Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ergonomics in the Workplace
Course Code: KARA020
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

By providing a good fit between the worker and the worker, preventing the wearer from overworking while working, on the other hand, enhancing work performance through this harmony. Ergonomics aims to place the human being in a job where he can best use his talents in order to achieve the desired harmony between the worker and the worker.

Course Content

Relationship between Ergonomics and Work Safety, Human Factors and Work Efficiency, Human Body, Physical Conditions in Work Environment, Control and Control Mechanisms, Loading and Enforcing, Working and Listening Times, Work Voltage Fatigue and Depletion, Working Energy and Energy Requirements of Works , Relationship between Ergonomics and Work Study, Relationship between Ergonomics and Quality Control, Ergonomic Design of Workplaces, Ergonomic Review in Workplaces.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Having sufficient infrastructure, information on self-issues; The ability to use effectively to solve problems that meet this information,
2.The ability to analyze the system of the workplaces where they are in, to make changes when necessary, to design a new system with modern methods
3.Ability to identify and solve problems by solving methods by dialogue with colleagues; In doing so, it can also solve the problems it has encountered by synthesizing the information with modern methods
4.Define the basic concepts of ergonomics
5.Explain the sources of fatigue in the workplace, muscle fatigue and rest techniques
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ergonomics, Alaettin Sabancı , Sarp Korkut Sümer
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The key to defining ergonomics is Human Factors and Business Productivity
Week 2 - Theoretical
Human Body, Physical Conditions in the Work Environment
Week 3 - Theoretical
Human Body, Physical Conditions in the Work Environment
Week 4 - Theoretical
Control and Control Systems
Week 5 - Theoretical
Loading and Forcing, Working and Listening Times
Week 6 - Theoretical
Work Voltage Fatigue and Depletion
Week 7 - Theoretical
Energy Requirements for Work and Energy
Week 8 - Theoretical
Working and Listening Times (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Ergonomics and Job Security Relation
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ergonomics and Job Security Relation
Week 11 - Theoretical
Ergonomics and Business Study Relationship
Week 12 - Theoretical
Relationship between Ergonomics and Quality Control
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ergonomic Design of Workplaces
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ergonomic review in the workplace
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment2114
Seminar2114
Individual Work4118
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026