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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / JM 531 - GEOLOGY ENGINEERING

Code: JM 531 Course Title: MEDICAL GEOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
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 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

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