SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

17.4.2 - Does your university as a body have dedicated courses (full degrees, or electives) that address sustainability and the SDGs?

Hacettepe University has elective courses on sustainability and SDGs.

Sustainability Courses

Courses for the Sustainable Development Goals are given below.

Name Code
Introduction to Sustainability SEC320
Sustainable Living SEC377
Sustainable Leadership SEC482
  • Introduction to Sustainability

  • Sustainable Living

  • Sustainable Leadership

 

Education

It could be seen that various courses on sustainability are held regularly at Hacettepe University while aiming to raise this awareness among the students of the university. This awareness, which is tried to be instilled through education, is supported by various activities and services within the university, and the individual is encouraged to develop himself in this regard. At this point, these courses are one of the cases evaluated to emphasize the importance of the concept of sustainability for students who are directly involved in university life. To exemplify this situation, the chart and table below show that there are many courses, although there have been minor changes in their number during the last three years.

The above list includes some of the courses that have been conducted in Hacettepe University to embed sustainability into the curriculum. There are 770 (both undergraduate and graduate courses) related courses with sustainability (environmental, economic, and/or social) and environment in the curriculum of Hacettepe University’s 24 different faculties, institutes, and other units.