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Course title: Maritime Economics
Course code: TMAE203
Department: School of Economics and International Business
Course conducting:
Credit hours: 03
Prerequite(s): Microeconomics KTEE201, Macroeconomics KTEE203
- COURSE OBJECTIVES
The course introduces students to the economics and management of international shipping. The overall aim of the course is to give students knowledge about shipping markets and shipping’s relationship to global trade. More specifically, the course provides fundamental knowledge of economic concepts about seaborne trade, global shipping markets, ports, merchant fleets, logistics and maritime supply chain management. The course composes a holistic and tightly knitted, integrated, approach to the understanding and analysis of global maritime supply chains of production-transport-distribution, where maritime economics and shipping management play a pivotal role. The course focuses on recent developments and future challenges in international shipping. The course enables students to identify and critically assess factors which determine employment opportunities in seaborne trade and international shipping.
- COURSE CONTENTS, TEACHING METHOD AND SCHEDULE
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No. |
Contents |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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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: Sea transport and the global economy (1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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2 |
Chapter 1: Sea transport and the global economy (2) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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3 |
Chapter 2: Seaborne Trade and Transport Systems (1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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4 |
Chapter 2: Seaborne Trade and Transport Systems (2) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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5 |
Chapter 3: The world merchant fleet and the sale and purchase, shipbuilding and demolition market (1) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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6 |
Chapter 3: The world merchant fleet and the sale and purchase, shipbuilding and demolition market (2) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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7 |
Mid-term examination & Chapter 4: The liner shipping Services (the transport of General Cargo) (1) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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8 |
Chapter 4: The liner shipping Services (the transport of General Cargo) (2) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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9 |
Chapter 4: The liner shipping Services (the transport of General Cargo) (3) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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10 |
Chapter 5: The tramp shipping Services (the transport of Bulk Cargoes) (1) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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11 |
Chapter 5: The tramp shipping Services (the transport of Bulk Cargoes) (2) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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12 |
Chapter 5: The tramp shipping Services (the transport of Bulk Cargoes) (3) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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13 |
Chapter 6: The Specialized shipping services |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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14 |
Chapter 7: The regulation of the Maritime Industry |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 |
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15 |
Revision |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
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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 |
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 |