GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

ERGONOMICS/5131322

Course Title:	ERGONOMICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams
Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
Ability to use the techniques, abilities and modem tools necessary for engineering applications

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course isf to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	INTRODUCTION: Ergonomics and objectives, results of ergonomic practices
2. Week	SYSTEM APPROACH TO ERGONOMY : Business organization and business system design, motivation , sociotechnical system design
3. Week	BIOMECHANICS: Anatomical and mechanical structure of the human body, basic biomechanical analyses
4. Week	ANTROPOMETRY: Basic anthropometric principles, statistical anthropometry, anthropometric data, anthropometric workstation design
5. Week	WORK PHYSIOLOGY: Load and strain, measurement and evaluation of physical work capacity, evaluation of fatigue and fatigue, rest times.
6. Week	WORKING POSITIONS: Work Positions and Musculoskeletal System Disorders
7. Week	MANUAL LIFTING: Evaluation of manual lifting
8. Week	NIOSH lifting equation, methods of preventing back problems
9. Week	WORK ENVIRONMENT: Lighting, Vibration
10. Week	WORK ENVIRONMENT : Harmful Materials , Noise
11. Week	WORK ENVIRONMENT: Thermal comfort, effects of colors on working environment
12. Week	MID-TERM
13. Week	Personal and Machine Protectors
14. Week	Risk Management
15. Week	Human-Machine Interaction and Product Usability
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	15
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	1	45
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		60
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		40

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	1	20	20
Preparing a Presentation	1	15	15
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	15	15
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	20	20
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			196
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.84
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2				X
3					X
4				X
5			X
6				X
7				X
8				X
9			X
10		X
11				X
12					X
13				X
14					X
15		X
16				X
17					X
18				X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof.Dr. Mustafa Kurt)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(https://abs.gazi.edu.tr/mkurt)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(mkurt@gazi.edu.tr)

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