COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME POLICY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 5035 MARITIME POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIDEM ÖZER ÇAYLAN

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

Aim of this course is ;
* to provide an overview of the shipping sector ;
* to gain academic approach to maritime policy;
* to examine key issues affecting maritime policy.
* to give some useful information to understand and deal with international shipping issues and policies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   After a successfully completed course, the student shall, in the domain of maritime policy, be able to define maritime transport industry and policy terms.
2   analyze and compare the roles and interests of the private and public stakeholders related with maritime policy
3   interpret the effects of maritime policy initiatives from a country and shipping company perspective.
4   review the commercial trends and challenges for the maritime transport industry and its policies
5   understand the national and international approach to maritime policies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Transport concept and maritime transport definition
2 Policy/ Politics philosophy and maritime transport
3 Maritime transport: Ship, Cargo, Flag, Port.
4 Shipping Markets and competition.
5 International maritime environment
6 Decision making and policy process in maritime transport
7 Maritime Transport: Different Approaches.
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Maritime Policies in the world.
10 EU Common Transport Policies and Maritime Transport
11 Strategies of International/ Nongovernmental Maritime organizations
12 Maritime Think tanks and policy institutions Term Paper Presentation
13 Turkish Maritime Transport Policies Term Paper Presentation
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Academic books, journals and other publications in the maritime transport, maritime policy, international relations in shipping area

REFERENCE BOOKS :
International shipping: Bruce Farthing and Mark Brownrigg. 3rd Edition LLP Business of shipping Series, 1997
Shipping in International Trade Relations: Ademuni- Odeke Avebury Gower Publishing Company Limited, England, 1988
Shipping Policies for an Open World Economy: G.N. Yannopoulos Routledge, London, England, 1989
Uluslararası Deniz Ticari Taşımacılığı ve Türkiye Ekonomisindeki Yeri: (1923- 1980): Dr. Hüseyin Topuz Beta Basım A.Ş., 2010
Türkiye de Deniz Ulaştırma Politikaları Oluşturma Süreci ve Stratejik Analizler. Didem Özer, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Yayınları, Izmir, 2010
Main Journal: All articles in Journal of Maritime Policy & Management

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data, policy and decision analysis, case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

didem.ozer@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 232 301 88 05

Office Hours

Wednesday 10:00-10:30
Oda (Room) No: 220

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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