COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RISK ASSESSMENT WITH CASES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5054 RISK ASSESSMENT WITH CASES 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

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

Course Objective

To learn the concept of risk assessment in occupational health and safety, to gain the ability to apply it in different areas, to determine the risk assessment method appropriate to the needs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the theoretical framework of risk assessment
2   Knows and applies risk assessment steps
3   Knows the differences between risk assessment methods
4   Can choose the appropriate risk assessment method
5   Can share the results of risk assessment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, expectations, basic concepts
2 OHS & risk assessment
3 Risk assessment and use in different sectors
4 RD as a management tool
5 Mining industry and RD
6 Case discussions
7 Article-Report discussions
8 Mid-term exam
9 Risk assessment methodologies 1
10 Risk assessment methodologies 2
11 Risk communication & group study / workshop
12 Case study & workshop
13 Case study & workshop
14 Evaluation & feedback

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): :
Harms-Ringdahl L. Guide to safety analysis for accident prevention, IRS Riskhantering AB, 2013
Yıldız AN, Sandal A (Eds) Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Meslek Hastalıkları. Hacettepe Ü Yayınları, 2020.
Supplementary Book(s) & Materials: Many reports (from grey literature) & articles.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In addition to presentation from lecturers, group studies through scenarios and case-report-article discussions will be used as learning tools.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS 1 PRESENTATION 1
4 PRS 2 PRESENTATION 2
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS 1 * 0.15 + PRS 2 * 0.15 + FIN * 0.30
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS 1 * 0.15 + PRS 2 * 0.15 + RST * 0.30


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)

Prof. Dr. Alp Ergör
Tuesdays 14:00 - 15:00

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Reading 2 15 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11111
LO.21222
LO.3111
LO.411
LO.5111