Academic Catalog

SEES504 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Course Code:	3900504
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Sustainable Environment And Energy Systems
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Masters
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÞÝÝR KILKIÞ
Offered Semester:	Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

To review core concepts and history of sustainable development; to introduce student to innovative frameworks to sustainable development. including institutional analysis. common-pool resource management. and the often overlooked cultural and psychological underpinnings of environmental decision-making; to examine policy responses to environmental problems caused by economic development; to analyze social case studies and examples through the frameworks presented; to provide a forum for graduate students to present their own research interests and examples regarding sustainable development.