COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5040 COMPARATIVE WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide students with the ability to evaluate occupational health and safety with its organizational, managerial and problematical aspects, comparing Turkey, other countries and international institutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the concept and characteristics of occupational health and safety
2   Being able to comprehend the practice of occupational accident models
3   Being able to comprehend the role of international institutions in occupational health and safety
4   Being able to evaluate the state of occupational health and safety in Turkey within the scope of other country samples
5   Being able to associate globalization with occupational health and safety

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept and Characteristics of Occupational Safety
2 The Concept and Characteristics of Occupational Health
3 Work Accident Models
4 ILO and Occupational Health and Safety
5 WHO and Safety Behaviour
6 Occupational Health and Safety in Turkey
7 EU and Occupational Health and Safety
8 Midterm Exam
9 Occupational Health and Safety in Scandinavian Countries
10 Occupational Health and Safety in the USA
11 Occupational Health and Safety in Latin American Countries
12 Occupational Health and Safety in Asian Countries
13 Globalization and Occupational Health and Safety
14 Decent Work and Occupational Health and Safety

Recomended or Required Reading

Tunç Demirbilek. (2005). Iş Güvenliği Kültürü, Istanbul: Legal Yayın.
Paul A. Erickson. (1999). Practical Guide To Occupational Health And Safety [Electronic Resource], San Diego : Academic Press.
http://www.ilo.org/safework/lang--en/index.htm
http://osha.europa.eu/en/front-page
http://www.who.int/topics/occupational_health/en/index.html
Ali Güzel, Ali Rıza Okur ve Nurşen Caniklioğlu. (2012). Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku, 14. Bası, Istanbul: Beta Basım.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Assignment, Presentation, Question-Answer, Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+ 90 0.232.3010351
t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 04:00 pm-05:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1454
LO.2454
LO.3454
LO.4454
LO.5454

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

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