COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NAVIGATION AND METEOROLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 3009 NAVIGATION AND METEOROLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ALI CEMAL TÖZ

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

Students are supposed to understand Magnetic compass, deviation and variation, Gyro compass, gyro errors and corrections, Mercator projections, Charts, Chart symbols and abbreviations. Chart corrections, Notice to Mariners, Coastal navigation, Fixing methods, Usages of nautical publications, Ship reporting systems, Lights, buoys and other navigation aids, Echo sounder, radar and radar plotting, Electronic navigational aids (Loran-C, Satallite, GPS, Navtex, etc), Shipborne meteorological instruments, Weather systems and depressions, Weather observations reports, General meteorological conditions of ports, Weather reports and forecasting systems, Meaning of meteorological informations at the end of the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to learn earth coordination system
2   to learn chart projection systems
3   to gain skill on pilotting positions on charts
4   to understand working principles of navigational aids
5   to gain knowladge on marine meteorology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Earth Coordination System
2 Earth Coordination System
3 Magnetic compass, deviation and variation, Gyro compass, gyro errors and corrections, Mercator projections.
4 Charts, Chart symbols and abbreviations Chart corrections, Notice to Mariners, Coastal navigation.
5 Fixing methods,
6 Fixing methods,
7 Midterm Exam
8 Usages of nautical publications, Ship reporting systems.
9 Lights, buoys and other navigation aids,
10 Radar and radar plotting
11 Electronic navigational aids (Loran-C, Satellite, GPS, Navtex, etc).
12 Shipborne meteorological instruments, Weather systems and depressions,
13 Weather observations reports General meteorological conditions of ports
14 Weather reports and forecasting systems, Meaning of meteorological information

Recomended or Required Reading

Coolen, E. J. (1987) Nicholls s Concise Guide to Navigation. Volume 1. Brown, Son & Ferguson LTD, Glasgow.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooparative and active teaching and learning strategy

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

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 8 3 24
Tutorials 5 3 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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