COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 4141 MARITIME HISTORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERIM PAKER

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of the study is to give future mariners a general understanding on the history of sea transportation, ships, seafarers, ports and technological developments. Starting from the bronze age to present a brief view of maritime history will be presented.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Getting knowledge on general maritime history
2   Getting knowledge on ship, types and propulsion forces
3   Getting knowledge on captains, merchants and ports
4   To understand sea trade routes
5   To understand technological developments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Needs: what motives human
2 Transportation: The beggining 1
3 Transportation: The beggining 2
4 Eraliest sea crafts
5 Construction
6 ULUBURUN a reconstruction Project
7 Midterm Exam
8 Sail
9 Ancient mooring, anchoring, steering and navigation
10 Age of Clippers
11 Steam engines
12 Captains, merchants, freight
13 Ports, cargo handling and trade commodities
14 Modern era
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review , Presentation and discussion , Case studies

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

1. Having the knowledge, skills, and competencies in entrepranurship at undergraduate level.
2. Ability to search, study, and interprete the matters
3. Verbal and written skills and competencies will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-posta: serim.paker@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Preparation for final exam 1 11 11
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.151
LO.23
LO.3333
LO.453
LO.551