COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT SEAFARING AND NAVIGATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAA 5026 ANCIENT SEAFARING AND NAVIGATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKDENIZ NEŞER

Offered to

UNDERWATER ARCHAELOGY

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to give information about ships and shipping equipment, map and navigational information, seafaring in the ancient and modern times.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to identify the modern sailing ship structures, sections, rigging, mast, sail and other components
2   Explain the sailing and manuevering with sail boats and navigation systems and the parallel features of ancient sailing systems
3   Have an appreciation for the maritime activity in ancient and modern times
4   Have a broad understanding of the problems involved in an evaluation of a maritime landscape
5   Demonstrate an ability to use the basic tools of mapping techniques
6   Have skills to present aspect of work within group discussions as part of assesses worh
7   Be able to integrate the ship technology and maritime knowledge to underwater archeology
8   Achieve knowledge to produce projects international standards in multi-disciplines

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ship structure
2 Superstructure equipment and rigging, Locks, Pulleys, Pulley blocks
3 Sailboat equipment
4 Sailboat cruise
5 Mapping technique, the projection map symbols and abbreviations, measure units used in navigation
6 Define a point on the map, measure the distance and angle
7 Midterm exam
8 Bearing, routing, position fixing methods
9 Longline and rudder cruise
10 Assignment presentation
11 Magnetic compass usage and accounts
12 Lighthouses and planning of navigation
13 Voyages and routes of trade
14 Evaluating the evidence for sailboats in antiquity

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bass, G. (ed.), 1972, A History of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archaeology. London: Thames and Hudson.
2. Casson, L., 1995, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World. John Hopkins University Press: London.
3. Casson, L., 1994, Ships & Seafaring in ancient times. London: British Museum Press.
4. Johnson, D., Nurminen, J., 2010, The History of Seafaring: Navigating the World's Oceans, Conway.
5. Wachsmann, S., 1998, Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant, College Station TX: Texas A&M University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures: The course is carried out in lecture and class discussion format. Characteristics of wooden ship forms, ship-building techniques and the technology will be discussed. Different forms of wooden ships will be examined and taught illustration.
2. Assignment: All students are given homework assignments and they present their works to the class in the last hour of lecture. To work on these assignments, to understand them, to share the assignment results of in-class discussions are required to complete the course successfully.

Assessment Methods

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

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
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Reading 10 5 50
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 216

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2315512124211
LO.3313515223211
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LO.8315222235355

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