Course Name | Health and Society: Epidemiology |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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GENS 208 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Service Course | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The course aims to let the students to learn the basic concepts of health and society and the relation between these concepts. Besides this course aims to provide students with the knowledge of basic determinants of public health, risk factors, and various health systems. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The course will basically structured around two main concepts and individual health and society health. The course content design to teach the basic concepts of creating and sustaining healthy societies. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction What do we mean by a Healthy Society? | |
2 | The Concept of Health and Basic Concepts | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
3 | Health and Diseases | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
4 | Bayram | |
5 | The Major Determinants of Health Environment, Behaviour, Heritage, Health Services | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
6 | Determining the Health of Society The major risk factors | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
7 | Midterm | |
8 | Health Practices and Its Importance The examples of health development practices HW: The examples of practices that are developed to improve public health and the evaluation of its results | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
9 | Health Policies that Effect Societies Demographic factors, local management practices, human resources, environmental issues, drugs, crisis HW Delivery! | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
10 | Education-Occupation- Income Level and Health Rural and urban areas | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
11 | Society, Gender and Health Interaction | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
12 | Basic Healthcare practices in Turkey Protective, rehabilitation and curing | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
13 | Traditional Curing Methods | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
14 | Presentation | |
15 | Presentation | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 16 | 5 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 9 | 30 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 25 |
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 26 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 2 | 30 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 9 | 5 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 25 | |
Total | 168 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | |||||
2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | |||||
3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | |||||
4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | |||||
5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | |||||
6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | |||||
7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | |||||
8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | |||||
9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | |||||
10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | |||||
11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | |||||
13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. |
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