Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
BALANCE, POSTURE AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS	Second cycle	BSB 664		1	6.00	6.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	none
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Alpaslan YILMAZ
Lecturer(s)	Alpaslan YILMAZ
Teaching assitant(s)	none
Mode of delivery	seminars
Course objective	Having knowledge about the human balance system
Course description	This is to gain knowledge about the human balance system and measuring techniques.

Course contents

1	Definition of balance and posture
2	overview of the sensory and control systems of balance
3	proprioceptive system
4	vestibular system
5	visual system
6	cerebellum
7	cerebellum
8	basal ganglia
9	exam
10	motor cortex and its relations
11	piramidal and extrapyramidal pathways
12	evaluation tecniques of static balance
13	evaluation tecniques of dynamic balance
14	Advanced mathematical analysis methods
15	final exam
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Having knowledge about the physiological mechanisms that allow the mechanical stability of the body
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	12	2	24
Homework	12	2	24
Presentation / seminar	5	2	10
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	10	2	20
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	10	2	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	10	2	20
Total work load			150
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

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