Course Objectives
Through this course, understanding of the following will be facilitated
1. Basic matters about the names and technical terms of navigational instruments
2. Basics of the priciples of navigational instruments
3. Basic matters about the technical terms of celestial sphere
Rubric
| Ideal Level of Achievement | Standard Level of Achievement | Unacceptable Level of Achievement) |
| Evaluation 1 | Clearly understands and has the ability to explain basic matters about the names and technical terms of navigational instruments in detail | Ability to explain basic matters about the names and technical terms of navigational instruments | Unable to explain basic matters about the names and technical terms of navigational instruments |
| Evaluation 2 | Clearly understands and has the ability to explain basics of the priciples of navigational instruments in detail | Ability to explain basics of the priciples of navigational instruments | Unable to explain basics of the priciples of navigational instruments |
| Evaluation 3 | Clearly understands and has the ability to explain basic matters about the technical terms of celestial sphere in detail | Ability to explain basic matters about the technical terms of celestial sphere | Unable to explain basic matters about the technical terms of celestial sphere |
Assigned Department Objectives
Teaching Method
Outline:
In this course, you will learn the basic matters about the technical terms of navigational instruments used for heading, distance, ship speed, water depth measurement and steering, etc. and celestial sphere.
Style:
This class consists of lectures and home work.
Notice:
・Required subject (training institute of ship officer) for licensed mariner of 3rd grade (navigation)
This course is 0.5 credit ｢Navigational Instruments｣, 0.5 credit ｢Astronomical Navigation｣ in 15 credits about ｢Navigation｣.
・Final evaluation (100%) = Regular exam (75%) + Homework (25%)
・The recognition of credit requires 60 points or more rating. A person who has a rating of less than 60 points may be subjected to an approval test by request. As the result of the approval test, the evaluation is made to be 60 points in the person who the mastery of the unit is recognized.
Course Plan
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Theme |
Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Guidance
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Understanding the course policy, the meaning of the ship officer training facility courses and an overview of navigational instruments and astronomical navigation
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| 2nd |
Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) |
Understandig outline, feature, components of ECDIS, and differences with Electronic Chart System (ECS)
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| 3rd |
Radio wave propagation |
Undestanding radio wave propagation in each wavelength range and several phenomena of radio wave propagatio
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| 4th |
Hyperbolic navigation (1) |
Undestanding principles of Hyperbolic navigation
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| 5th |
Hyperbolic navigation (2) |
Understanding principles and measured ship's position accuracy of LORAN
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| 6th |
Radio Direction Finder (RDF) |
Understanding principles and handling notice of Radio Direction Finder (RDF)
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| 7th |
Satellite navigation system (1) |
Understanding an outline of GPS
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| 8th |
Midterm examination |
Midterm examination about [ from 1st week to 7th week ]
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Satellite navigation system (2) |
Understanding principles and system error of GPS
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| 10th |
Satellite navigation system (3) |
Understanding an outline and principles of Differential GPS (DGPS)
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| 11th |
Automatic Identification System (AIS) |
Understanding send/receive information, practical use and information display of AIS, Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
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| 12th |
Radar (1) |
Understandings a Radar equation and performance elements of Radar
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| 13th |
Radar (2) |
Understanding the method of calculating reachable distance and beam width, the kind and contents of false images, of Radar
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| 14th |
Exercises |
Understanding the how to solve problems about Radio navigational instruments which are often adopted for national examinations for the license of mariners
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| 15th |
Final examination |
Final examination about [ from 9th week to 14th week ]
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| 16th |
Checking the final evaluation |
Checking the final evaluation and summarize this course
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Evaluation Method and Weight (%)
| Examination | Presentation | Mutual Evaluations between students | Behavior | Portfolio | Other | Total |
| Subtotal | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 100 |
| Basic Ability | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Technical Ability | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 90 |
| Interdisciplinary Ability | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |