COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to enable students to know the concepts related to environmental health, to know the relationship between the environment and humans, to know the causes of environmental pollution and to know the varieties of the students, and to ensure that the students are sensitive individuals to environmental health.

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

1. Alabi, O. A., Ologbonjaye, K. I., Awosolu, O., & Alalade, O. E. (2019). Public and environmental health effects of plastic wastes disposal: a review. J Toxicol Risk Assess, 5(021), 1-13.
2. Glencross, D. A., Ho, T. R., Camina, N., Hawrylowicz, C. M., & Pfeffer, P. E. (2020). Air pollution and its effects on the immune system. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 151, 56-68.
3. Zwolak, A., Sarzy ska, M., Szpyrka, E., & Stawarczyk, K. (2019). Sources of soil pollution by heavy metals and their accumulation in vegetables: A review. Water, air, & soil pollution, 230, 1-9.
4. Hasan, M. K., Shahriar, A., & Jim, K. U. (2019). Water pollution in Bangladesh and its impact on public health. Heliyon, 5(8).
5. WHO. https://www.who.int/health-topics/environmental-health#tab=tab_1
6. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. https://sdgs.un.org/goals
7. Palmer, C., McShane, K., & Sandler, R. (2014). Environmental ethics. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39, 419-442.
8. De Haas, H., Castles, S., & Miller, M. J. (2019). The age of migration: International population movements in the modern world. Bloomsbury Publishing.
9. Frumkin, H. (Ed.). (2016). Environmental health: from global to local. John Wiley & Sons.
10. Moeller, D. W. (2011). Environmental health. Harvard University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, question-answer, small group discussion, power point presentation, role play, brain storming

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the assessment of the course, 50% of the midterm grade and 50% of the final grade shall determine the semester grade.
Midterm Grade includes %25 midterm exam, %15 homework/ presentations and %10 classroom activities.
Semester Grade: 50% 1st Midterm Exam grade + 50% final grade
The pass mark is 60.

Assessment Criteria

In exams; interpretation, recall, decision making, explanation, classification, information combining skills will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Gülendam KARADAĞ
0232412475
gkaradag71@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes