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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

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR EMRE UÇAN

Offered to

Marine Engineering

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 Ship Types, Ship Structural Elements, Basic Seamanship Equipments 2 Rope Characteristics, Rope Works and Marlinspike Seamanship,Mooring Operations 3 Loading, Discharging and Handling Equipments and Their Operational Procedures. 4 Anchor, Windlass, Capstan and Their Structural Parts and Anchoring Operational Procedures. 5 Working Arrangement Plan and Organization Charts of Ships. (Duties of Crew) 6 Planned Maintenance (Painting-Scrapping) 7 Midterm 8 Earth and Coordinate System Finding Lat. & Long., Finding Position and Distance Measurement Navigational Instruments, Charts and Chart Using 9 Chart Folio System Chart Catalogues and Finding Charts between Two Ports, World Geodesy & Datum Chart Projections and Numbering 10 Magnetic and gyro compass Direction, Bearing and Take a Bearing, Methods of Obtaining a Fix, Notice to Mariners, Chart Notice to Mariners 11 Introduction, Forces, Resistance, Scientific Approach to Ship handling, Definition of the Ship Handling, Resistance forces on ship maneuver 12 Sources of shiphandling force: Anchors, planning of anchorage operation, anchorage , Pivot Point, Effects of wind and current 13 Sources of shiphandling force: Rudders, types, turning circle, advance and tranver terms, Sources of shiphandling force: Thrusters, effects and usages 14 The Earth and Its Atmosphere/Solar and Terrestrial Radiation Temperature, Moisture and Atmospheric Stability Forms Of Condensation and Precipitation, Air Pressure and Winds Air 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 QUZ QUIZ 3 ASG ASSIGNMENT 4 FINS FINAL EXAM 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + ASG * 0.10 + 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/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 5 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5 5 LO.4 5 LO.5 5