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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI360

Course Name:

Disaster and Emergency Management

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Prof. Dr. OYA ÇAKIN

Course Lecturer(s):

Prof. Dr. Oya Çakın

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

Disaster and emergency management is a kind of multi-disciplinary subject which includes engineering, social and health sciences and has great importance in Turkey where natural disasters, earthquakes in particular, are the major threats.
That’s why, it is aimed to teach the phases of disaster managements, concepts of emergency and risk managements, the responsibility and jurisdictions of the stakeholders, legislations for the disaster managements, implementation of risk, hazard and SWOT analysyis to the students of all disciplines.

Course Content:

What are the Disasters? How can they classified? What are their properties? Vision, Mission and Principles of Integrated Disaster Management. Phases of Disaster Management – Introduction to Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation Phases, Risk and Emergency Management Concepts, their advantages and disadvantages. Preparedness Phase – Rapid Response ans Early Warning Systems, Disaster Scenarios, Emergency Action Plans. Response Phase – Search and Rescue, First Aid, Sire Safety, Security Systems. Incident Command System. Recovery Phase – Temporary Residences, Housing, Repairment or replacement of roads,public buildings and bridges, Implementation of Mitigation Measures. Mitigation Phase – Economical Aspets of Disasters, Risk Transfer Systems: Disaster Funds and Insurance, DASK as an example. SWOT /Risk Analysis – Information, Methods and Examples.
Stakeholders in Disaster Management Systems (Central and Local Governments, Private Sector, NGOs and Citizens) – Their responsibilities and duties. Legisletion of Disaster Management System in Turkey, evaluation of the situation after 1999 and 2023 Earthquakes. Evaluation, Comparison and Examples of Disaster Management Systems from different Countries over the World and Turkey.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Knows the phases of disaster management system, Emergency and Risk Management concepts.
2) Recognizes Stakeholders in disaster management system, their jurisdiction and responsibilities.
3) Learns Risk transfer methods.
4) Knows Legislation of disaster management system in Turkey.
5) Understands the Incident Command System and its applications.
6) Defines Risk, hazard and SWOT Analysis and applications.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	What are the Disasters? How can they classified? What are their properties?	www.preventionweb.net www.emdat.be
2)	Vision, Mission and Principles of Integrated Disaster Management	FEMA, Principles of Emergency Management, September 11, 2007.
3)	Phases of Disaster Management – Introduction to Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation Phases, Risk and Emergency Management Concepts, their advantages and disadvantages.	-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA -Introduction to Disaster Management , Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC), Disaster Management, Version 1.0 -Nilgün Okay, Online Natural Disaster Risk Management Program, World Bank Institute.
4)	Mitigation Phase – Economical Aspets of Disasters, Risk Transfer Systems: Disaster Funds and Insurance, DASK as an example.	-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA -Introduction to Disaster Management , Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC), Disaster Management, Version 1.0 -F. Bendimerad and Louise Comfort, Reducing Vulnerability and Improving Sustainability of the World’s Megacities, The EMI Experience, A Presentation to the US Agency for International Development, Washington DC, 5 December 2002 -www.gndr.org- 2018 Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction.
5)	Preparedness Phase – Rapid Response ans Early Warning Systems, Disaster Scenarios, Emergency Action Plans	-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA -ABC Temel Afet Bilinci, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü, Afete Hazırlık Eğitim Birimi, www.aheb.org
6)	Response Phase – Search and Rescue, First Aid, Sire Safety, Security Systems	-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA -M. Kadıoğlu, Afet Yönetimi, Beklenilmeyeni Beklemek, En Kötüsünü Yönetmek, T.C. Marmara Belediyeler Birliği Yayını, 2011. -Community Volunteers Training Program, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Disaster Preparedness Education Unit, www.aheb.org
7)	Incident Command System and its applications	-Community Volunteers Training Program, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Disaster Preparedness Education Unit, www.aheb.org
8)	Midterm Exam	7 weeks lecture materials
9)	Recovery Phase – Temporary Residences, Housing, Repairment or replacement of roads,public buildings and bridges, Implementation of Mitigation Measures.	-Fundamentals of Emergency Management, Independent Study, May 25, 2011, FEMA -M. Kadıoğlu, Afet Yönetimi, Beklenilmeyeni Beklemek, En Kötüsünü Yönetmek, T.C. Marmara Belediyeler Birliği Yayını, 2011.
10)	Disasters and Development Gender Mainstraeming in Disaster Management United Nations Hyogo and Sendai Framework for Action.	www.preventionweb.net
11)	SWOT /Risk Analysis – Information, Methods and Examples
12)	Legislation of Disaster Management System in Turkey, Stakeholders in DM (Central and Local Goverments, Private Sector, NGOs andividuals), Evaluation of the situation after 1999 and 2023 Earthquakes.	www.akom.ibb.istanbul
13)	Evaluation, Comparison and Examples of Disaster Management Systems from different Countries over the World and Turkey	www.bousai.go.jp www.fema.gov
14)	Evaluation and Discussion on the concepts and gains of the lecture

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

• Derste sunulan slaytlar. / Powerpoint presentations of the lecture

References:

-FEMA Independent Study, “Principles of Emergency Management”, February 2006.
-“Natural Disaster Risk Management Program”, World Bank Institute, On-Line Course Material, 2004.
-DEMETER, K., A. GÜNER and N. EKİN ERKAN, “The Role of Local Governments in Reducing the Risk of Disasters, The World Bank, USA, 2006.
-“Perspectives in Disaster Management”, METU Disaster Management Implementation and Research Center, METU Press, Ankara, Turkey, 2009.
-Prof. Dr. Mikdat Kadıoğlu, “Afet Yönetimi; Beklenilmeyeni Beklemek En Kötüsünü Yönetmek; Marmara Belediyeler Birliği Yayını, İstanbul, 2011.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6
Program Outcomes
1) By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life.
2) It provides a critical perspective on mass media.
3) With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources.
4) Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting.
5) Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector.
6) Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs.
7) Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies.
8) Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started.
9) Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies.
10) With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector.
11) They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative.
12) Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics.
13) Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
14) Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life.
2)	It provides a critical perspective on mass media.
3)	With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources.
4)	Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting.
5)	Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector.
6)	Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs.
7)	Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies.
8)	Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started.
9)	Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies.
10)	With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector.
11)	They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative.
12)	Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics.
13)	Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
14)	Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	56
Midterms	8	16
Final	15	45
Total Workload		117