COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INSTITUTIONALISATION IN DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 5010 INSTITUTIONALISATION IN DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

It is aimed to evaluate development of strategies and in disaster and emergency administration historically. Also effectiveness of changes in organisational structure will be evaluated by the means of contemporary disaster administration. Administrative functions (from planning to budgeting) of disaster and emergency administration and related organisational structures with best applications all over the world will be compared. Relation of current organisations and legal arrangements will be evaluated to produce analytical solutions. And also it will be evaluated by the wiev of general problems about disaster and emergency administration.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to learn the development of organisational structures about disaster and emergency administration in Türkiye
2   Be able to conceive the importance of volunteers in disaster and emergency administration and to create awareness in community
3   Be able to determine the responsibilites of central and local governments in disaster and emergency administration and to make recomendations.
4   Be able to develop a comparative analysis about current organisation in Türkiye by knowing the best applications all over the world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Crisis and Its Relation with Disaster
2 Crisis, Disaster and Emergency Administration
3 Disaster and Emergency Administration Problem Areas in the Underdeveloped and Developing Countries
4 Institutional Structures for Disasters in Developed Countries
5 Historical Development of Disaster Administration in Türkiye-Before 1999
6 Historical Development of Disaster Administration in Türkiye-From 1999 to today
7 Disaster Concept in Government and Programmes of Political Parties
8 Midterm Exam
9 Central Organisation in Disaster and Emergency Administration (Priministry Disaster&Emergency Management Presidency)
10 Responsibilites of Ministries in Disaster and Emergency Administration
11 Local Organisation in Disaster and Emergency Administration (Examples)
12 Disaster and Emergency Administration and NGO s (Kızılay, AKUT Examples)
13 Approaches About Disasters in Development Plans
14 General Assessments

Recomended or Required Reading

Yavaş, H.; Doğal Afetler Yönüyle Türkiye de Belediyelerde Kriz Yönetimi, Izmir 2005.
Gündüz I., Dünyada ve Türkiye de Afet Yönetimi, Erdem Yayınları, Istanbul, 2009.
Tenikler, Gökhan (2012); Afet Yönetiminde Etik Sorumluluk , Etik, Ide Yayınları, Izmir.
Tenikler, Gökhan (2012); Afet Yönetiminde Kurumsal Yapılanma ve Yerel Yönetimlerin Rolü , Avrupa Kentsel Şartı Felsefesinde Sürdürülebilir Kentler Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı, 14 15 Ekim 2010, Seferihisar, Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
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

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


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)

gokhan.tenikler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.144
LO.23
LO.3333
LO.4444

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