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| ORM7273 | Social and Econ. Dimen. in Forest Protection | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach students the underlying causes of the problems encountered in forestry, to analyze the problems with respect to socio-economic and cultural background of the people under consideration. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | define socio-economic terms and their relation to protection | 2,4 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | identify the underlying causes of the problems encountered in forestry | 2 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | analyze the problems encountered with respect to socio-economic and cultural background of the people under consideration | 1,2,4 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 4 : | discuss the socio-economic status of people living in or near forests in relation to forest protection | 1,2 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 5 : | evaluate and assess in simple terms the effect of encroachment, illegal felling and grazing on forest resources | 1,2,3 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 6 : | discuss the integration of the socio-economic dimension of the problem into plannings | 3 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 7 : | prepare evaluation reports and present before an audience | 9,10 | 1,3,5,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The importance of forest resources, general protection problems in Turkey and in the world, socio-economic status of people living in or near forests, the effect of encroachment, illegal felling and grazing on forest resources, socio-economic dimension of the problem and its integration into planning. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Forest and the Importanance of Forest Researches | | | Week 2 | Forest Protection Problems in the World | | | Week 3 | Forest Protection Problems in Turkey | | | Week 4 | Forest Protection problems in Turkey | | | Week 5 | Socio-economic status of people living in and around the forested areas | | | Week 6 | Forest clearing, forest encroachment and grazing, illegal cutting | | | Week 7 | Economics of forest damages | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Forest damage assessment | | | Week 10 | İntegration of the demands and expectation of people living in and around the forested areas into management plans | | | Week 11 | Case studies - socio-economic analysis | | | Week 12 | Case studies - Damage analysis | | | Week 13 | Evaluation of Student Projects | | | Week 14 | Evaluation of Student Projects | | | Week 15 | Presantation of Student Projects | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Sara E. Jensen and Guy R. McPherson. 2008. Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century. California University Pres. USA | | | |
| 1 | Pyne, Stephen J., 2001. Fire : a brief history. 204 p. Seattle : University of Washington Press | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 11/11/2009 | 1 | 30 | | Project | 9
10 | 18/11/2009
25/11/2009 | 2 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13
14
15 | 16/12/2009
24/12/2009
31/12/2009 | 10 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/01/2010 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 10 | 7 | 70 | | Proje | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 2 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 199 |
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