COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISASTER ADMINISTRATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 4029 DISASTER ADMINISTRATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN TENIKLER

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration

Course Objective

The disaster administration course is a basic course and aimes to provide students with the knowledge and skills about the basic processes of disaster administration. The course provides knowledge and skills for managers to prepare for disasters and emergencies that may arise for natural and artifical causes, and to develop strategies and leadership in connection with them.
Today, in terms of the outputs and the administrative responsibilities in the disaster administration and considering Superior Local Administrative Officer s (Governor) primary responsibility, it is clear the necessity of the Disaster Administrative Course for students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to be equipped with general knowledge about basic organization of disaster administration.
2   To be able to comprehend and interpret the basic stages of risk and crisis types and crisis administration process
3   To be able to recognize the changing and strengthening role of the public administrator in risk and crisis administration
4   To be able to develop effective strategies for managerial processes, based on the ability to demonstrate leadership skills in disaster and crisis administration
5   To be able to gain competence in new and contemporary disaster administrationmodels in the future perspective by comparing past applications with current applications in disaster areas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, general information about the course, explanation of the concepts in general terms, evaluation of the importance of the course in the learning plan.
2 Disaster Concept, Historical Development of Disaster Management and Integrated Disaster Management
3 Reducing Disaster Risks and Damages
4 Preparedness for Disasters
5 Effective Response to Disasters
6 Post-Disaster Recovery
7 Effects of Disasters on Development
8 Basic Ethical Principles in Disaster Management
9 Disaster Logistics
10 The Importance of Exercises in Disasters
11 Communication and Media in Disasters
12 Turkish Disaster Legislation
13 Turkish Disaster Management Structure
14 General evaluation and reminder, reviewing the degree of achievement of the learning outcomes of the course by making a situation analysis of the period.

Recomended or Required Reading

http://afetyonetimi.deu.edu.tr/ erişilebilen yayınlar
Bütünleşik Afet Yönetimi, (Edt. Zerrin Toprak Karaman/Asuman Altay), Izmir 2016,
Zerrin Toprak, Karaman, Afet Yönetimine Giriş ve Türkiye de Örgütlenme,s.1-35
Zerrin Toprak , Karaman, Afet Tiplerinde Erken Uyarı ve Afet Tipleri, 221 247
Zerrin Toprak, Karaman, Afetlerde Hızlı ÇED ve Alan Yönetiminde Kritik Sorgulamalar s.327-344
Güvenli Turizm Stratejik Eylem Planı,

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 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

-

Assessment Criteria

-

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zerrin.toprak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

-

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 10 1 10
Preparing presentations 3 1 3
Preparation for final exam 20 1 20
Preparation for midterm exam 18 1 18
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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