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Course Name	Turkish	Seyre Giriş
	English	Introduction to Navigation
Course Code	DUI 102E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	-	2	1	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Tuba Keçeci
Course Objectives		1. To teach necessary basic knowledge of terrestrial navigation. 2. To give knowledge of navigational terms 3. To give capability of understanding nautical publications.
Course Description		Definition of navigation. Equipment used for navigation. Units used in maritime. Directions, course, distance and speed. Kinds of positions, methods of finding position and fixing the position on chart. Magnetic field of Earth, variation and deviation. Magnetic compass correction and adjustment. Notice to mariners and chart correction. Usage of chart catalogue and nautical publications. Lights and fog signals. Buoy systems.
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