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  Course Description
Course Name : Navigation and Meteorology

Course Code : SUF323

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. ERHAN AKAMCA
Asst.Prof.Dr. CANER ENVER ÖZYURT

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Find a position known on the sea map.
Calculate the distance between two positions.
Find the position thanks to apparent shore structure during the cruise.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To obtain basic information about navigation and meteorology, and to evaluate and use this information in the maritime field.

Course Contents : With the scope of this course, marine navigation types, element of the reference coordinate system, distance calculation, navigating passing through the speciphic position, finding fix positions during cruise will be investigated.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Navigation Lab of Fisheries Faculty


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Defination and classification of navigation. Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture,
2 Terms of navigation and basic calculation Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture, laboratory practice
3 Compass reading, correction in magnatic compass Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture, laboratory practice
4 Use the map, finding position Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture, laboratory practice
5 Calculation of cruise route, homework Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture, laboratory practice
6 Calculation of cruise route Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture, laboratory practice
7 Nautical publications, Lighthouses and buoys systems Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture, laboratory practice
8 Midterm exam Study for exam Written exam
9 Find fix position two or three bearing Ders notlarının ve ilgili kaynakların okunması Lecture, laboratory practice
10 Meteorological observation and meteorological observation station Ders notlarının ve ilgili kaynakların okunması Lecture, laboratory practice
11 Meteorological observation and meteorological observation station Ders notlarının ve ilgili kaynakların okunması Lecture, laboratory practice
12 Atmosphere Ders notlarının ve ilgili kaynakların okunması Lecture, laboratory practice
13 Air masses Ders notlarının ve ilgili kaynakların okunması Lecture, laboratory practice
14 Clouds and rains Ders notlarının ve ilgili kaynakların okunması Lecture, laboratory practice
15 Currents and waves Ders notlarının ve ilgili kaynakların okunması Lecture, laboratory practice
16/17 Final exam Study for exam Written exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Lecture note of navigation
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 50
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Using the informatics and communicating technology 0
2 Gaining competence to determine the current status of aquatic resources and its sustainable use, water pollution and control, and biotechnology areas. 3
3 Ability to act in accordance with the regulation, social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values on fisheries field 4
4 Having knowledge on “natural and applied sciences” and “basic engineering”; combination of their theoretical and practical knowledge on fisheries engineering applications. 4
5 assessment of data scientifically on fisheries engineering, determining and solving the problems 3
6 Uses theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of fisheries to design; investigates and interprets events and phenomena usig scientific methods and techniques. 3
7 Collecting data in fisheries science, making the basic experimental studies, evaluating the results, identifying the problems and developing methods of solution 2
8 Having plan any study related to fisheries science as an individually, managing and consulting 3
9 Learning the knowledge by the determining learning needs; developing positive attitude towards lifelong learning 3
10 Communicating oral and written in expertise field, monitoring the seminars and meeting in expertise field, following the foreign language publication 4
11 Improving life-long learning attitude and using the information to the public interest. 2
12 Having skills to apply modern techniques and computational tools necessary for engineering applications. 2
13 Having ability to promote the study about aquaculture techniques by saving the natural environment, fishery diseases, fishing and processing technology, structure of fishery sector, problems and solution of their expertise field 4
14 Having ability to promote the study about aquaculture techniques by saving the natural environment, fishery diseases, fishing and processing technology, structure of fishery sector, problems and solution of their expertise field 2
15 Improves constantly itself , as well as professional development scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities identifying needs of learning. 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 10 10
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 8 8
    Final Exam 1 8 8
Total Workload: 82
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.28
ECTS Credit: 3