COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SHIPS AND SEAFARING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NAV 5060 HISTORY OF SHIPS AND SEAFARING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ABDURRAHMAN HARUN ÖZDAŞ

Offered to

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

Course Objective

World maritime history, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean Sea and Oceans seafaring, ships construction technology and evolutionary processes will be studied in chronologically. Scientific methods used in archaeological research in seas and most importat discoveries on this field will be examed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the ships, maritime trade routes and shipbuilding techniques in antiquity
2   Be able to analyze the process of development of seafaring from ancient times to the present
3   Be able to describe the effects of maritime activities between ancient civilizations and cultures and reveal to changes in shipbuilding technology.
4   Be able to describe the socio-economic history of the ancient civilizations based on the traces of seafaring
5   Be able to gain a historical perspective about the sea peoples and colonization movement

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The first emergence of floating vehicles and peoples, Neolithic age maritime
2 Bronze Age Boats and seafaring, Boat depictions and models, Egypt, Canaan, Cyprus, Minoan, Mycenaean, Sea people
3 Archaic Age Seafaring Greek, Phoenician and Cyprus
4 Classical Age Seafaring Greek, Phoenician and Cyprus
5 Ships in the Hellenistic period
6 Roman ships and seafaring
7 Midterm
8 Ancient harbors and harbor buildings
9 Byzantine Period Sefaring
10 Venetians in the Mediterranean
11 Genoese
12 Naval architecture
13 Spanish and Portuguese Maritime
14 Age of Discovery

Recomended or Required Reading

G.F.Bass, (2005), Beneath the Seven Seas: Adventures with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (London: Thames & Hudson)

S. McGrail (2004) Boats of the World. Oxford

R. Gardiner (2000) The Age of the Galley: Mediterranean Oared Vessels Since Pre-Classical Times

J. R. Steffy (1994) Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks. Texas A&M Uni. Press

P.Throckmorton,(1987) The Sea Remembers:Shipwrecks and Archaeology. London

L.Casson, (1971) Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World. Princeton

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses: In the course which theoretical information will be given, related topics will be examined with examples. It will be ensured that the resources related to the course are read by the students in parallel with the weekly course schedule. Within the scope of the course, ships from ancient times to the 18th century will be examined in the light of archaeological data and examples of different civilizations active in the seas will be comparatively discussed.

2. Homework, presentation and discussion: Each student will prepare a homework on a topic determined by the instructor, presentations and discussion will be held afterwards. Presentations will be given to the lecturer in writing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS 1 PRESENTATION 1
4 PRS 2 PRESENTATION 2
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +ASG * 0.20 + PRS 1 * 0.15 + PRS 2 * 0.15 + FIN * 0.30
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 +ASG * 0.20 + PRS 1 * 0.15 + PRS 2 * 0.15 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. As a result of the exam, in addition to the general success of the student, class participation, success in the presentation of homework, participation in class discussions are criteria that can carry the exam grade to the next level.

2. Students will learn about the history of ancient ships, maritime history and trade routes, shipbuilding techniques used by different civilazations, and will be able to work actively by participating in ongoing projects in this field. Participate in project generation and model creation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prf.Dr. A.Harun Özdaş
DEÜ Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknoljisi Enstitüsü
Haydar Aliyev Blv. No.32 Inciraltı Izmir 35340
harun.ozdas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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