Course title: Sea and air transport
Course code: TMA331F
Department: School of International Business & Economics
Course conducting: Department of Logistics & Supply chain management
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): International Trade Transactions (TMAE302), International Transport Management (ITM301F)
- COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is an introduction to sea & transport, which provides you with the most fundamental and important concepts of sea and air transport. You will understand the characteristics, regulatory framework, new development trends in sea & air transport, basic chartering methods in sea transport or open skies agreements and traffic freedoms in air transport. Carrier’s liability and other legal issues in transportation contracts are also important contents that will be mentioned in the course. This course is to contribute to the goals and ensure the ELO of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management program as sea and air transport are the main methods to carry exports and imports all over the world.
- COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE
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No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments… |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar… |
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1 |
International organizations & Drafted regulations for the carriage of goods by sea |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
CLO1,3,5 |
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2 |
Shipping services |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO2,3 |
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3 |
Type of vessels |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO1,3,4,5 |
|
4 |
Documents in shipping (cont) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,5 |
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5 |
Documents in shipping (cont) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
CLO2,4,5 |
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6 |
Pricing of ocean freight |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
CLO2,3,4 |
|
7 |
Pricing of ocean freight |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4.5 |
CLO2,4,5 |
|
8 |
Geography of ocean transport, port facilities |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO2,3,4 |
|
9 |
Overview of air cargo industry |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,4,5, |
|
10 |
Most used aircraft and Unit Load Devices and World Geography |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO2,4,5 |
|
11 |
Cargo Automation |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3 |
|
12 |
Air Cargo Rates and Charges |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4 |
|
13 |
Air waybill and Accompanying documents and Handling Facilities |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
CLO3,4,5 |
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14 |
Exercises & Presentation for Mid-term Exam |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4 |
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15 |
Revision |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
CLO2,5,3 |
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Total (hours) |
30 |
15 |
25 |
80 |
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- COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score Scale: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLOs |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
Attend scheduled lesons and participate actively in lessons |
Number of times present in class and number of times speaking in class |
CLO 9 |
10% |
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Mid-term test (instructor select 1 among choices) |
Report |
Criteria for evaluating Individual assignment or group assignment |
CLO 1,2,3,4,6,8,9 |
30% |
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Group assignment and presentation |
Criteria for evaluating the content of group assignment and presentations |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Constructed-response questions and/or multiple choice. |
– Answer Constructed-response questions clearly and accurately; – Answer multiple choice questions clearly and accurately |
CLO 1,2,3,4,9 |
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Summative |
Final test (instructor select 1 among choices) |
Individual assignment |
Criteria for evaluating Individual essay |
CLO 1,2,3,4,6,8,9 |
60% |
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Group assignment and presentation |
Criteria for evaluating the content of group assignment and presentations |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Constructed-response questions and/or multiple choice. |
– Answer Constructed-response questions clearly and accurately; – Answer multiple choice questions clearly and accurately |
CLO 1,2,3,4,9 |
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Oral exam |
Answer clearly and accurately 02 questions in the oral exam (each question accounts for 50%) |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5 |
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Tổng: |
100% |
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Evaluation criteria:
- Criteria for evaluating Individual and group assignment content:
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Criteria |
Proportion |
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– Identify clear, reasonable and feasible problems, and determine appropriate research methods |
15% |
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– Overview of the research situation related to the research problem and clearly written, clearly analyzing research gaps |
20% |
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– The content is consistent with the topic name, completely solving the research problem |
55% |
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– Documents using appropriate, diverse, honest and transparent data sources |
5% |
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– Presentation format, language, tables, citations of reference documents |
5% |
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Total |
100% of midterm or final test |
- Criteria for evaluating Group assignment content and group presentation:
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Criteria |
Proportion |
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– Identify clear, reasonable and feasible problems, and determine appropriate research methods |
10% |
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– Overview of the research situation related to the research problem and clearly written, clearly analyzing research gaps |
10% |
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– The content is consistent with the topic name, completely solving the research problem |
30% |
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– Documents using appropriate, diverse, honest and transparent data sources |
5% |
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– Presentation format, language, tables, citations of reference documents |
5% |
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– Good presentation content |
10% |
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– Good presentation skills and answering critical questions |
20% |
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– Well-prepared slides |
5% |
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– Comply with prescribed presentation time |
5% |
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Total |
100% of midterm or final test |