Study in Standardizing Maritime Engineering Curriculum
This paper presents the preliminary results of an ongoing research study. In spite of the substantial efforts of the IMO and the maritime community, which is aimed at developing standardized curriculum for training ship officers, the educational programs in different institutions vary quite substantially. Undergraduate marine engineering programs offered in various countries differ in their duration, content, onboard training, specific requirements, etc. For example, the average length of a license/degree program, which leads to the Third Assistant (or just Fourth Engineer) license and a bachelor degree is four years and includes about a year of sailing. However, there are three-year programs on one side, and five-plus year programs on the other side. Composition of the marine engineering programs varies. First is the share of the sea portion, which normally takes one yea. However, there are exceptions when the cadets spent much more time at sea. Second, every program might be looked upon as a combination of building blocks, The distribution of time among the above portions of a program and the list of academic courses varies quite substantially form country to country, and even among different schools from the same country.
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Authors:
- Butman, B S
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Conference:
- International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) 6th Annual General Assembly and Conference
- Location: Malmo , Sweden
- Date: 2005-10-24 to 2005-10-26
- Publication Date: 2005-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 19-28
- Monograph Title: Maritime Security and MET
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crew resource management; Education and training; Licensing; Marine engineering; Marine safety; Maritime industry; Sailing ships; Seaworthiness; Standardization; Training programs
- Identifier Terms: International Maritime Organization
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01020117
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 1845640586
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 15 2006 8:25AM