Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
5GİT331Occupational Health and Safety2+0+02207.12.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Visual Communication Design
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Ensuring that students are knowledgeable about the conditions necessary for a healthy workplace environment, accidents, illnesses, and risks that threaten worker health and safety, and the protective measures to be taken against them.
Course Content This course covers definitions related to worker health and workplace safety, workplace accidents, occupational diseases, measures to ensure safety and responsible parties, the legal basis and importance of the subject, and healthy worker nutrition.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof. Begüm ERTEN
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Occupational Health and Safety, License Publishing, Editors: Ebru Gökmeşe & Hicran Yıldız ISBN: 978-605-9498-18-0 Occupational Health and Safety, Mustafa Yağımlı, Beta Publications

Course Category
Social Sciences %80
Field %20

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Total
1
% 40

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 15 2 30
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 1 14
Mid-terms 1 5 5
Final examination 1 5 5
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2 54

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Is knowledgeable about occupational health and safety.
2 Understands and applies the fundamental principles of occupational health and safety, keeps abreast of current developments in the field, and utilizes them effectively.
3 It has scientific value in identifying sources of danger in the workplace, collecting relevant data, implementing prevention activities, and disseminating the results.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Information on labor legislation, Employees' legal rights and responsibilities.
2 Legal consequences arising from workplace accidents and occupational diseases, Workplace cleanliness and order
3 Chemical, physical, and ergonomic risk factors, Manual lifting and handling.
4 General occupational health and safety rules and safety culture, Evacuation and rescue,
5 Working with screen-based tools
6 Electricity, its dangers, risks, and precautions
7 Electricity, its dangers, risks, and precautions
8 Midterm Exam
9 Flammability, explosion, fire and fire protection, Safe use of work equipment
10 Causes of occupational diseases, Principles of disease prevention, and Implementation of prevention techniques
11 Biological and psychosocial risk factors
12 First aid, the harms of tobacco products, and passive exposure
13 Work involving working at heights, working in confined spaces, or working in environments with radiation risks specific to the employee's job
14 Working with sources, working with equipment that poses specific risks, potential health risks caused by carcinogenic substances, and similar

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
All 2 4 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 2 3
C1 2 4 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 3 2
C2 2 4 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 2 3
C3 2 4 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 2 3

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