Course Details
Course Information Package
| Course Unit Title | TRANSPORT ECONOMICS | ||||||||
| Course Unit Code | ATTE301 | ||||||||
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| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
| Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
| Recommended optional program components | Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Claude Comtois and Brian Slack, The Geography of Transport Systems, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006. Nikolaidis: Notes and .ppt Presentations | ||||||||
| Course Contents | Lecture 1: Historical Evolution of Transportation – Transportation Geography Lecture 2: Transportation Systems and Networks Lecture 3: Economic and spatial structure of Transport systems Lecture 4: Transportation modes Lecture 5: Transport Terminals – The function terminals – Freight Terminals – terminals and location Lecture 6: Mid – Term Exams Lecture 7: International and Regional Transportation- Transportation – Globalization and International trade Lecture 8: Urban Transportation – Urban Spatial structure Lecture 9: Transport and Environment – Environmental policies regarding transport industry – Institutional framework and recent developments Lecture 10: Transport Planning and Policy Lecture 11: Cost benefit Analysis in Transport infrastructure investments – Guidelines on CBA by EU Investment framework Lecture 12: Subject Overview – Students Presentations | ||||||||
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Lectures, discussions, presentations, assignments. Auditory exercises and questions related to particular open-ended topic issues are compiled by the students and answered, during the lecture or assigned as homework. Topic notes are compiled by students during the lecture which serve to cover the main issues under consideration. Students are also advised to use the subject’s textbook or reference books for further reading and practice in understanding topic issues. Further literature search is encouraged by assigning students to identify a specific problem related to some issue, gather relevant scientific information about how others have addressed the problem and report this information in written or orally (scope of assignment). Students are assessed continuously and their knowledge is checked through midterm exams with their assessment weight, date and time being set at the beginning of the semester via the course outline. Students are prepared for final exam, by revision on the matter taught, and are also trained to be able to deal with time constraints and revision timetable. The final assessment of the students is formative and summative and is assured to comply with the subject’s expected learning outcomes and the quality of the course. | ||||||||
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| Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
| Work placement(s) | NO | ||||||||
