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Program Details

Program Title Maritime: Marine Engineering Technology	Campus Central
Seattle Maritime Academy 4455 Shilshole Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 (206) 934-2647

Type of Degree
Certificate

The Marine Engineering Technology program combines practical shipboard experience and required courses in engineering with additional courses in computation, communication and human relations. Emphasis is placed on the theory, design, operation and maintenance of marine propulsion plants and equipment. Students go to sea once a week during the second and third quarters aboard the college’s training vessels. The academic program is followed by a 30- to 90-day-at-sea internship on a large commercial vessel.
SMA offers the Marine Engineering Technology curriculum as a 73 77 credit program, culminating in a certificate in Marine Engineering Technology from Seattle Central. Students will also be eligible for a U.S. Merchant Mariners document endorsed with any and/or all of the following engine room (QMED) ratings: Electrician; Oiler; Pumpman; Refrigeration Engineer; and/or Junior Engineer. If the student’s at-sea internship was on a vessel with steam propulsion, he/she will also be eligible for a “fireman/ watertender” QMED rating. The MET certificate program also qualifies each graduate for an STCW “ratings forming part of an engineering watch” endorsement.

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Technical Specialty Courses

COURSE No	COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
MGO 101	Principles of Marine Mechanics	2
MGO 103	Survival Craft Optional course	3
MGO 111	Seamanship	3
MGO 113	Marine Safety	3
MGO 127	Fundamentals of Marine Electricity	4
MGO 147	Marine Engineering Practicum	6
MGO 177	Advanced Engineering Practicum	6
MGO 200	At Sea Internship	5
MTS 212	Auxiliary Machinery and Ship Design	4
MTS 217	Diesel Engine Maintenance and Operation	4
MTS 221	Applied Marine Electricity	4
MTS 228	Marine Hydraulics	5
MTS 233	Marine Refrigeration	5
MTS 257	Advanced Diesel Engines	4
MTS 263	Propulsion Systems	3
MTS 284	Shipboard Pollution Prevention	2
MTS 285	Marine Boilers	3
MTS 294	License Seminar	2

Related Instruction

COURSE No	COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
ENGL 105	Applied Composition	3
MGO 105	Leadership and Management	3
MGO 119	Marine Mathematics	3

Total Credits for Program: 73.0 - 77.0