UNI130 Occupational Health and Social SecurityIstinye UniversityDegree Programs International Relations (English)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
International Relations (English)

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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: UNI130
Course Name: Occupational Health and Social Security
Semester: Fall
Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
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: Öğr. Gör. ESRA ÇALIŞKAN
Course Lecturer(s): Neslihan Türkoğlu
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: It is aimed to teach the concepts of occupational safety, danger and risk, to realize the risk factors, to develop the sensitivity to the concept of danger, to create an occupational safety culture, to learn preventive actions in order to reduce the causes of occupational accidents by examining them.
Course Content: Basic Concepts of Occupational Health and Safety, Risk Factors and Types, Surveillance of the Environment, Causes of Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases, Preventive Measures and Occupational Safety Culture

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Learns the concepts of danger and risk,
2) Learns risk factors and types,
3) Knows the situations and factors that can cause work accidents and occupational diseases,
4) Knows workplace occupational safety organizations and adopts occupational safety culture.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Information on the Method of Conducting the Course, Importance of Occupational Safety, Full Well-Being, Purpose of Occupational Safety Studies, Definition of Occupational Safety and Occupational Accident, Its Elements, Occupational Accidents in the World and Turkey -
2) History, International Organizations, Causes of Accidents, Safe and Unsafe Behaviors, Examples of Work Accidents -
3) Attention and Human Factor, Information on Legislation -
4) Hazard and Risk Concepts, Risk Factors, Risk Assessment -
5) Organization of Occupational Health and Safety at Work, Determination of Workplace Hazard Level -
6) Occupational Health and Safety Measures to be Taken in Workplaces and Buildings -
6) Occupational Health and Safety Measures to be Taken in Workplaces and Buildings -
7) Occupational Health and Safety Measures to be Taken in Workplaces and Buildings -
8) Midterm -
9) Emergency Management, Fire Protection -
10) Ergonomics and 5 S Workplace layout -
11) Occupational Diseases, Hospital Disaster Plans -
12) OHSAS 45001, Risk Assessment in Apartments and MAINTENANCE/REPAIR OF Elevators -
13) Occupational Hygiene, Protective Equipment and Marking in Occupational Safety, Warning -
14) Safety Culture -
15) Final exam -

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Dersin hocasının önerdiği kaynaklar
References: Resources suggested by the course instructor

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations.
2) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level.
3) Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy).
4) Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework.
5) Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field.
6) Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork.
7) Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired.
9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally.
10) Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
11) Uses 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

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations.
2) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level.
3) Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy).
4) Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework.
5) Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field.
6) Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork.
7) Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired.
9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally.
10) Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
11) Uses 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 13 39
Presentations / Seminar 12 36
Homework Assignments 12 36
Midterms 1 3
Final 1 3
Total Workload 117