COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME POLICY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4038 MARITIME POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIDEM ÖZER ÇAYLAN

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Aim of this course is
(1) to provide an overview of the maritime transport sector,
(2) to examine key issues affecting maritime policy and
(3) to give some useful information to maritime administrators who are
required to understand and deal with international maritime transport issues and policies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyze the maritime transport sector in the international context.
2   Recognize the effects of maritime policy.
3   Evaluate and discuss the current maritime policy means and tools
4   Discuss and evaluate confidently the ideas about maritime policy.
5   Evaluate the importance of policy in international maritime transport sector

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and Philosophy of Shipping and Maritime Policy
2 Ocean and Marine Policies: Definition and concepts
3 World Seaborne Trade, Freedom of the seas
4 Maritime Transport as a service to world trade
5 Shipping in International Politics
6 Maritime related organizations, Seafarers and Global Labour Market
7 Port Governance, Maritime Clusters and Think Tanks
8 Competition and Maritime Policy
9 Protecting Marine Environment, Safety and Defence & security issues
10 Traditional Maritime Countries
11 EU Maritime Policy
12 Maritime Policies in Türkiye
13 Related Cases about Maritime Policies
14 Maritime Policy: General Evaluation/Presentation of journal papers

Recomended or Required Reading

Journals:
Journal of Maritime Policy & Management, Maritime Economics and Logistics,
Transportation Research. Part E - Logistics and Transportation Review, Transport Policy
Books:
International shipping, Authors: Bruce Farthing and Mark Brownrigg. 3rd Edition LLP Business of Shipping Series. Last published : 1997
Shipping in International Trade Relations , Author: Ademuni-Odeke. Avebury Gower Publishing Company Limited, England. Published: 1988
Shipping Policies for an Open World Economy, Editor: G.N. Yannopoulos, Routledge, London, England, Published: 1989

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

They are: 1- Panel discussion, 2- Survey, 3- Journal Paper review, 4-Independent
Reading, 5- Homework Assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 RPT REPORT
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + 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)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Didem Özer Çaylan
Room no: MA-K3-9
Tel: + 90 232 301 88 94
E-mail: didem.ozer@deu.edu.tr


Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Project Preparation 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Project Assignment 1 2 2
Final Assignment 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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