COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH STRAITS REGION STUDIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 6006 TURKISH STRAITS REGION STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Course Objective

Evaluation of the studies performed at several disciplines related toTurkish Straits Region which is one of the most important waterways in the world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   International waterways and passage regime , Turkish straits passage regime and history
2   Analyse and synthesis of of Hydrographic, meteorologic and environmetal features of TSR
3   Traffic Seperation Schemes , safey of navigation and accident analyses in TSR
4   Analyses of stakeholders and institutions related to TSR
5   Geopolitic importance of TSR, international maritime trade and regional importance

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International waterways and passage regime
2 Turkish straits passage regime and history
3 Geography of Turkish Straits Region
4 Hydrographic, meteorologic and environmetal features of TSR
5 Traffic Seperation Scheme in TSR
6 Safey of navigation in TSR
7 Midterm exam
8 Midterm exam
9 Accident analyses
10 Stakeholders and institutions related to TSR
11 Stakeholders and institutions related to TSR
12 International maritime trade and regional importance
13 Case studies
14 Case studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak: Türk boğazları son gelişmeler üstüne bir deneme:
Montrö sözleşmesi, Türk boğazları tüzüğü (yeni) metinleri, Gündüz Aybay

Yardımcı kaynaklar: Straits in international navigation: Kheng Lian Koh

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Case studies, presentations

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.50 + FIN* 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.20 + STT* 0.50 + RST* 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing presentations 2 6 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.533