surface; and we use more than half of all accessible surface freshwater. Excessive consumption and unplanned ecosystem movements caused by humans’ cause climate change and make life difficult for all living things along with human life. On the other hand, people need to take the necessary precautions against climate change. Relevant precautions and methods will be explained within the scope of the course.
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Ethics is a course in which different dimensions of the human-nature relationship will be discussed. In this context, the ethical responsibilities of human beings will be discussed, especially in the face of increasingly negative developments in the destruction of the environment today. In this course, anthropocene, anthropocene, sustainability discourse in neoliberal capitalism (capitalocene), urbanization, globalization, global warming, climate change and the problem of future generations are discussed with a philosophical critical perspective.