COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEN 1037 INTRODUCTION TO NAUTICAL SCIENCE COMPULSORY 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Marine Engineering (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OĞUZ ATIK

Offered to

Marine Engineering (English)

Course Objective

Improving knowledge of marine engineers on nautical sciences with a special focus on safety and emergency procedures. To provide personnel required to carry out seamanship duties with basic knowledge and skills in knot tying, line handling, equipment identification, safe working practices, terminology, and seamanship evolution processes and procedures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning basic seamanship functions
2   Learning ship equipments
3   Learning navigation at sea
4   Understanding electronic navigation
5   Understanding environmental effects and meteorology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Maritime Transportation
2 Shipboard Emergencies & Contingency Plans, Principles of Survival At Sea, Training & DrillsMuster List & Emergency/Station Bill, Ship s Station Bill
3 Vessel and gear familiarization,
4 Ship s safety equipment
5 Earth s Coordinate system, Latitude and Longitude, Time and Time Zones, Zone Time , Greenwich Mean Time, Course and Speeds, Course Made Good , Speed Made Good,
6 Navigation Basics, Directions, Compass, Dead Reckoning, Electronic Navigation
7 Steering gear and the helmsmen, Understanding who has the Conn, Rudder orders and rudder angle, Lookouts requirements and responsibility
8 Deck Cargo Gear, Basic Seamanship
9 Knots, Ropes and Lines, Anchor and Anchor Operations
10 Introduction, Forces, Resistance, Scientific Approach to Ship handling, Definition of the Ship Handling, Resistance forces on ship maneuver
11 Weather Forecasts, Instruments, Wind, High and Low Pressure Areas, Waves, Swell, Fronts, Beaufort, Wind scale, Global Air Circulation
12 International and National Regulations on Maritime Transportation
13 International COLREGS
14 Maneuvering to avoid collisions, Lights, Sound signals Forms Of Condensation and Precipitation, Air Pressure and WindsAir Masses and Weather Patterns

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 71

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.155
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45
LO.55