DCO21614 Airport Management

Course Duration: 1 Semester
Credit Units: 3
Level: A2
Medium of Instruction: English

Course Aims: 

  1. Provide students the operational functions of an airport, general operations for aviation, terminal building utilisation, support facilities and support financing related to airport management
  2. Provide students with fundamental knowledge in passenger services, cargo handling, security control, fuelling, catering supplies, and ground work for safe and effective navigation of passengers and airplanes in the airport.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

  1. Identify the key roles in airport systems including rules, standards, organisations and administration
  2. Summarise the components of an airport including airfield, airspace, and airport terminals for efficient operation and illustrate with diagrams the relationship among them
  3. Describe the factors that affect efficient airport operations using ICAO standards and apply IT tools for financial resources management
  4. Illustrate with photos and diagrams the operations in security checking using Hong Kong International Airport as an example, and use recommended standards and practices to describe cargo handling, catering supplies and passenger control
  5. Describe and criticise the public administration for an airport from the economic and social perspectives
  6. Apply quantitative method to determine the airport capacity and to plan for future need using simple simulation software

Keyword Syllabus:
Airports and airport systems. The Components of the airport. Airport Operations.Airport Security. Airport Financial Management. Airport Public Administration. The Future Challenge of Airport Management.

Teaching and Learning Activities (TLAs):
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks students will undertake to learn in this course. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

Types of TLAs (Hours per week):

1. Lecture (2 hours)
2. Computer Laboratory (case studies, group discussion, simulation tool) (1 hour)
3. Project assignment [1 hour (students’ time)]
4. Concept Mapping

Assessment Tasks/Activities:
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks students will undertake to learn in this course. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

Type of assessment tasks/activities

%

Remarks

i. Examination

60

2 hours

ii. Laboratory work

 

simulation software and software tool related to airport

iii.Critical analysis and questioning

 

 

one assignment on cultural, economic and quantitative analysis

iv. Project

 

a specific topic related to airport management

v.Written test

 

MC or short questions

Assessment Schdule:
Examination duration: 2 hours
Percentage distribution of marks for coursework, examination, other: 40% Coursework and 60% Examination
Grading mode: Standard (A+AA-...F)

Pre-requisite(s): Nil

Pre-cursor(s): Nil

Equivalent Course(s): Nil

Related Links
Division of Computer Studies