Purpose of the Program
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is a branch of science that deals with the elimination or reduction of occupational risks and health problems that employees are exposed to in the workplace due to the physical environment in the workplace. OHS; is a multidisciplinary field of study which is in the field of medicine, technique and many branches of science (physics, chemistry, engineering, sociology, psychology, law, social policy etc.). Each workplace has health and safety hazards depending on the nature of the work done. The purpose of OHS is to protect employees and to ensure the safety of operations and production.
The guiding principles of international organizations in the development of national legislation and the importance of the issue have made it possible to include OHS regulations in almost every country's legislation. In our country, the latest regulations on this subject; With the Güven Occupational Health and Safety Law. No. 6331 dated 20.06.2013, all rules of Occupational Health and Safety are determined. The ği Regulation on the Duties, Authorities, Responsibilities and Training of Occupational Safety Specialists güvenli, which were issued in accordance with this law, provided the engineers with a master's degree in occupational health and safety to be a B class occupational safety specialist.
Occupational Health and Safety Master's Programs, workplace accidents and occupational diseases, which can lead to the identification of all kinds of factors and applications, the creation of the necessary protection program, the environment created by identifying the risks created by the work environment, planning and implementation of work, the and conducting occupational health and safety trainings in accordance with the safety rules, and conducting such studies based on scientific methods and analyzes with high accuracy, continuous improvement and development.
In this way, it will be possible to carry out scientific studies and studies with the knowledge and facilities to be provided from workplaces while increasing productivity by applying the scientific method and analysis methods to the fields of study with university-industry cooperation.
Occupational Health and Safety Non-thesis Master's Program ”which is in an interdisciplinary position and arası Occupational Health and Safety Master with Thesis Dis program; faculty of engineering (all departments), faculty of medicine, faculty of physics, chemistry and biology, faculty of technology, faculty of technology, graduates of social sciences (business and economics departments) and health (nursing, management of health institutions), It is envisaged that those who have completed a four-year bachelor's degree in any field will also apply for associate degree education in occupational health and safety.
Program Outcomes
- It has comprehensive and up-to-date information on workplace environment factors, working conditions and protection principles.
- Knows the legislation related to occupational health and safety, follows to stay updated.
- To have knowledge about risk analysis
- Has knowledge about research methods in Occupational Health and Safety and statistical methods used in researches.
- Occupational Health and Safety in the field of knowledge and skills acquired in the appropriate methods and tools to determine the health and safety problems of employees in various sectors, producing solutions, program development, execution and evaluation skills.
- Knows and knows the personal protective equipment used in occupational health and safety.
- Understands the interdisciplinary interaction in occupational health and safety, participates in teamwork and provides information sharing for the problems related to the field.
- Occupational Health and Safety in the field of studies and all academic work in accordance with scientific and professional ethical principles.
- Makes research and presentation on priority issues in Occupational Health and Safety and make reports.
- The graduates of the Occupational Health and Safety Master's program, the occupational safety experts in the Duty, Authority, Responsibility and Training Regulations related to the graduates of the T.C. Occupational Safety Specialist Sınıf Class B gir, which is opened by Ministry of Labor and Social Security, is entitled to take direct examination.
- Occupational Health and Safety Students who graduate from the Master of Science program have the opportunity to continue their doctorate program.
Program Application
Students are expected to take at least 7 courses (56 ECTS) and complete their seminar, thesis and special studies. The expected graduation period is four semesters.
Course Plan
Course Contents
ISGT501 Occupational Health and Safety Introduction
The aim of Occupational Health and Safety Introduction course is to introduce students to the field of occupational safety and health, its scope and importance and the necessity of trained manpower in our country. For this purpose, it is aimed to provide the necessary infrastructure and information hardware for the students by focusing on the main issues concerning occupational safety and health.
ISGT 502 Occupational Diseases
Classification of occupational diseases, medical screening, diagnosis, introduction to epidemiology, biological risk factors and toxicology.
ISGT 503 Risk Management and Evaluation
In the professional life of students; It is aimed to enable them to undertake the basic principles of risk management and to enable them to undertake the risks in different areas and risk management practices to reduce these risks. Basic Components of Risk Management, Basic Steps of Risk Management, Scaling of Risk, Risk Identification Techniques, Risk Control Methods, Risk Control application will be discussed in Turkey and in the world.
ISGT 504 Physical Risk Factors and Ergonomics
Definition of ergonomics, its scope and related disciplines, History of ergonomics, structural features of human body, movement system, bones, joints and muscles, human dimensions and anthropometric approach, Industrial ergonomics concept, Human dimensions, function and performance principles To understand the priority requirements for the design, Human ergonomics and environmental ergonomics harmonization research, to evaluate and improve business environment conditions.
OHS 506 Occupational Health and Safety Legislation
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the general principles of safety, characteristics, principles and rules. In this respect, all kinds of work-related accidents in the face of occupational disease to be made to determine the situation, the main qualifications of the obligation to observe the obligation of the worker to explain, in the face of the situations that students face in business life to solve the problem and to develop the ability to apply the solution to produce solutions.
ISGT 508 Occupational Health and Safety in Electrical Works
The aim of this course is to give information about the risks that occur in electrical works in workplaces and to teach Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) measures which should be taken against these risks (electric shock and fire). Standards (NESC) ANSI C-2, (NEC) ANSI / NFPA 70, ANSI / NFPA 70B, ANSI / NFPA standards established by internationally recognized institutions in the field of electricity and occupational safety (ANSI, IEEE, NFPA, ASTM, ASSE, OSHA)) 70E, NF C 17-100, NF C 17-10) and the current legislation in our country. In addition to these, information will be given about security management, organizational structure, security training methods and systems related to electricity and work security.
ISGT 509 Occupational Health and Safety in Mining Sector
Mining sector in terms of accidents occurred in Turkey has seen the most accidents, together with the construction sector and metal industry. As mining operations are large enterprises, the number of accidents in mines is high and accidents result in serious consequences. Measures will be taken to keep accident statistics, to evaluate and to reduce the number of accidents. A description of the relevant regulations, labor law and engineer responsibilities will be made.
ISGT 510 Occupational Health and Safety in the Construction Sector
The main objectives of this course: the importance of construction safety in the construction sector, the definition of the requirements of the legislation on construction safety, the need for the safety program and how to adapt this program to the construction sector, the identification and identification of security program elements, the identification of the basic hazards in the construction work and the construction workers The definition of direct or indirect losses related to construction security compensation is to explain the methods of protection from hazards.
ISGT 511 Labor Law
Within the scope of the individual labor law, the mutual rights and obligations of the parties in the business relationship that begins with the establishment of the employment contract between the employer and the employer, the sanctions in case of violation of the rights and the use of rights; special cases which extend the responsibility of the employer such as the liaison relationship, the principal employer-subcontractor (subcontractor) relationship, the indemnities regulated within the scope of the Labor Law No. 4857 and the severance pay, job security and resumption cases stated in Article 14 of the former Labor Law in force. will form the basic axis. In addition, unions and supreme organizations, collective labor agreements and their types, which are the concepts of collective labor law, will also be examined.
ISGT 512 First Aid
To know and apply basic concepts of basic aid (protection-reporting-rescue), to learn basic knowledge about human body, to evaluate the scene and patient / wounded, to open the airway, to apply basic life support, to first aid in bleeding and injuries, First aid application in shock, first aid application in heat balance disorders, application of first aid in skull and spine injuries, knowing and applying patient / injured transport techniques, application of first aid in other emergency situations.
ISGT 513 Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health
Basic concepts in industrial hygiene, terminology; chemical, physical and biological hazards in the working environment, environment surveillance and surveillance methods, exposure concept, numerical methods.
ISGT 514 Epidemiology of Occupational Health
Definition of epidemiology in occupational health. Use of epidemiology in occupational health. Principles of epidemiology in occupational health. Research methods and criteria used in occupational health
ISGT 515 Business Psychology and Business Ethics
This course deals with the fields of business psychology and business ethics. Business psychology basically examines human behavior in a work environment. Among the important topics studied are the creation of an appropriate business environment to increase the productivity of employees, effective communication among employees, team behavior, as well as the adaptation of employees to the work environment and recruitment of appropriate employees. In relation to the creation of an appropriate work environment, other important issues in which workers' health and safety, the importance of occupational accidents, environmental and human factors in work accidents are examined. Business ethics is considered as an important variable in order for businesses to continue their existence. Business ethics mainly covers ethical issues and ethical decision-making processes. Issues such as the creation of an appropriate business environment, the health and safety of the workplace, which is the subject of the field of business psychology, also play an important role in the creation of an ethical business environment. For this reason, the main aim of this course is to have knowledge about the requirements of a suitable and desired work environment in order to benefit from the theoretical perspective of the fields of business psychology and business ethics.
ISGT 517 Work Accidents and Protection
Definition of occupational accidents. Work accident criteria. The frequency of accidents at work in the world and Turkey. Risk factors for occupational accidents. Risk assessment in the workplace. Protection from work accidents
ISGT 518 Research Methods
To be able to define types and methods of scientific research. To be able to determine the subject of scientific research To be able to prepare a research plan. Sampling methods. To be able to prepare a questionnaire. Determination of hypothesis tests. Writing a research project. To be able to define ethical issues
ISGT 519 Biostatistics
To be able to define the basic concepts of biostatistics. To be able to explain variable types. To be able to define data collection methods and data organization. To be able to define descriptive statistics. To be able to explain the theoretical distributions. To be able to define sampling methods. To be able to use statistical software. To be able to explain hypothesis tests. To be able to do some hypothesis tests
ISGT 520 Chemical Risk Factors
General Chemistry, Hazardous chemical substances, dangerous properties of substances, precautions to be taken, protective measures, first aid and legislation
ISGT 522 Emergency Plans and Fire
In order to prevent the consequences of emergencies and disasters and to mitigate their losses, it is necessary to plan the activities to be carried out at each stage, to provide the basic knowledge and skills necessary to ensure coordination among the resources, to implement and manage the resources, and to create an infrastructure for advanced applications.
ISGT 523 Safety in Transport and Lifting Vehicles
Transport methods, continuous and discrete transportation systems, classification and storage of solid, liquid and gas substances.
ISGT 524 Work in Closed Areas
Definition of closed spaces. Safe working conditions in confined spaces. The legal basis of working in confined spaces. Mass protection applications and personal protective equipment. Supervision of the use of protective materials. Safe installation and dismantling of the system. Gas measurements and rules. Hazard and risk assessment of closed areas. Labeling and marking. Work area limitation.
ISGT 528 Hazardous Materials and Waste Management
To learn the determination and management of risks that threaten occupational health and safety in the process from the point of disposal of hazardous wastes, to learn the occupational health and safety standards required for working with hazardous wastes, To learn national and international laws and regulations related to hazardous waste operations and emergency intervention. Learning of safe business practices, Emergency procedures, personal protective equipment and safe sampling methods
ISG 590 Project (Non-credit)
This course is compulsory for students in the non-thesis option, and includes the project and presentation of the graduate students in the fields of occupational safety and health.
ISG 591 Seminar (Non-credit)
It includes the presentation and discussion of topics and studies in the field of occupational safety and health by relevant professionals and / or graduate students in order to encourage students' research interest.
ISG 592 Special Studies
This course is compulsory for students who have a thesis option and includes studies related to the thesis.
ISG 593 Thesis (No Credit)
This course is compulsory for students who have a thesis option and includes independent research based study directed by an academic advisor on a subject approved by the Head of the Department and the student's academic advisor.