HSP654 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | HSP654 | Any Semester/Year | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Other: Seminars | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Çagatay Güler, MD | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to teach; 1. Definitions related to environment and environmental health 2. Principles of environmental health 3. Relation between health and environment 4. Causes, sources and measures of important environmental problems (water-air-soil pollution) and related regulations | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course includes; 1. basic concepts of environment and environmental health, 2. significance of environmental health and implementation areas, 3. measures related to environmental health. | |||||
| References | 1.Maxcy- RosenauLastPublicHealthandPreventiveMedicine, Fourteenth Edition, 1998, Fifteent Edition, 2008 2. Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler, Güler Ç., Akın L., (Ed), 2006, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları Ankara 3.Oxford Textbook of PublicHealth, TheScope of PublicHealth, Detels R.,McEwen J., Beaglehole R., Tanaka H., Fourth Edition, Oxford UniversityPress, 2002, Fifth Edition, 2011 4. Basic EnvironmentalHealth, Yassi A.,Kjelşström T., Kok de Theo, Guidortti T.L., UNEP 2001 5. Özgür Doruk Güler Çevre Dizisi, Güler Ç, 2011 6. Sessiz Bahar Rachel Carson, Çeviren Prof. Dr. Çağatay Güler, 2004 7. Çevre Sağlığı (Çevre ve Ekoloji Bağlantılarıyla), Kitabı Ed. Güler Ç., Cilt 1-2Yazıt Yayıncılık Ankara 2012 | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Definitions and concepts |
| Week 2 | Topics of environmetal health |
| Week 3 | Principals |
| Week 4 | Characteristics of environmental exposure |
| Week 5 | Risk communication and perception |
| Week 6 | Relation between environment and health |
| Week 7 | Water and health |
| Week 8 | Water pollution (Midterm exam) |
| Week 9 | Air pollution |
| Week 10 | Indoor air pollution |
| Week 11 | Soil pollution |
| Week 12 | Solid and liquid waste |
| Week 13 | Urban environmental health |
| Week 14 | Basic regulations |
| Week 15 | Seminar |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 3 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 5 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 1 | 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | 10 |
| Final exam | 1 | 55 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 7 | 45 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 55 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 76 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest