COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

To reveal the security need in disasters for disadvantageous groups such as women, children, adults, disabled people and elderly people; to increase and improve social capacity administratively and personally, strengthening the weakest links which have the weakest social resilience according to disaster types; to take administrative and spatial precautions aimed at preventing any possible harm to disadvantageous groups from disasters;
to provide the ability and knowledge to evaluate administrative analyses which are effective at preventing loses and casualties according to disaster types in terms of public, private and civic sectors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Zerrin Toprak (2012); Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, Birleşik Yayınları. Related parts.
National and international authentic documents.
National and international spesific reports.
Fundamental books and reports related to disaster types and administrative strategies.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
-Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
-All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ömür Neczan Timurcanday Özmen
omur.ozmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes