COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AVIATION TERMINOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0054 AVIATION TERMINOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

SUAT YILDIRIM

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

Have a good command of international aviation terminology, become skillful at comprehending , writing and using national and international aviation terminology in an active way

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to have a good command of english in each stage of cabin services
2   Students will be able to communicate with flight personnel
3   Students will be able to knowledgable with national and international aviation authorities
4   Students will be able to have a good command of terminology with regard to the airport, air transportation and the parts of the aircraft
5   Students will be able to translate on-board equipments into english

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Aviation alphabet and the importance of the proper use of the sound alphabet in communicate (phonetic) and the negative impact on flight safety in the improper use
2 National and international civil aviation authorities
3 National and international civil aviation authorities
4 National civil aviation authority, duties and controls
5 The roles of the international civil aviation authorities and associations
6 Terms of air transport, airports terms
7 Terms of transport, airports terms
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Airport terms
10 Flights terms
11 Cabins & culinary terms
12 Cabins & culinary terms
13 Document terms
14 IATA 3-letter airport codes
15 Weather terminology
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana Kaynak: THY CCM (Turkish Airlines Cabin Crew Manual); THY FOM (Turkish Airlines Flight Operations Manual); THY GOM (Turkish Airlines Ground Operations Manual)

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


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 final exam 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
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