Course Objectives
Through this course, understanding of the following will be facilitated
1. Names and technical terms of radio navigational instruments
2. Priciples of radio navigational instruments
3. Handling notice of radio navigational instruments
Rubric
| Ideal Level of Achievement | Standard Level of Achievement | Unacceptable Level of Achievement) |
| Evaluation 1 | Clearly understands and has the ability to explain names and technical terms of radio navigational instruments in detail | Ability to explain names and technical terms of radio navigational instruments | Unable to explain names and technical terms of radio navigational instruments |
| Evaluation 2 | Clearly understands and has the ability to explain principles of radio navigational instruments in detail | Ability to explain principles of radio navigational instruments | Unable to explain principles of radio navigational instruments |
| Evaluation 3 | Clearly understands and has the ability to explain handling notice of radio navigational instruments | Ability to explain handling notice of radio navigational instruments | Unable to explain handling notice of radio navigational instruments |
Assigned Department Objectives
Teaching Method
Outline:
In this course, you will learn about principles, how to measure a ship's position, ship's position error and handling notice of radio navigational instruments.
Style:
This class consists of lectures and homework.
Notice:
・Required subject (training institute of ship officer) for licensed mariner of 3rd grade (navigation)
This course is 1 credit "Radio 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.
Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning
Course Plan
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Theme |
Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Guidance
History of radio navigational instruments |
Understanding history of radio navigational instruments
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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 exam |
Midterm exam 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 exam |
Final exam 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 |