WATER FOOTPRINT
- Course
- ENVE313 - WATER FOOTPRINT
- Department
- Environmental Engineering - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 4
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şifa DOĞAN
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
The aim of this course is to discuss personal, industrial and countrywide water consumption behavior and factors affecting it as well as strategies to achieve goals set for sustainable water consumption by United Nations. Some of the themes that will be covered in this course are water footprint, blue, green and grey water footprints, water footprint evaluation steps, personal water footprints, agricultural and industrial footprints, Country’s footprints, availability and dependency on water, status of country’s water footprints. Students will be able to calculate their own footprints. They will evaluate the water footprint values for various countries and discuss the differences. Students will observe the uneven distribution of the world’s water resources and also the differences in worldwide consumption habits. In this course the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals particularly the ones involving water footprint themes will be investigated.
WATER FOOTPRINT
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Water Footprints: Concept, metrics, history |
| Week 2 | Introduction to Water Footprints: Concept, metrics, history |
| Week 3 | The Water Footprint Assessment (WFA) Framework |
| Week 4 | Agricultural Water Footprints |
| Week 5 | Industrial and Corporate Water Accounting |
| Week 6 | Review |
| Week 7 | Midterm exam |
| Week 8 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | Homework, project topic assignments and discussions |
| Week 10 | National and Consumer Water Footprints |
| Week 11 | Water Footprint Sustainability Assessment |
| Week 12 | Water Footprint Sustainability Assessment |
| Week 13 | Homework discussions (Project discussions, presentations) |
| Week 14 | Homework discussions (Project discussions, presentations) |
| Week 15 | Final exam |
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Learning Outcomes
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Program Outcomes
- P01 1- To have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other resources including current information in the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P02 2- To be able to use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P03 3- To be able to interpret and evaluate data, identify problems, analyze and develop solutions based on research and evidence by using advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P04 4- To be able to take responsibility as an individual and a team member in order to solve complex and unpredictable problems in accounting and finance applications.
- P05 5- To be able to plan and manage activities for the development of employees under the responsibility of a project.
- P06 6- To be able to determine the learning requirements in the field of Accounting and Finance and to direct their learning.
- P07 7- To be able to inform people and institutions about issues related to the field of accounting and finance, and to be able to transfer their ideas and solution proposals in writing and orally.
- P08 8- To be able to use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the European Computer Driving License Advanced Level required by the field of Accounting and Finance.
- P09 9- To act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to the field of accounting and finance.
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