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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ISG 5023	VIBRATION AND NOISE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY	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 ZEKI KIRAL

Offered to

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

Course Objective

In this course, the fundamental knowledge on the vibration and sound is given. The allowable levels of vibration and sound determined by the legislations are examined in terms of occupational health and safety and the necessary precautions are discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To understand the fundamentals of vibration and sound.
2	To understand the effects of vibration and noise on human.
3	To make the measurement and evaluation of vibration and noise.
4	To determine the exposure limits of vibration and noise in the workplaces.
5	To make protection planning against the harmful effects of vibration and noise.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Fundamentals of Vibration
2	Fundamentals of Vibration
3	Fundamentals of Sound
4	Fundamentals of Sound
5	Sound Level and Assessment of Noise
6	Effects of Vibration on Human and Measures of Vibration Control
7	Effects of Noise on Human and Measures of Noise Control
8	Midterm 1
9	Sources of Industrial Noise
10	Propagation of Sound in Free and Reverberant Fields
11	Control of Vibration and Noise
12	Personal Precautions to Avoid Vibration and Noise
13	Midterm 2
14	Vibration and Noise Level Measurements and Reporting

Recomended or Required Reading

Course Book: H. Nevzat ÖZGÜVEN, Gürültü Kontrolü-Endüstriyel ve Çevresel Gürültü, Türk Akustik Derneği, 2008.
Complementary Book: Tim SOUTH, Managing Noise and Vibration at Work, Routledge, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The issues of the course are given with presentations and experimental studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE 1	MIDTERM EXAM 1
2	MTE 2	MIDTERM EXAM 2
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + FCG * 0.5
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The success of the students will be evaluated with two midterm exams and one final exam.

Assessment Criteria

to be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

to be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Zeki Kıral, email: zeki.kiral@deu.edu.tr, Tel: 0232 3019232

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	8	96
Preparation for midterm exam	2	7	14
Preparation for final exam	1	7	7
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	2	2	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			159

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	5
LO.2	4		4			2
LO.3	4		4
LO.4	4
LO.5	4	2	4	2	2	2	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Course Coordinator

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Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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