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Course Curriculum for Erasmus+ Foreign Students POLISH NAVAL ACADEMY named Westerplatte Heroes FACULTY OF NAVIGATION AND NAVAL WEAPONS COURSE CURRICULUM FOR ERASMUS+ FOREIGN STUDENTS First degree studies Major: navigation Specialty: maritime navigation Applicable to students commencing their education in the academic year 2018/2019 GDYNIA 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 5 1.1. PROFILE OF THE POLISH NAVAL ACADEMY .................................................................. 5 1.1.1. Location ........................................................................................................................... 6 1.1.2. History ............................................................................................................................. 6 1.2. PROFILE OF THE FACULTY OF NAVIGATION AND NAVAL WEAPONS ............................. 7 1.3. PROFILE OF THE STUDIES IN NAVIGATION ................................................................... 9 1.4. RECRUITMENT RULES ............................................................................................... 10 1.5. CONTACT ................................................................................................................. 11 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDIES PROGRAMME .............................................................. 11 2.1. ORGANIZATIONAL GUIDELINES OF THE STUDIES ....................................................... 12 2.2. LEARNING OUTCOMES ............................................................................................. 14 2.2.1. Major learning outcomes .............................................................................................. 14 2.3. SCHEDULE OF STUDIES ............................................................................................. 23 2.4. PLAN OF STUDIES ..................................................................................................... 24 3. SYLLABUSES ...................................................................................................................... 25 3.1. MODULE OF MAJOR SUBJECTS .................................................................................. 25 3.1.1. Common general subjects ............................................................................................. 25 B.I.1 Occupational safety and health ....................................................................................... 25 B.I.2 Mathematics .................................................................................................................... 27 B.I.3 English language ............................................................................................................... 31 B.I.4 Physical education ............................................................................................................ 34 B.I.5 Physics .............................................................................................................................. 39 B.I.7 Intellectual property copyright ........................................................................................ 43 3.1.2. Common major subjects ............................................................................................... 45 B.II.1 Navigation I ..................................................................................................................... 45 B.II.2 Meteorology & oceanography ........................................................................................ 49 B.II.3 Maritime communication................................................................................................ 52 B.II.4 Astronavigation ............................................................................................................... 54 B.II.5 Navigation II + ECDIS ....................................................................................................... 58 B.II.6 Navigation instruments + ARPA ...................................................................................... 59 B.II.7 Ship structure and stability ............................................................................................. 64 B.II.8 Management of the ship ................................................................................................. 70 3 B.II.9 Marine transportation ..................................................................................................... 74 B.II.10 Maritime law ................................................................................................................. 77 B.II.11 Ship’s safety ................................................................................................................... 80 B.II.12 Marine environmental protection ................................................................................. 82 B.II.13 Maritime search and rescue .......................................................................................... 84 B.II.14 Planning of navigation trip ............................................................................................ 87 B.II.15 Safety of navigation ....................................................................................................... 91 B.II.16 Ship manoeuvring .......................................................................................................... 94 3.1.3. Selective subjects .......................................................................................................... 97 B.III.1 English language for mariners ........................................................................................ 97 B.III.2 Polish language ............................................................................................................... 98 B.III.3 Electrotechnics and marine electronics ....................................................................... 101 B.III.4 Automatics .................................................................................................................... 105 B.III.5 Geographical information systems ............................................................................... 107 B.III.6 Informatics .................................................................................................................... 108 B.III.7 Marine power plants .................................................................................................... 110 3.2. MODULE OF SPECIALTY SUBJECTS ........................................................................... 113 3.2.1. Common subjects ........................................................................................................ 113 C.I.1 Academic information systems ...................................................................................... 113 C.I.2 Information technology .................................................................................................. 114 C.I.3 Legal system in Poland and academic regulations ......................................................... 116 C.I.4 Seamanship..................................................................................................................... 118 C.I.5 Radar systems fundamentals and operation principles ................................................. 121 C.I.6 Tactical navigation .......................................................................................................... 123 3.2.2. Selective subjects ........................................................................................................ 125 C.II.1 Fundamentals of international public law ..................................................................... 125 C.II.2 Fundamentals of machine design and engineering drawing ......................................... 126 C.II.3 Marine hydrography ...................................................................................................... 129 C.II.5 Sonar systems fundamentals and operation principles ................................................ 132 3.3. THESIS .................................................................................................................... 134 D.1 Methodology of thesis preparation .................................................................................... 134 D.2 Thesis .................................................................................................................................. 136 4 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1. PROFILE OF THE POLISH NAVAL ACADEMY The Polish Naval Academy (PNA) is an academic higher education institution (HEI) and serves the defence and security of the Republic of Poland, the national economy, society and science through the education of students, staff development and conducting research. The Polish Naval Academy is a state-owned HEI, supervised by the Minister of National Defence with the authority given to him by the national bill establishing the Polish Naval Academy, dated 27 February, 2003. It operates on the law concerning higher education system. The Academy offers 13 different fields of study and over 50 specializations in technical, humanities, as well as social sciences. The Polish Naval Academy, named after the Westerplatte Heroes, in its present form, sanctioned by the Act of Law passed by the Polish Parliament, is a public higher education institution. Maritime education of officer-candidates and civilian students is the core activity and is related to national defence, state security
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