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  • LB 0202: STCW Lifeboatman Exam

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    United States Coast Guard multiple choice exam to assess knowledge based competencies for lifeboat profi ciencies. Prerequisite: MT-1111, ST-0999 STCW: Knowledge
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  • LB 0203 4: C STCW Immersion Suit Practical

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    Together with PS 0301 provides minimum standard of competence in person survival techniques (Table A-VI/1-1). Instruction and assessments in water survival using approved immersion suits and/or Type I-PFD. Training in escaping from burning liquids on the surface of the water with or without approved Type I-PFD, water entry for man overboard, and shark attack precautions and deterrents. Prerequisite: None STCW: Practical
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  • MS 2131: Introduction to Communications

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    The course is an investigative and practical study of communication in science and industry. Topics include: communication model and dialectics; sociolinguistics: culture and language (N.B. Includes body language); audience analysis; ethics in communication; disseminating / receiving information; forms of argumentation; oral and visual communication-the basics; forms of written communication; problem solving; consensus & compliance; and confl ict management. Prerequisite: HU-1111 STCW: None
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  • MS 2221: General Biology

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    An introduction to the principles of life at the cellular and organismal levels, including such topics as the chemical basis of life, cell structure and function, photosynthesis, respiration, cell reproduction, the molecular basis of genetics, DNA technology, evolution, and ecology. It includes a brief survey of living organisms. Prerequisite: None STCW: None
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  • MS 3121: Physical Geology

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    Studies the constitution of the earth and the processes acting on, and within it, as it relates directly to human activities, such as waste disposal, slope stability, shoreline hazards, and hydrologic problems. Prerequisite: SM-1111 STCW: None
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  • MS 3132L: Life Science Laboratory

    2.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    This one-credit course is designed to give students practical, hands-on experience in the fi eld and in the laboratory, exploring principles related to their life science classes in General Biology, Biological Oceanography, Coastal Ecology, and Conservation Biology. The class will meet for 2 hours every other week. Seven different fi eld trips and lab exercises will be conducted during the semester. Students will prepare laboratory reports that will be used to evaluate their performance. Prerequisite: MS-2221 STCW: None
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  • MS 3141: Coastal Ecology

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    Presents an overview of coastal environments; the plants and animals associated with them; and the complex of physical, geological, chemical, and biological processes infl uencing life in the coastal zone. Coastal types considered include rocky coasts, beaches, mud fl ats, estuaries, salt ponds, salt marshes, mangroves, dunes, and coral reefs. A weekly session focuses on practical coastal issues and the impact of human activities. Field trips are made to nearby coastal areas. Prerequisite: MS-2221 STCW: None
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  • MS 3142: Environmental Law

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    This three-hour introductory law course will familiarize students with the statutes, government regulations, and agreements that protect natural resources; human health; and the local, domestic, and international transboundary environment. Students will study the role of the American legal system as it functions to control and remediate environment problems; evaluate opportunities to use judicial, administrative, legislative, and economic political processes to address these problems; analyze a number of U. S. environments statutes; and examine international laws and organizations that target environmental issues of the global commons. Prerequisite: None STCW: None
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  • MS 3211: Oceanography

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    This course introduces students to concepts in geological, physical, chemical, and biological oceanography. Students will examine processes leading to the formation of ocean basins, forces driving shallow-water and deep-ocean currents, the chemical components of sea water, nutrient cycling through marine ecosystems, and related biological processes. The course concludes with a look into the many resources that humans extract from the ocean and some of the tools available for protecting the marine environment and other activities. Prerequisite: None STCW: None
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  • MS 3221: Oceanography

    0.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    Considers the origin of the ocean, chemical composition of seawater, interactions of biological and chemical processes in the ocean, primary productivity, marine food webs, a survey of the wide array of plant and animal life in the ocean, marine communities, and environmental concerns; the distribution and observations of physical properties of sea water; temperature, salinity, and density in the oceans; light and sound in sea water; and heat budget, water masses, oceanic circulation, tides, waves, and currents. It also is a study of the morphology, structure and origins of the ocean basins, continental margins, marine geophysics, sediments, digenesis, marine stratigraphy, hydrology, offshore drilling, and plate tectonics. Prerequisite: None STCW: None
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