BSc Nautical Sciences NAVIGATION III Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 4.69, 4.70 and 4.71 of the Academic Council of 23 July 2020, in force from the academic year 2020-21. The University’s earlier Credit Based Semester and Grading System syllabus is what her older third-year timetables name, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for NAVIGATION III
Module I: SECTION-A
- Great circle sailing – Initial & Final courses and distances, Pole, vertex, course on crossing the equator. Figure drawingof a GC track approximately to scale. Composite great circle sailing. SECTION-B Practical problems on Great Circle sailing. Use of ABC tables to find initial course, final course, Pole and Vertex of a Great Circle & great circle distance.
Module II: SECTION-A
- Twilight – Civil, nautical and astronomical – conditionsnecessary for twilight all night; calculation of time of twilight by perusal of almanac with appropriate corrections, simple calculations based on above. Circumpolar bodies; conditions necessary for a body to be circumpolar. Maximum azimuth. Problems on these topics. SECTION-B Practical problems on composite circle.
Module III: SECTION-A
- Relationship between tides & phases of the moon – springand neap tides; priming & lagging. Calculations based on 1 st & 2 nd year’s portion of Principles of Navigation. SECTION-B Calculations based on I,II,III,IV& Vth Semester portion ofpractical navigation.
Module Practical
- METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS: To take observations and apply corrections to obtain accurate barometric pressure using both Mercurial & Aneroid Barometers.To take readings on Barograph and measure pressure tendency. To obtain Relative Humidity using dry & wet bulb thermometer. The use of Psychrometer. Use of anemometer and wind wane.
Reference Books
- 1 Principles of Navigation Capt. P.M. Sarma
- 2 Principles of Navigation Capt. Joseph & Capt. Rewari
- 3 Practical Navigation Capt. H. Subramanium
- 4 Admiralty Manual of Navigation Vol. I & II
- 5 The Principles & Practice of Navigation A. Frost
- 6 Nicholl’s Concise Guide Vol. I & II
- 7 Bridge equipment, Charts & Publications Capt. H. Subramanium
- 8 Nories Nautical Table
- 9 Nautical Almanac
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Nautical Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2020-21. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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