Course Details

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
5	GLB301	SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES	3+0+0	3	4	14.05.2025

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	BIOENGINEERING
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Assisting students increase their awareness of the definition of SDG 11. Encouraging individuals and team members to actively engage in in-depth conversations about SDG 11. Implementing team-oriented learning methods. Fostering peer learning across different disciplines.
Course Content	Aiming to motivate students to be part of the SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities and develop tangible solutions for our world's urgent problems, including but not limited to refugee crises, integration problems, citizens’ attitudes towards immigrant communities, health impacts of transportation, sustainable transportation, planning of transportation systems, improving road safety, the effects of public transportation on public health, traffic-related air pollution and intelligent transportation systems.
Course Methods and Techniques	The course is designed to introduce students to these goals using innovative and student-centered methods; therefore, traditional lecturing will not be used. Instructors will introduce group-based learning models and encourage students to express themselves in creative ways. Throughout the semester, students will learn even more through the materials shared by their peers from other disciplines.
Prerequisites and co-requisities	( ENG101 )
Course Coordinator	Asist Prof.Dr. Çağlar Kurç caglar.kurc@agu.edu.tr Asist Prof.Dr. Sinan Akyüz sinan.akyuz@agu.edu.tr
Name of Lecturers	None
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources

https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı	14	% 20
Yarıl yılSonu Sınavı/Dönem Projesinin Başarı Notuna Katkısı	1	% 30
Quiz/Küçük Sınav	2	% 10
Ödev	1	% 20
Sunum/Seminer	2	% 20
Total	20	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi	4	5	20
Sınıf İçi Aktivitesi	14	3	42
Sunum için Hazırlık	14	1	14
Soru Çözümü	2	9	18
Ders dışı çalışma	14	1	14
Takım/Grup Çalışması	5	2	10
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 4 118

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Identify key features of SDG 11
2	Analyze SDG 11 according to its political, economic, scientific, technological, and social dimensions in local and global context.
3	Compare how SDG 11 is related to their fields.
4	Evaluate the impact of individual and professional decisions as related to SDG 11 at a basic level.
5	Defend the necessity of interdisciplinary understanding of SDG 11

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Welcome, Introduction of the Course, Instructure & Students
2	Our Changing Climate and Resilient Cities
3	Citi Planning
4	Climate Change and Waste Management System
5	Recillient Cities and Programs on the World
6	The role of Public Health and The Resilient Cities
7	Global problems of contemporary urbanization
8	Developing a project on the negative effects of Natural disaster (research and discussions)
9	Urbanization and housing production in Turkey after 1950
10	Proposals and Topics for Group project works
11	Literature Research on Resilient Cities
12	Traditional AGU Cycle Activity and Conference Meeting: “Sustainable Transportation”
13	Project presentations
14	New approaches and paradigms for Resilient Cities (Project fair and competition for each group)

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	P1	P2	P3	P4	P7
All	4	4	4	4	4
C1			4	4	4
C2			4	4	4
C3	4	4	4	4	4
C4			4	4	4
C5	4	4	4	4	4

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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