HSP702 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | HSP702 | 1st Semester | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Other: Seminar, Homework | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Çağatay Güler, MD | |||||
| Course objective | Environmental health lectures aim to teach environment and health relationship, basic concepts and main subjects of environmental health and to help in solving environmental health problems in the field. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Environment health relationship and the main subjects of environmental health | |||||
| References | Maxcy- Rosenau-Last-Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 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 Public Health, TheScope of Public Health, Detels R.,McEwen J., Beaglehole R., Tanaka H., Fourth Edition, Oxford University Press, 2002, Fifth Edition, 2011 4. Basic Environmental Health, 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 | Environment_health relationship, |
| Week 3 | Environmental exposure |
| Week 4 | Risk communication and risk perception |
| Week 5 | Main topics in environmental health |
| Week 6 | Water pollution |
| Week 7 | Water pollution ? midterm exam |
| Week 8 | Air pollution |
| Week 9 | Global warming and public health |
| Week 10 | Soil pollution, pesticides |
| Week 11 | Solid and liquid waste |
| Week 12 | Water treatment plant visit |
| Week 13 | Basic regulations |
| Week 14 | Human Health in Changing World |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 1 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 9 | 9 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 75 | 179 |
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