University of New South Wales - UNSW - General Education - GENS5001

Aims

The aim of this 3 UoC course is to introduce students to the key aspects of the modern aviation industry and consider the social impact of aviation.

Exclusions

Students enrolled into the Bachelor of Aviation (Flying/Management) program are excluded from enrolling into GENS5001.

For further General Education requirments, please visit the UNSW Online Handbook.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course students should be able to:

identify important events in the history of aviation;
identify and understand some of the key aviation issues as they relate to safety, meteorology, environment, defence, economics, air traffic management, technology and aircraft maintenance, small and large operators, human factors and the legal environment affecting aviation;
describe some of the processes and structures of a major international airport; and
describe contemporary aviation issues relating to existing theory and empirical data.

Lecturer in Charge

The Lecturer in Charge is Mr. Antony Glambedakis of the Department of Aviation. Antony can be contacted by telephone on (02)9385 6767 or via e-mail at s3237877@unsw.edu.au

Both academic and industry-based lecturers may be used throughout the course.

Location

This course runs for fourteen weeks in Session 1, 2008.

Lectures are held in: Mathews Building, Room 310 at 0900hrs - 1100hrs on Wednesdays.

A field trip to Sydney Airport (transport provided) will take place on Saturday 19th April 2008.

Assessment

To be advised. Information regarding the assessments will be detailed in the Course Outline which will be distributed at a later date.

An A3 Advertising Poster (25 marks);
Participation in a Flight Theory Workshop and Airport Field Trip plus completion of an Airport Excursion test (25 marks); and
End of course class test (50 marks).

Required Texts

There are no compulsory texts for this course.

Recommended Texts

The Physical Science library located on level 7 of the main library building has an excellent collection of aviation texts.

Some ideas for where to start looking are:

Anderson, J.D (1985) Introduction to Flight. P629.1/6A
Banfe, C.F (1992) Airline Management. P387.7068/4
Lyth, P.J (1996) Air Transport. S387.7/19
Shaw, S (1993) Airline Marketing and Management. P387.740688/1B
Taylor, L (1997) Air Travel: How Safe Is It? P363.124/6

Also, the following magazines and newspapers may be useful for aviation news:

Flight International. PJ629.1305/10
Aerospace International. PJ629.105/15
The Australian (Friday edition, Aviation supplement)

Students can access a number of web resources via the UNSW aviation website.

Special Consideration

In case of absence from the class test, a request for special consideration may be made only in accordance with the University's standard guidelines.

Learning Resources

The University of New South Wales provides a range of resources to help students develop their skills and to realise their full potential. The Learning Centre, located at the entrance to the Library provides guidance material, which is also available on-line.

In particular, students may wish to access the following:

Note-Taking Skills
The Basics of Essay Writing
Answering Assignment Questions
Report Writing FAQs
The Basics of Studying for Exams
Surviving Exams
Exam Skills
Plagiarism
The American Psychological Association (APA) Referencing System