Undergraduate
Architecture Faculty
Interior Architecture & Environmental Design (English)
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Sustainable Development

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
IKTU0002 Sustainable Development 2/0/0 EL English 2
Course Goals
This course is designed to teach the fundamental concepts and applications sustainability management. The course provides students the necessary background, sustainability issues in general perspectives, measuring sustainability metrics for organizations, so that the students can obtain a broad understanding of sustainability in the multiple human dimensions.
Prerequisite(s) None
Corequisite(s) None
Special Requisite(s) None
Instructor(s) Professor Burcu Yavuz Tiftikçigil
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule This course is not offered in this semester.
Office Hour(s) This course is not offered in this semester.
Teaching Methods and Techniques Oral presentation, lecture, discussion
Principle Sources Sustainability Management - Global Perspectives on Concepts, Instruments, and Stakeholders by Rüdiger Hahn

The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey Sachs
Other Sources Introduction to Sustainability: Road to a Better Future, by Nolberto Munier. Springer; 1st edition; 456 pages; ISBN-10: 1402035578

Videos: Sustainability Management - Global Perspectives on Concepts, Instruments, and Stakeholders - YouTube

Reports: sustainable-development-report-2023.pdf

Slides and course notes
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week The Origins of Sustainability Oral presentation
2. Week 20th Century Awakening of Sustainability Oral presentation
3. Week Definitions of Sustainability, Methods and Markers for Sustainability Oral presentation
4. Week Sustainable Development, Resilience Thinking in the 21st Century Oral presentation
5. Week Waste Management in the Developed and Developing World Oral presentation
6. Week Green Urbanism Oral presentation
7. Week Sustainable Transportation Oral presentation
8. Week Sustainable Practices in Industry Oral presentation
9. Week Midterm
10. Week Energy Sustainability Oral presentation
11. Week Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources Oral presentation
12. Week Measuring Sustainability Oral presentation
13. Week Environmental, Economic, and Social Carrying Capacity Oral presentation
14. Week Monitoring Progress in Sustainability Oral presentation
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations 1 20
Project(s) 1 50
Final Exam 1 30