BSc Nautical Sciences NAVIGATION IV 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 IV
Module I: Voyage Data Recorder (VDR):Operation as per
- Manual, precautions and limitations, care and maintenance Bridge Navigation Watch Alarm System:Operation as per Manual, precautions and limitations, care and maintenance Ship Security Alert System (SSAS):Operation as per Manual, precautions and limitations, care and maintenance ECDIS: The working of an ECDIS, Raster and Vector charts, ENC’s, sensors, advantages and limitations of the equipment. Carriage requirement Dynamic Positioning Systems: A brief introduction to the principles.
Module II: Sonar Aids
- Echo Sounder:Principle and working. Operational controls. Choice of site for echo sounder transducers. Errors causing display of faulty or unreliable soundings. Doppler Log:Description of the system. Errors and their remedies. Electromagnetic Log:Principle and errors Berthing aids:Brief description of systems using sound propagation and systems using radio waves propagation.
Module III: Radar:Characteristics of a Radar set - its limitations,
- errors and accuracy, radiation hazards, anamolous propagation, spurious echoes, Block diagram, factors (internal and external) that affect Radar detection and interpretation, influence of weather, various types of displays, Radar logbook, use of radar for navigation and collision avoidance, knowledge of ARPA Radar. Racon, Ramark Beacons and SART. Bridge Resource Management (BRM): Knowledge of bridge resource management principles including allocation, assignment, prioritization of resources, effective communication, assertiveness, leadership and obtaining & maintaining situational awareness.
Module Practical
- Echo Sounder:To take sounding using both visual and graphictypes. (Actual instrument or simulator). Radar:Practical adjustment of operational controls. To carryout performance check. Use of performance monitor. To takerange and bearing of targets. To identify land objects on theNavigation Chart using radar observations. Evaluation of risk ofcollision using relative & true plotting techniques and ARPARadar. ECDIS - IMO Performance standard for ECDIS, Difference between ENC and SENC, Safety Contours and Safety Depth, Features of ECDIS, Limitations of ECDIS Raster Charts, Vector Chart, Simplified Symbols (5012), Traditional Symbols, Chart Quality and Accuracy (M Quality), Chart Scale, Information Layers. Practical - Draw courses Graphically and Alphanumerically, Indicate Courses and Distances, Set Track Limits, Set appropriate Alarms, Carry out Route Check, Modify Route, Create Maps, Prepare Schedule, Obtain Tidal Information, Chart Assistant GPS, AIS, BNWAS, SSAS, VDR:Familiarity with usage.
Reference Books
- 1 Ships Magnetism & the Magnetic Compass F.G. Merrifield
- 2 Notes on Compass Work Kemp & Young
- 3 Radar and Electronic Navigation G.J. Sonnerberg
- 4 Shipborne Radar Capt. H. Subramanium
- 5 RADAR and ARPA Manual A.G. Bole & W.O. Dineley
- 6 The Ship’s Compass Klinker& Grant
- 7 Magnetic Compass Deviation & Correction W. Denne
- 8 Marine Gyro Compass for Ships Officers A. Frost
- 9 Radar Observer’s Handbook W. Burger
- 10 Marine Electronic Navigation by appleyard S.F. Appleyard
- 11 Electronic Aids to Navigation; Position Fixing L. Tetley & D. Calcutt
- 12 Ship’s Magnetic Compass Capt. Joseph & Capt. Rewari
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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