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 critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | |||||
2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | |||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | |||||
8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest