Environmental Regulations & Ethical Industrial Compliance  |   Online   |   $1,000

Registration
To register for this course, please contact our office directly.

Course Duration

This fully online, self-paced course is designed for flexibility. The estimated completion time is approximately 2 months.

Course Description

Required Textbook
Tuition includes a printed course notebook—an extensive 500-page, double-sided manual—that will be mailed directly to students.

Course
100% of EREIC completing professionals indicated the course significantly improved their awareness and knowledge of Maritime Environmental Regulations and Ethical Industrial Compliance, and were pleased with the resulting Certificate attesting to their investment in Continuing Professional Maritime Education.

• Environmental Regulations & Ethical Industrial Compliance (EREIC) is a self-paced online course awarding Four Continuing Education Units (equivalent to 40 hours) from Maine Maritime Academy.
• EREIC is designed to educate mariners serving on United States registered vessels and those who work with them, about environmental regulations governing their industry. EREIC emphasizes environmental regulations, laws, and compliance issues for mariners working both at sea and in port, and for those in industry at the management level.
• EREIC has been revised and expanded to include relevant regulatory changes through Spring 2015.
• EREIC will develop each student’s ability to recognize and effectively deal with regulatory compliance and professional ethics issues for persons working in the U.S. Merchant Marine and associated fields.
• EREIC consists of five modules, 1-water quality, 2-air quality, 3-solid & hazardous waste, 4-pollutant health effects, and 5-legal investigations & enforcement of rules.
• EREIC lead instructor and Chair of Maine Maritime Academy’s Engineering Department Associate Professor Laurie Flood – holds a B.S. in Marine Systems Engineering from Maine Maritime Academy, an M.S. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from the University of Maine, and a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School.

Instructor

Ms. Laurie Flood developed EREIC in 2012 with grant support from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation www.nfwf.org.  Should regulatory changes occur the course will be updated accordingly.

Course Access & Online Learning

Upon registration, students will receive a confirmation email with login details for Canvas, Maine Maritime Academy’s online learning platform.

• The course is self-paced.

• Modules must be completed in sequence, with a quiz following each module.

• Please allow up to 2 hours for the course to appear on your Canvas dashboard after registration.

Returning students can log in using their existing Canvas credentials.

MMA alumni who previously used Canvas as undergraduates will receive a new Canvas account for their CPMD courses.