COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WATCHKEEPING I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 1113 WATCHKEEPING I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YUSUF ZORBA

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

Providing students adequate knowledge and understanding of; Watchkeeping principles, Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention Chapter 5, International Collision Regulation (COLREG)

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Knowledge of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
2   2. Knowledge of Convention Chapter
3   3. International Collision Regulation (COLREG)
4   4. Maneuvering for preventing collision at sea
5   5. Preparing for watchkeeping at sea

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Safe Watchkeeping principles
2 Safe Watchkeeping principles (cont.), Ship Reporting systems
3 Bridge Resource Management
4 Bridge Resource Management
5 SOLAS Chapter 5 review
6 Midterm Examination
7 COLREG Rule 1- 8
8 COLREG Rule 9- 15
9 COLREG Rule 16- 19
10 COLREG Rule 20- 31 and CBT exercises
11 COLREG Rule 33- 38 and CBT exercises
12 COLREG Rule Annex and CBT exercises
13 Final Examination
14 sas

Recomended or Required Reading

Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), International Collision Regulation (COLREG)
Computer Based Training (CBT) Materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, presentation and discussion, computer based learning

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

Knowledge of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), knowledge of Convention Chapter 5, knowledge of international Collision Regulation (COLREG), skills of maneuvering for preventing collision at sea, readiness for watchkeeping at sea will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is mandatory. Students missing the exam and homework days will get 0 points.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Oğuz Atik Tel. 3018865

Office Hours

Monday 0900-1200

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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