COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND WATCHKEEPING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4022 MARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND WATCHKEEPING ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI CEMAL TÖZ

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Students are supposed to understand safe navigation watch, Rules for the navigational watch effective bridge team work, Routeing, Collision regulation, Communication methods,Visual and Audio , SMCP, International Code of Signals, VHF,Radiotelephone communications

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, students are supposed to learn, carry out and/ or use safe navigation watch, Rules for the navigational watch effective bridge team work,
2   Knowledge on Routeing, Collision regulation, Communication methods,Visual and Audio ,
3   Knowledge on SMCP, International Code of Signals,
4   Knowledge on VHF,Radiotelephone communications
5   Knowledge on Rules for the navigational watch

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sustainable safe navigation watch, Protection of marine environment and pollution prevention
2 Collision regulation
3 Rules for the navigational watch
4 Methods for effective bridge team work, Routeing
5 Visual and Audio Communication methods
6 Visual and Audio Communication methods
7 Midterm Exam
8 Usages of SMCP (Standart Marine Communication Phrases
9 Usages of SMCP (Standart Marine Communication Phrases
10 International Code of Signals
11 International Code of Signals
12 VHF Communication
13 Radiotelephone communications
14 Radiotelephone communications

Recomended or Required Reading

***Handbook For Marine Radio Communications, 5th Edition
***Ian Waugh ,The Mariner's Guide to Marine Communications The Nautical Institute; 2nd edition edition (January 1, 2007)
*** The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) forms Chapter IV of the SOLAS Convention IMO

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies.

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Cpt: Ali Cemal TOZ
Gsm: 05318462591
E-Mail: ali.toz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday-Friday
1200-1300

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 5 2 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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