SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
INE4107 | Work Safety | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course focuses on workplace safety, health, and inspection. Throughout this course students learn what workplace safety is, why it is important and how it affects a business. Common areas of workplace safety are discussed, including office safety, workplace hazards, and other areas. Additionally, students learn preventative measures to help create a safer work environment which will benefit everyone. Other topics covered are mental health issues, workplace violence, health and wellness initiatives. Students also learn the ins and outs of conducting a routine inspection, filing reports, and the importance of creating a workplace safety committee. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Describe workplace safety, health and inspection. II. Define office safety. III. Recognize workplace hazards and safety issues. IV. Describe proper workplace health. V. Define preventative measures. VI. Summarize outdoor workplace safety. VII. Describe company vehicle safety. VIII. Summarize mental health in the workplace. IX. Define corporate health and wellness initiatives. X. Describe routine inspection practices. XI. Summarize accident reporting and investigation. XII. Describe creating a workplace safety committee. |
1st Week: An Introduction to Workplace Safety, Health and Inspection 2nd Week: Office Safety 3rd Week: Workplace Hazards 4th Week: Other Workplace Safety Issues 5th Week: Workplace Health 6th Week: Preventative Measures 7th Week: Midterm 8th Week: Outdoor Workplace Safety 9th Week: Company Vehicle Safety 10th Week: Mental Health in the Workplace 11th Week: Corporate Health and Wellness Initiatives 12th Week: Routine Inspection Practices 13th Week: Accident Reporting and Investigation 14th Week: Creating a Workplace Safety Committee |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | An Introduction to Workplace Safety, Health and Inspection | |
2) | Office Safety | |
3) | Workplace Hazards | |
4) | Other Workplace Safety Issues | |
5) | Workplace Health | |
6) | Preventative Measures | |
7) | Outdoor Workplace Safety | |
8) | Outdoor Workplace Safety II | |
9) | Mental Health in the Workplace | |
9) | Company Vehicle Safety | |
11) | Corporate Health and Wellness Initiatives | |
12) | Routine Inspection Practices | |
13) | Accident Reporting and Investigation | |
14) | Creating a Workplace Safety Committee |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Textbook: Workplace Safety: A Guide for Small and Midsized Companies [Hardcover]; by Don Hopwood, Steve Thompson 1/E, Wiley, 2006. ISBN-10: 0782136044 | ISBN-13: 978- 0782136043 |
References: | None |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 43 |
Midterms | 14 | 34 |
Final | 2 | 19 |
Total Workload | 138 |
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. |