COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE TRANSPORTATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4292 MARINE TRANSPORTATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI TOPAL

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

This course will provide information about the marine transportation to the students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to investigate the relationship of ferry transit activities with other transportation modes
2   To be able to describe the main parameters of ferry transit
3   To be able to analyze the service quality of ferry transit
4   To be able to calculate the ferry and dock capacity
5   To be able to associate the ferry transit with other transportation nodes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to transportation systems
2 Integration of transportation systems
3 Ferry service
4 Vessel types
5 Passenger ferries
6 Urban ferry service
7 Docks and loading facilities
8 Disembarking/Embarking facilities
9 Disembarking/Embarking facilities, clearance time factors
10 Passenger and vehicle capacity
11 Ferry transit applications in Türkiye
12 Ports and their specifications
13 Homework submission and general discussions
14 Student term project presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, TCRP Report 100, Transportation Research Board, 2003.
Materials: Course presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course presentations will be provided before each course. The students will prepare term paper.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5 will be evaluated by homework.
LO 2-3-4 will be evaluated by the mid-term and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to the course will be required. Writing instructions of the term paper and topics will be send to students at the beginning of the term.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ali TOPAL: ali.topal@deu.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Serhan TANYEL: serhan.tanyel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

When course schedule is announced, it will be announced by the instructor.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Reading 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.142
LO.242
LO.343
LO.45
LO.542

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