COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 6045 INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DURMUŞ ALI DEVECI

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

An Analysis of integrated transport systems within the framework of logistics and transportation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to evaluate the characteristics of transportation modes
2   Ability to plan integrated transport operations
3   Ability to analyze relations among the companies involved in multimodal transport
4   Ability to examine multimodal transport infrastructures and superstructures
5   Ability to solve multimodal transport problems
6   Ability to organize multimodal transport systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Integration of transport modes
2 Integrated transport systems
3 Components of integrated transport systems
4 Roles and functions of companies involved in multimodal transport systems
5 Multimodal transport vehicles and equipments
6 Ports and terminals in multimodal transport systems
7 Midterm Exam
8 Multimodal transport systems and corridors in the world
9 Analysis of multimodal transport corridors and services to/from Turkey
10 The place of multimodal transport systems in EU transportation policy
11 Social and environmental aspects of multimodal transport systems
12 Legal aspects of multimodal transport systems
13 Term paper presentation
14 Term paper presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Fundamental transportation, logistics and multimodal literature, academic journals and other publications in the international transport and logistics areas.

REFERENCE BOOKS :
Kindred, Hugh M. and Brooks, Mary, R. (1997). Multimodal Transport Rules, The Netherland, Kluwer.
Hayuth, Yehuda (1987). Intermodality: Concept and Practice, LLP.
Lowe, Dawid (2005). Intermodal Freighht Transport, Oxford, Elsevier.
The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, 2nd Edition, ed. Costas Th. Grammenos, Lloyds List, London, 2010.
The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, ed. Costas Th. Grammenos, LLP Informa Publishing, London, 2002.
International Handbook of Maritime Business, ed. Kevin Cullinane, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, UK, 2010.
Maritime Policy and Management, Journal, ISSN: 0308-8839
Maritime Economics and Logistics, Journal, ISSN: 1479-2931

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

adeveci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.13232212314211
LO.22233512112141
LO.31222233233422
LO.41233221232323
LO.52123232332235
LO.61234223223421

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