COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METEOROLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0059 METEOROLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR MURAT EKICI

Offered to

Efes Vocational School
Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

To learn the meteorological concepts and to use these concepts in the aerospace field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to explain the atmosphere ICAO standard atmosphere
2   Students will be able to explain meteorological concepts
3   Students will be able to explain the altimeter pressure systems
4   Students will be able to explain the meteorological events that occur in the atmosphere
5   Students will be able to explain hazardous meteorological phenomenon for flights
6   Students will be able to explain the mass of air in the world and their movements
7   Students will be able to explain meteorological reports and documents used in aviation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The history of meteorology
2 The importance of meteorology in aviation
3 Atmosphere, pressure, density
4 Synoptic cards, pressure systems, altitude
5 temperature, humidity, stability, turbulence
6 Wind, local winds, high level winds
7 Air masses, general circulation, jet streams
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 clouds and precipitation, thunderstorms
10 Factors limiting meteorological visibility and icing
11 Factors limiting meteorological visibility and icing
12 meteorological documents for the flight
13 meteorological documents for the flight
14 meteorological cards
15 meteorological codes (TAF, METAR)
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Aviation Weather by Peter Lester by Peter F. Lester , 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** 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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Consulting hours are announced on the front door board.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.75