COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS  

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLU 7005 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS   COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜL DENKTAŞ ŞAKAR

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

This course aims to provide an understanding of transportation concept in logistics and supply chain management field

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyzing the transportation types
2   Analyzing the integration between transportation systems
3   Determining the roles of the main actors in transportation systems
4   Evaluating the transportation systems through the perspectives of different disciplines ( marketing, management, organization, engineering etc)
5   Solving the problems and sharing the solutions written and oral forms related to business management in transportation management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course and transportation systems
2 The role and importance of transportation in logistics and supply chain management
3 Road transportation
4 Railway transportation
5 Sea transportation
6 Air transportation
7 Midterm Exam
8 Inland waterway and pipeline transportation
9 Multimodal transportation systems
10 Transport mode and carrier selection
11 Main nodes and their roles in transportation systems
12 Main actors in transportation systems
13 Sustainable transportation systems
14 Homework presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Main resources:
Coyle, J.J., Novak, R.A., Gibson, B., Bardi, E.J, (2010), Transportation: A Supply Chain Perspective, South Western Cengage Learning,
Martin Christopher (2009), Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Prentice Hall
Denktas Sakar,G. (2010). Transport Mode Choice Decisions and Multimodal Transport: A Triangulayed Approach, Dokuz Eylül University Publications, Izmir
Reference books: International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management,
Journal of Business Logistics, Transportation Journal, Maritime Policy and Management
Other course materials: Publications and Reports of Sector Members

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achieving specialist level of knowledge, skill and competency and researching, commenting, expressing (oral-written forms) in logistics and maritime transport sector in terms of transportation systems will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof. Dr Gül Denktaş ŞAKAR, DEU Maritime Faculty, No: 213

Office Hours

Monday, 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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