Course: Transportation and Telecommunication System

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Course title Transportation and Telecommunication System
Course code KDMML/PDASP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Gottwald Dalibor, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Švadlenka Libor, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Salava Daniel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic terms, history and meaning of transport and communications in national economy. Legal rules in transport and communications. State policy in transport and communications. Characteristics of transport system. Characteristics of railway transportation. Characteristics of water transportation. Characteristics of road transportation. Characteristics of urban mass transportation. Characteristics of air transportation. Characteristics of pick-a-back transport. Characteristics of postal services. Characteristics of electronic communication.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • unspecified - 52 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 30 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 18 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim is to inform students about basic terms in transport and communications, provide basic knowledge about particular kinds of transport, telecommunication and postal sector.
After passing the subject the student has complex knowledge about development of transport and communication branch, characteristics of particular transport sectors from the standpoint of infrastructure and operational needs and coefficients. He masters the same in the sphere of communications and is familiar with products that are provided by operators in the postal market and electronic communications market. The student should be able to set these problems into the particular legal framework, as well.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of mathematical calculations and operations at secondary school level is assumed.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

In the course of the term and at the final examination the student must prove sufficient knowledge of important technological features of particular transport sectors, ability to orientate himself in postal and electronic services from the standpoint of their development, way of providing and offer. The student must also consider technology of transport and communication services operation in context of current legislation. Students will be informed about detailed requirements in the first week of the term.
Recommended literature
  • Cempírek, Václav. Základy technologie a řízení dopravy. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2002. ISBN 80-7194-471-8.
  • Daněk, Jan. Základy dopravy. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2003. ISBN 80-248-0410-7.
  • Švadlenka, L. a kol. Dopravní a spojová soustava. Pardubice, 2006. ISBN 80-7194-911-6.
  • Voleský, Karel . Dopravná a spojovacia sústava. Žilina: Žilinská univerzita, 1997. ISBN 80-7100-441-3.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Management, Marketing and Logistics in Communications (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter