ECTS - Air Transportation
Air Transportation (AVM102) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Air Transportation | AVM102 | 2. Semester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Question and Answer, Field Trip, Problem Solving, Team/Group. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course will focus on strategic, tactical and operational issues of air transportation. Air transportation industry will be identified. Information about regulators and associations for air transportation, structure and economics of airline management will be discussed. Managerial aspects of air transportation will also be covered. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Air transportation industry, air transportation associations, air transportation regulations, airline passenger marketing, airline pricing, air cargo, fleet planning, airline labor relations. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Historical View and Introduction | |
| 2 | Air Transportation Industry | |
| 3 | Regulators and Associations of Air Transportation | |
| 4 | Economic Characteristics of Airline | |
| 5 | Airline Management | |
| 6 | Airline Passenger Marketing | |
| 7 | Airline Pricing, Demand and Output Determination | |
| 8 | Airline Pricing, Demand and Output Determination | |
| 9 | Midterm | |
| 10 | Air Cargo | |
| 11 | Principles of Airline Scheduling | |
| 12 | Fleet Planning | |
| 13 | Fleet Planning | |
| 14 | Airline Labor Relations | |
| 15 | Airline Financing | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Wensveen J.G. Air Transportation A Management Perspective, 7th Edition, Ashgate Publishing, 2007. |
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| 2. Donohue George L., Air Transportation Systems Engineering, American Institute of Aeronautics, 2001. | |
| 3. Blanchard Donna M., Next Generation Air Transportation Systems The Future of the Flight, Nova Science Publishers, 2011. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 50 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 50 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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. | X | ||||
| 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.) | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 5 | To examine the problem of aviation management experimental design, conducting experiments, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting the results skills. | X | ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 12 | To possess conscious about responsibility of professional and ethics. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| 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 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 141 | ||