COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 1001 INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Occupational Health and Safety

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR NERGIS MELIS ULUĞTEKIN

Offered to

Occupational Health and Safety

Course Objective

Understanding the basic concepts of the Occupational Health and Safety Program, learn how to use of these concepts in occupational safety.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the historical development and the concept of occupational safety and understand this usage.
2   To have the ability to identify and evaluate risks and dangers in business life.
3   To know work accidents and diseases, their causes and prevention methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The historical development of occupational safety
2 The concept and scope of Occupational safety
3 National and international organizations and their tasks related to Occupational Safety
4 Occupational Safety Culture
5 Risk and hazard identification, types
6 1.Midterm
7 General and the legal definition of work accidents
8 Work accidents registration, evaluation and reporting
9 Chemical and Physical Factors
10 Personal protection and their importance of the using
11 General and the legal definition of occupational disease, the legal responsibilities
12 2. Midterm
13 Causes of occupational disease and technical measures that can be taken
14 General Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Teoman AKPINAR Bursa Ekin Yayınları 2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. DVD, video etc.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT1 1.MIDTERM
2 MT2 2.MIDTERM
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT1 * 0.20 +MT2*0.20+FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT1 * 0.20 +MT2*0.20+RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

It is calculated by taking 40% average grade of midterm exams, 60% of the final exam success rating.

Assessment Criteria

The understanding degree of students to 3 learning outputs is evaluated by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% of participation in the courses is mandatory
2. All kinds of plagiarism (cheating) initiative, and the actual results in disciplinary action

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Görevlisi Nergis Melis ULUĞTEKIN
melis.ulugtekin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 9 18
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.15
LO.2453
LO.354

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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