COURSE UNIT TITLE

: YACHTING AND MARINA MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4008 YACHTING AND MARINA MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERIM PAKER

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to give the participants a basic understanding of the marina management and yachting issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand marina substructure, superstructure
2   To be able to understand and explain types of marina and yachts
3   To be able to understand marina and yacht income and expenditure
4   To be able to understand and evaluate marina and yacht business and management
5   To comprehend marine turism concept and its practises

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to marine tourism, definitions and concepts
2 The history and development of marine tourism
3 Marina Design (substructure, superstucture and marina equipment)
4 The types of yacht harbor
5 Site selection study of the yacht harbor
6 Turkish marinas
7 Current yachting and marina statistics
8 Marina Operation and marinas management
9 Financial considerations of marinas (investment cost, income and expenditure)
10 Regulatory considerations of marinas
11 The types of yacht
12 Yacht bulding industry
13 Yacht business and management.
14 Financial considerations of yacht. Regulatory considerations of yachting

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Marinas and Small Craft Harbours, Bruce O, Tobiasson and Ronald C. Kollmeyer. Westviking Press, 2000
2- Marinas, a working guide to their development and design . The architectural press ltd., Nichols Publishing Comp.

Marine Tourism, Development, impacts and management , Mark Orams, Routledge, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies. At least one field study will be planned if conditions permit.

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Monday to Friday 13:30-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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