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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS DIY 6012 MARINE TRANSPORT ECONOMICS 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

PROFESSOR SERHAN TANYEL

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

In this course it is aimed to understand the importance of transportation and elements of economy

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To relate transportation and economics 2   To comprehend the importance of econumy in transportation planning 3   To make analysis on transportation costs 4   To understand the social and economic effects of transportation investments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Definition of transportation 2 Economis problems in transportation engineering and planning 3 Transportation costs - distribution of home-work topics 4 External effects and cost 5 Concept of time 6 Pricing 7 First mid-term exam 8 Investments in transportation systems 9 Evaluation of transportation investments 10 Cost-benefit analysis 11 Examine sample projects 12 Supply and demand in marine transportation 13 Second mid-term exam 14 Home-work submission and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Button, K.J., Transport Economics, 2nd Edition, Edward Elgar, 1993. Calculation for Engineering Economic Analysis, Max Kurtz, 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1 2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2 3 ASG ASSIGNMENT 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 + MTE 2 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + FIN * 0.40 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + RST * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1, 2 and 4: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam LO 3: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakki.kisi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40 Preparation for final exam 1 25 25 Preparing assignments 1 35 35 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Midterm 2 2 4 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 LO.2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 LO.3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 LO.4 2 1 4 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 4