Students are encouraged to develop their own program of study. To
aid the student in the selection of courses, the academic focus within
the department may be divided into two (2) major areas: marine systems
design and marine mechanics. The concurrent marine design area encompasses
all the design aspects that occur over the lifetime of a marine vehicle
or structure, from preliminary design and manufacturing to operations,
and finally to scrapping. Marine mechanics embraces the traditional
applied mechanics areas as applied to previous problems in addition
to the problem areas associated with coastal engineering. Hydrodynamics,
structural dynamics and vibrations are all part of this naval architecture
curriculum. In this department, the coastal engineering work includes
the prediction of coastal circulation, pollutant transport, and severe
wave conditions; the prediction and measurement of ocean currents;
and the transport of bottom and suspended materials.
In the subsections that follow, the two (2) major focus areas are
briefly discussed; sample schedules for completing a M.S.E. degree
in ten months are given. A sample M.Eng. in the Concurrent Marine
Design degree course of study is given under the marine systems design
area.
