COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC CONCEPTS IN BUSINESS AND HEALTH RELATIONSHIP

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5047 BASIC CONCEPTS IN BUSINESS AND HEALTH RELATIONSHIP ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN ALPARSLAN ERGÖR

Offered to

Occupational Healty and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety(Non-Thesis-Evening)
Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety

Course Objective

Learn the basic components of health in working life. To learn health and safety tools and methods at national and international level. To understand the relationship between the concept of occupational health and ethical practices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the concepts of health, work and health and occupational health and safety
2   Define the basic components of health in working life
3   Learn the risk factors that affect health in working life
4   To understand the relationship between health and safety in the working life
5   Learn about occupational diseases

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What are the meanings of health, work and health, occupational health and safety
2 What are the basic components of health in work life
3 What are the basic components of health in work life
4 What are the risk factors that can affect health in work life Biological factors, physical factors, chemical factors, ergonomical factors, psychosocial factors
5 What are the risk factors that can affect health in work life Biological factors, physical factors, chemical factors, ergonomical factors, psychosocial factors
6 What is the relationship between health and safety in work life How can it be monitored What are the practices of health and engineering in work life
7 Mid evaluation
8 What the results of occupational health and safety How can they be monitored What are occupational illnesses How can they be diagnosed How can they be monitored How can they be prevented What is occupational accident How can it be monitored
9 What the results of occupational health and safety How can they be monitored What are occupational illnesses How can they be diagnosed How can they be monitored How can they be prevented What is occupational accident How can it be monitored
10 What are the principles of protection and prevention in occupational health
11 What are the principles of protection and prevention in occupational health
12 What are the means and methods of occupational health and safety organization on business, national and international level
13 What is the relationship between occupational health practices and ethics
14 Basic indicators of occupational health. What is the current situation in occupational health in the world and in the country

Recomended or Required Reading

Bilir N, Yıldız AN. Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara, 2012.
LaDou J. Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Lange Medical Boks. 2005.
Useful web pages:
Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütü ILO http://www.ilo.org/
TC Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı http://www.calisma.gov.tr/
The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health http://www.ijoeh.com/
Avrupa Birliği Iş Sağlığı Güvenliği Ajansı European Agency for Safety and health at Work - http://osha.europa.eu/OSHA/
ISAGÜ Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği - http://isagu.net/index.html
International Commission of Occupational Health - http://www.icohweb.org/
Finlandiya Iş Sağlığı Enstitüsü - http://www.ttl.fi/Internet/English/default.htm
National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety / ABD http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/cntc_ni1.html

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Giving lectures, case and scenario discussions, virtual workplace tours, giving presentaions, discussions

Assessment Methods

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

alp.ergor@deu.edu.tr - 24001

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Tutorials 6 3 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 6 3 18
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.24444
LO.3454444
LO.44
LO.5444444

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