Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | GEOLOGY ENGINEERING | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | AYŞE ORHAN (ayse.orhan@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | AYŞE ORHAN, | ||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| In its broadest sense, medical geology studies exposure to or deficiency of trace elements and minerals; inhalation of ambient and anthropogenic mineral dusts and volcanic emissions; transportation, modification and concentration of organic compounds; and exposure to radionuclide's, microbes and pathogens | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | The students who succeeded in this course, can understand medical geology terms. |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-3 An ability to design field experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data for a predifined engineering purpose. PO-7 An ability to acquire to work effectively both in teams of discipline and interdiscipline. |
Performance Project |
| LO-2 | The students who succeeded in this course, can understand the negative effects of some elements on health. |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-3 An ability to design field experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data for a predifined engineering purpose. PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling. PO-7 An ability to acquire to work effectively both in teams of discipline and interdiscipline. PO-10 An ability to acquiere juridical knowledge about occupational health, safety of the workers in geological engineering applications. |
Performance Project |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Medical geology is an emerging interdisciplinary scientific field studying the relationship between natural geological factors and their effects on human and animal health | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Terminolgy | Lecturing |
| 2 | Elements and periodic table | Lecturing, discussion |
| 3 | Geochemical databases and other resources of Medical Geology | Lecturing, discussion |
| 4 | Major global issues in relation to geology and health | Lecturing, discussion |
| 5 | Radioactivity – Radionuclides | Lecturing, discussion |
| 6 | Radon | Lecturing, discussion |
| 7 | Selenium | Lecturing, discussion |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Cromium | Lecturing, discussion |
| 10 | Acid sulfate soils and human health | Lecturing, discussion |
| 11 | Health benefits from geological materials | Lecturing, discussion |
| 12 | Geophagia | Lecturing, discussion |
| 13 | Overview of toxicity and deficiency of metals | Lecturing, discussion |
| 14 | Arsenic poisoning: History, toxicology and health effects | Lecturing, discussion |
| 15 | Health impacts of mineral dust | Lecturing, discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Miomir M. Komatina, 2004, Tıbbi Jeoloji, Çeviri: Yüksel Örgün ve Dursun Bayrak, TMMOB Jeoloji Mühendisleri Odası, Birinci Baskı | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Articles | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 180 | ||