Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
190400707102	AVIATION SAFETY	Compulsory	4	7	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

This course provides an overview of how to overcome the psychological problems that might be an obstacle to the implementation of an effective aviation safety program. In addition, to enable students to explain the basic concepts of aviation security and to explain the regulations related to aviation security.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	explains fundamental concepts of aviation safety. defines and compares risk and safety concepts explains the need for establishing aviation safety lists organizations that regulate the safety explains the well-known model named SHEL that identifies human factor explains factors that affect aviation safety and interprets how they affect
2	debates the factors that affect human performance. explains human performance and limits explains physiological, psychological, and environmental factors that affect personnel and debates how they affect obtains communication skills and applies them
3	explains the relation between aviation safety and culture explains culture and types of culture debates how the culture affect the aviation safety explains the characteristics of positive safety culture designs activities to develop positive safety culture in organizations
4	explains error management models explains error management models and theories relating to aviation activities applies and uses error management models
5	explains dispatch resource management program explains dispatch resource management program tells the elements of dispatch resource management program applies dispatch resource management programs
6	explains and applies safety management system debates the importance and affects of the management commitment and positive safety culture on the success of SMS applies the functions of planning and organization of SMS analyses what kind of safety data must be collected designs the risk management processes proposes the corrective actions according to the outputs of the risk analysis designs the safety measurement parameters to be able to assure the safety analyses and questions the safety data to be able to monitor safety performance explains the crisis management processes
7	examines case studies examines the accidents resulting from human factors and analyzes factors that jeopardize aviation safety.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

System approach to aviation safety, factors endangering aviation safety, safety management system in aviation, risk assessment, risk management, quality control and assurance system, airport terminal and flight line facilities, airport security areas, new developments affecting airport security.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Explaining fundamentals of aviation safety.	-	-
2	Examining the relationship between human factors and SHEL Model.	-	-
3	Examining the factors affecting human performance.	-	-
4	Examining the factors affecting human performance.	-	-
5	Examining the relationship between the aviation safety and the culture, examining the human error and error management models.	-	-
6	Examining dispatch resource management program	-	-
7	Examining dispatch resource management program	-	-
8	Examining dispatch resource management program	-	-
9	Examining Safety Management System.	-	-
10	Examining Safety Management System.	-	-
11	Examining Safety Management System.	-	-
12	Examining Safety Management System.	-	-
13	Examining Safety Management System.	-	-
14	Examining Safety Management System.	-	-

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Clarence C.Rodrigues, Stephen Cusick, Commercial Aviation Safety, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2011 2. Jennifer Zellan, Aviation Security, Current Issues and Development, Nova Publishers, 2003. 3. Michael Ferguson, Sean Nelson, Aviation Safety A Balanced Industry Approach, 1 st Edition, Cengage, 2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	1	20	20
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	4	10	40
Individual Study for Final Examination	8	10	80
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1
LO1	5
LO2	4
LO3	5
LO4	4
LO5	5
LO6	4
LO7	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High