COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN FACTOR IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 5024 HUMAN FACTOR IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OĞUZ ATIK

Offered to

Marine Transportation Systems Engineering
Marine Transportation Systems Engineering
MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Course Objective

HUMAN FACTOR IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Human factor in shipping industry is the focus of attention in maritime accident research. This course deals with the human factors in design and operation covering human performance at sea, human errors, human orientated ship design for safety, human comfort, decision support systems, advanced design and optimization techniques using artificial intelligence in an integrated approach at marine engineering level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding human factor in accidents
2   Understanding human factor in marine engineering
3   Learning risk assesment techniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Management and organization onboard ships I
2 Management and organization onboard ships II
3 Human resource management on ships
4 Human factor on ships and marine engineering I
5 Human factor on ships and marine engineering II
6 Review of marine accidents I
7 Review of marine accidents II
8 Review of marine accidents III
9 Risk assesment techniques I
10 Risk assesment techniques II
11 Risk assesment techniques III
12 Student Presentations
13 Student Presentations
14 Student Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, homework, presentations and risk assesment practices.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1532
LO.2532
LO.35555

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