LAW3005 Maritime EconomicsBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
LAW3005 Maritime Economics Fall 0 2 1 4
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. ERTAN DEMİRKAPI
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor İLKER KADRİ BAŞARAN
Prof. Dr. AYŞE NUHOĞLU
Course Objectives: Almost 90 percent of the world transportation is conducted through marine transportation. Therefore, shipping is vital for the sustainability of the world. But most of us have very little knowledge about the sector. With this course, we will get into details of the Shipping sector, its socio-economic structure and impac on world economy.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) will have general knowledge about the most important sector in internationl transportation
2) will know the historical development of the shipping
3) will know the shipping actors in world stage
4) will know the financial aspect of this vital sector
5) will know the financial impact this sector has in world economy
6) will know the share that the Turkey has in this sector

Course Content

The role of the shipping in the international transportation, the players of this sector, financial dimensions of the ship, competition between states and the situation of our country.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the Marine Transportation and Historical Development.
2) The Organisation of the Shipping Market
3) Shipping Market Cycles
4) Supply, Demand and Freight Rates
5) Financing Ships and Shipping Market
6) Risk, Return and Shipping Company Economics
7) The Transport of Specialized Cargo
8) Midterm
9) The Transport of General Cargo
10) The Economics of Ship Building and Scrapping
11) The Regulatoin of the Maritime Industry
12) Maritime Forcasting and Market Research
13) Geography of Maritime Trade
14) General View of the Turkish Maritine Industry

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Ana kaynak: Martin Stopford, Denizcilik Ekonomisi 3. baski.
Maritin Stopford, Maritime Eonomics.
References: Ders notları
Additional course materials.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 2 26
Study Hours Out of Class 13 5 65
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.