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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 Atmosphere, pressure, density 3 Synoptic cards, pressure systems, altitude 4 Sıcaklık, nem, istikrariyet, türbülans 5 Wind, local winds, high level winds 6 Air masses, general circulation, jet streams 7 Ara Sınav 8 Bulutlar ve yağış, orajlar 9 Meteorolojik görüşü kısıtlayan faktörler ve buzlanma 10 Meteorolojik görüşü kısıtlayan faktörler ve buzlanma 11 Uçuş için meteorolojik belgeler 12 Uçuş için meteorolojik belgeler 13 Meteorolojik kartlar 14 Meteorolojik kodlar (TAF, METAR) 15 Final

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

To be announced.

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/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 LO.3 1 1 LO.4 1 1 LO.5 1 1 LO.6 1 1 LO.7 1 1