TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	2
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Murat Can Ocaktan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the importance of occupational health and safety. 2) Learn the causes of work accidents and risks in the working environment. 3) Learns risk management. 4) Know health and safety signs. 5) Have the knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and safety.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Brief history and definitions of work health and safety, human faults and accidents at work, physical, biological and chemical risk factors at the working environment, psychosocial factors, risk management and evaluation, anthropometric principles and working dimensions, occupational diseases, health and safety marks, job motivation and psychosocial approaches, influences of engineering applications regarding health, environment and safety, safety guidelines for technical applications.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Brief history and definitions of work health and safety 2nd Week Human faults and accidents at work 3rd Week Physical and biological at the working environment 4th Week Chemical risk factors at the working environment 5th Week Psychosocial factors at the working environment 6th Week Risk management and evaluation 7th Week Anthropometric principles and working dimensions 8th Week MIDTERM 9th Week Occupational diseases 10th Week Health and safety marks 11th Week Job motivation and psychosocial approaches 12th Week Influences of engineering applications regarding health 13th Week Influences of engineering applications regarding environment and safety, 14th Week Safety guidelines for technical applications.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Goetsch, D.L, "Occupational Safety and Health" (2007) Pearson Prentice Hail
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 1 2 2 Individual or group work 0 0 0 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 1 1 Total Workload 60 Total Workload / 30 2 ECTS Credits of the Course 2
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No