COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VOYAGE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT-I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DTY 7007 VOYAGE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT-I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Marine Tourism and Yacht Master Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DURMUŞ ALI DEVECI

Offered to

Marine Tourism and Yacht Master Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Students enrolled in this course will acquire the skills necessary to safely navigate a vessel on both coastal waters and on the high seas.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The basic navigational information is learned by students
2   Magnetic and gyro compass can be used by students.
3   All navigational charts can be used and in these charts can be corrected by students
4   Students can obtain fix position by using different fixing methods.
5   Students can make the passage plan.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Description of earth
2 projection systems
3 projection systems
4 measuring distance at sea
5 nautical charts
6 nautical charts
7 Midterm
8 chart catalogues
9 chart catalogues
10 chart scales
11 chart scales
12 notice to mariners and chart corrections
13 notice to mariners and chart corrections
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Nicholls s Concise Guide to Navigation Coolen, Edward
2. Dutton s Navigation and Piloting Maloney, Elbert S.
3. American Practical Navigation

and
http://www.uscg.mil/vtm/pages/rules.htm
http://164.214.12.145/pubs/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, presentation and discussion, computer based learning.

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

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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