TDS2003 Public HealthBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
TDS2003 Public Health Spring 3 0 3 4
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor FIRAT KARA
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor ERDAL ÇALIŞ
Instructor SELMA BAZ
Instructor FIRAT KARA
Recommended Optional Program Components: Archive
Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to teach basic information about public health approach and issues.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Explain the concept of public health and its importance.
2. Define the principles of health management and explain their importance in terms of public health.
3. Discuss the importance of determining priorities in health.
4. Learn to use and evaluate public health view in his / her field of study.
5. Recognize the society, be aware of the changing care needs of the people, identify priority health problems and take measures to reduce health risks.
6. Enable individuals to participate in their own health care by using education and counseling methods, and develops skills for basic behavior that will create a healthy lifestyle and healthy environment.
7. Use all knowledge and experience regarding the health of children, women, adults and the elderly.
8. Can play a leading role in the organization, implementation and evaluation of maternal and child health care services.
9. Understand application systems for school health, occupational health and safety and community mental health services.

Course Content

Definition of health, disease concepts, Advances in science and health services, Control of communicable diseases, Maternal health and family planning, Child health, Adolescent and school health, old age problems, Community nutrition, Importance of environmental health in terms of public health, Occupational health, Health management

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to Public Health None
2) History of Medicine and Primary Health Care None
3) Health Policies in Turkey None
4) Environmental Health I None
5) Environmental Health II None
6) Vectors - Occupational Health and Occupational Diseases None
7) Home Care, Palliative Care None
8) School Health None
9) Nutrition I None
10) Nutrition II None
11) Family planning None
12) İnfectious diseases None
13) Immunization None
14) Harmful Habits and Substance Abuse None

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Dersin öğretim elemanı tarafından haftalık olarak verilecektir.

References: 1.Çağatay, G. ve Akın, L., (2015) Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler Üç Cilt, Hacettepe Üniversites Yayınları 3 cilt
2. Sağlık Hizmetlerinde Okul Sağlığı Kitabı, ed. Hilal Özcebe vd., Ankara, Sağlık Bakanlığı Yayın No: 719, 2008.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 1 % 20
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 2 28
Study Hours Out of Class 14 4 56
Homework Assignments 1 12 12
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.