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Course title: Logistics and International Freight Forwarding
Course code: TMAE336
Department: Logistics & Supply Chain Management, School of Economics
& International Business
Course conducting:
Credit hours: 3
Prerequite(s): International Trade Transaction TMAE302
- COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course involves international transportation and logistics as tools to serve international sales contracts. Emphases are on arranging transportation process and related things to move goods from seller’s country to buyer’s country by different modes (sea, air, road, and multimodal transport). Carrier’s liability and other legal issues in transportation contracts are also important contents that will be mentioned in the course.
- COURSE CONTENTS, TEACHING METHOD AND SCHEDULE
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No. |
Contents |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLOs |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments... (3) |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials (4) |
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Lecture (1) |
Practice, Seminar… (2) |
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1 |
Chapter 1: Introduction to logistics and international transportation |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
2 |
Chapter 2: Shipping |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
3 |
Chapter 2: Shipping (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
4 |
Chapter 2: Shipping (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
5 |
Chapter 2: Shipping (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
6 |
Chapter 2: Shipping (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
6 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
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7 |
Chapter 2: Shipping (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
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8 |
Chapter 3: Airfreight forwarding |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
9 |
Chapter 3: Airfreight forwarding (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
10 |
Chapter 3: Airfreight forwarding (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
11 |
Chapter 4: Container transportation |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
12 |
Chapter 4: Container transportation (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
13 |
Chapter 4: Container transportation (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
14 |
Chapter 5: Multimodal transportation |
2 |
1 |
7 |
5.5 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
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15 |
Revision |
2 |
1 |
8 |
3.0 |
CLO1,2,3,4,5 |
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Total (hour) |
30 |
15 |
25 |
80 |
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- COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score Scale: 10
- Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
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The number of attendances and participation in lesson |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
10% |
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Quiz, midterm test, or |
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Quick test, 30 minutes |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
10% |
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Report |
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Group or individual assignment |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
20% |
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Summative |
Final test |
Options: oral examination, or final written exam (essay or individual essay or group essay) |
- Oral examination - Writing (60-90 minutes) |
1,2,3,4,5 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |
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