COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED NAVIGATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 4131 ADVANCED NAVIGATION COMPULSORY 1 1 0 5

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

The objective is to increase knowledge about human capabilities and limitations and to safeguard positive attitudes to safety and teamwork. The development of a plan for voyage or passage, as well as the close and continuous monitoring of the vessel's progress and position during the execution of such a plan, are of essential importance for safety of life at sea, safety and efficiency of navigation and protection of the marine environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledge on human factor on safe navigation
2   Knowledge effective voyage planning
3   Comprehension and knowledge on advanced navigation techniques
4   Analysis and synthesis of marine accidents
5   Knowledge on improve safety through teamwork, and passage planning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Duties of officer of watch, Attitudes and Management Skills , Cultural Awareness
3 Communication & Teamwork, Leadership, situational awereness
4 Challenge and Response, Management Styles , Workload
5 Human Involvement in Error , Judgment and Decision making, Leadership in Emergencies , Automation Awareness
6 Voyage planning, Fundamentals of Passage Planning, Chart work,
7 Midterm exam
8 Secrurity, ship routing, ship reporting systems and VTS,
9 Review of Ship Handling , squat,
10 Review of Navigation: Advanced navigation techniques, great circle sailing, Weather routing, position fixing, Tide Calculations, compass adjustments
11 Berth to berth voyage planning assignments
12 Berth to berth voyage planning assignments
13 Accident analyses
14 Accident analyses

Recomended or Required Reading

Passage Planning Principles And Practices, Witherbys Seamanship International,2006
Bridge A practical Guide A.J Swift, The Nautical Institute
Guidelines For Voyage Planning IMO Resolution A.893(21)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, presentation and discussion, computer based learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 RPT REPORT
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge about maritime transportation and navigation at undergraduate level, having skills and competencies, research, analysis, interpretation, verbal and written expression, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial skills and competencies will be evaluated.

Deniz ulaştırma ve gemi seyir konularında lisans düzeyinde bilgi, beceri ve yetkinliklere sahip olma, araştırma, inceleme, yorumlama, sözlü ve yazılı ifade, buluşçuluk, yaratıcılık ve girişimcilik becerileri ve yetkinlikleri değerlendirilecektir.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Derse devam zorunluluğu %70 tir. Lab uygulamalarında ise %80 dir. Sunum ve ödev günlerinde derse gelmeyen öğrenciler 0 alacaklardır

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç Dr. Ender Asyalı Tel: 18808

Office Hours

Monday 13.30-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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