4 courses with the subject NAVG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NAVG 112Navigation I: Introduction to Navigation
4 class hours, 4 credits. This class will introduce the student to current navigational techniques used in commercial vessel operations. Introduction to piloting techniques and chartwork. Introduction to voyage planning and use of publications. Tide and current theory and calculations, set and drift problems, visibility of lights, and the Pilot Chart. Compasses and compass error. Analysis and determination of the terrestrial fix. Introduction to electronic charts. Estimated time of arrival and speed required. Introduction to time and nautical astronomy. Extensive plotting and chartwork. In compliance with international STCW requirements, there will be no D or D+ grades in this course. Open only to students for whom this course is a requirement for their degree program or minor, or by permission of the department chair. [Fall and Spring] Previously Terrestrial Navigation.
1 class hour, 2 laboratory hours, 2 credits. The transition from navigation as an art to the science of problem solving, in preparation for the Federal License Exam for Third Mate in the US Merchant Marine. Additionally, an intensive review of all general subject matter related to shipboard navigation is accomplished. Examinations are administered to replicate conditions under which Federal exams are given. Replaced by MT 412 11/28/12.
