Aviation English (AVM305) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Aviation English AVM305 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Students ensure that read and understand articles written in English in the field of civil aviation, be able to use a wide vocabulary professional field, to follow new developments in civil aviation.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students can follow rapidly developing and changing aviation events in the world.
  • Students can express in English the changing trends in the aviation industry.
  • Students can describe the aviation sector as English.
  • Students when faced with international manual/legal regulations can understand what they read.
Course Content International aviation terms, air transport and airport sectors, air cargo industry, airline alliances.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Alphabet and numbers used in aviation
2 Air transport industry, Air transport economic and social impacts and benefits.
3 Civil aviation organizations.
4 Elements of Air Transportation; Air carriers, Airports, Aviation services, Customers, Regulatory and supervisory institutions.
5 Elements of Air Transportation.
6 Airport Design
7 Airport Design
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Environmental impacts of airports, Aircraft accidents.
10 New Aircraft Designs.
11 Air cargo sector.
12 In-flight services offered.
13 Airline marketing.
14 Global Alliances.
15 Airline Mergers.
16 The evaluation of the course.

Sources

Course Book 1. Alexander T. Wells, John G. Wensveen, Air Transportation, A Management Perspective, Fifth Edition, Thomson, 2004.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics 1 10
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 0
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ability to determine, identify, formulate and solve the problems in the field of aviation management; for this purpose, ability to select and apply appropriate methods of analyzing and modelling X
2 Adequate knowledge in the areas of business, management, and aviation management; ability to apply to identify and solve the problems encountered in the field of air transport operations and theoretical and practical knowledge in these areas.
3 Ability to design to meet the specific requirements of complex system or process related to aviation management, under realistic constraints and conditions; for this purpose, ability to apply modern design methods.( Realistic constraints and conditions, depending on the nature of the design, contain items as economics, environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health, safety, social and political problems.)
4 The ability to select, use and develop of modern techniques and tools that are needed for the applications needed in aviation management;the ability to use information technologies effectively.
5 To examine the problem of aviation management experimental design, conducting experiments, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting the results skills.
6 The ability to work effectively in the disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; individual study skills.
7 Effective verbal and written communication skills in English; follow the information and developments in the field and be able to share with other people, use it in the B1 level of European Language Portfolio, knowing at least one foreign language. X
8 Aware of the necessity of lifelong learning, ability to access to information, follow developments in science and technology and continuous self-renewal ability.
9 Information about business applications such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable development.
10 Information about the effects of aviation management applications on health, environment and safety in the universal and social dimensions and be aware of the legal consequences of the applications to be performed.
11 To possess conscious about the effects of management and workplace applications of aviation management enterprises on occupational and environmental safety and the health of employees, as well as awareness about legal consequences of these applications.
12 To possess conscious about responsibility of professional and ethics.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics 1 5 5
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 10 10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 120