Marine Technology Educational Consortium – (M.Sc.)

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This innovative flexible training programme offers a range of modules which can be combined to achieve degree awards.

Modules are delivered by a combination of distance learning material and one week intensive 'schools'. Each module has a credit rating of 10 points and requires 100 hours study time. For each module, there will be pre-school preparation and post school assignments.

MSc and Postgraduate Diploma degree awards are available in seven technology areas (see the Technology section ) and a Postgraduate Certificate is also available. For those undertaking an MSc or Postgraduate Diploma, an industrially based project must be completed.

Each individual module is offered as a stand alone Continuing Professional Development module which may be suitable for those requiring specific subject training. All modules are approved as CPD by the Institute of Marine Engineers and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

Modules

There are twenty four modules available in the programme.

Complusory modules for non marine technology graduates

* A1 Naval Architecture
* A2 Marine Engineering

Core modules

* B1 Maritime economics
* B2 Marine project management
* B3 Risk, reliability and safety
* B4 Structural and material response to the marine environment

Specialist modules

* C1 The regulatory framework for the marine industry
* C2 Optimisation in engineering design
* C3 Advanced structural design and analysis
* C4 Advanced hydrodynamics for design
* C5 Advanced marine engineering design
* C6 Marine systems identification, modelling and control
* C7 Marine electrical and electronic systems
* C8 Marine powering, transmission and propulsion
* C9 Drilling and production processes
* C10 Design of fixed and floating offshore systems
* C11 Pipelines, moorings, umbilicals and risers
* C12 De-commissioning and re-use of offshore structures
* C13 Lightweight structural design
* C14 Recreational and high speed craft
* C15 Working craft design
* C16 Surveying ships and offshore installations
* C17 Warship concept design

Each module will have a credit rating of 10 points and requires 100 hours study time to complete.

In addition, students taking the General MSc programme in collaboration with Rolls Royce can choose up to three modules from those offered by the Rolls Royce Early Engineering Professional Development Scheme. These are: Holistic Gas Turbines; Lean Thinking for Continuous Business Improvement; the Product Definition Process, and Excellence Through Programme Management.

Pre-school material - this will normally require 50 hours of study and will enable students to revise and review pre-requisite material so that the intensive school can be run efficiently and effectively.

One week school - this will have an approximate contact time of 35 hours and will include a range of lectures, case studies, tutorials, presentations, discussions and visits. Academic and industrial tutors will be involved in the delivery of the school.
Post school material - this will require 15 hours of study time and will involve completion of a post-school assignment. This will consolidate the module learning.
Project - A 40 credit project is required to complete the Postgraduate Diploma and an 80 credit project for the MSc programme. The project will address a problem or issue related to the student's organisation and be multi-disciplinary in nature to allow the application of a wide range of skills and knowledge.

Examples of potential projects include:

Optimisation of energy in central cooling water systems of large tankers.

Investigation into the advantages and disadvantages of installing gas turbine propulsion in a new cruise ship.