Maritime Transportation and Management

Maritime English II(GÜV327)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
GÜV327 Maritime English II 3 3 0 0 3 4
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Type Compulsory
Course Level Associate Degree
Course Instructor(s) Çağlayan TOP caglayantop@gmail.com (Email)
Assistant
Objective The course helps students expertise of managing merchant vessel as a Deck Officer and ultimately as the captain of the vessel. The emphasis is upon general definitions and specifications of the ship, and general navigational
terms in English
Content 1.To teach terminology about structure and main parts of a ship, directions on board
(holds, hatches, pipe system and tanks, bridge, accommodation, engine room)
2.To explain general maritime terms and to teach general maritime terminology
( ship’s motions, shore structures etc.)
3.To explain and teach terminology about the measurement of the ships (Tonnage)
Course Learning Outcomes General Maritime Terminology
1.Measurements of a Ship
2.Organization of a Ship
3.Anchoring Terminology
4.Mooring Lines
5.Standard helm and engine orders
Teaching and Learning Methods Power point presentations and handouts
References R.L. TALLACK, Commercial Management for Ship Matters, Nautical Institute, London, 2000,
English For Maritime Studies, T. N. BLAKEY, Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN 0-13-281379-3
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 Introduction to concepts
2 Ship directions and decks,Ship dimensions
3 ship general structure (holds, hatches, pipe system and tanks, bridge, accommodation, engine room, general terms and definitions)
4 -Structural parts of the hull (bulkheads, external parts of the hull, names of decks) ; Shipboard directions and locations
5 Ship's deck gear;ship’s motions - shore structures (dock, pier mole, quay etc.)
6 Ship Board measurements -Length, width, depth, freeboard, draft, trim,
7 Ship Board measurements -Loadlines/Plimsol numbers/Draft marks
8 Mid term
9 Ship Board measurements -Measurement of mass and measurement of volume - Loaded displacement, light displacement, deadweight tonnage (DWT), gross tonnage, net tonnage
10 Organization of the ship - Duties and job descriptions
11 Anchoring
12 Mooring Lines
13 Standart engine orders
14 General evaluation
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 40
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 60
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 0 0
Presentation 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 40
Project 0 0
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Toplam 1 40
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Working Hours out of Class 12 3 36
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 6 6
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 11 11
Total Workload 95
Total Workload / 25 3,80
Credits ECTS 4
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