COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ICE NAVIGATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 4170 ICE NAVIGATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to ensure that the students who take the course will have knowledge of the Northern Sea Route, ice navigation, ice formation, ice types and ice maps.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Provide students with information about ice formation and ice types.
2   To ensure that students have information about the northern sea route.
3   Ensure that students have the ability to understand and solve ice maps.
4   Ensure that students have knowledge of IMO rules and codes related to the North Arctic Region.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Information.
2 Northern Sea Route.
3 Ice Formation and Ice Types.
4 Ice Charts and Egg Code.
5 National and International Regulations.
6 Polar Code.
7 Ice Breakers.
8 Mid Term Exam.
9 Towing in Ice and Convoy.
10 Ice Navigation.
11 Ice Navigation.
12 Ice Class Vessels.
13 Winterization.
14 Winterization.
15 General Evaluation.
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- BIMCO. (2005). Ice Handbook.
- Niini, M. (2010). The Ice Navigation Manual.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations, CBT, Videos.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Active Participation of Students

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Cpt. Burak Köseoğlu
burak.koseoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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