The Marine Engineering Technology program includes all of the practical shipboard work and most of the required courses of the Marine Engineering Operations program with additional required courses in mathematics, writing and communications, and technical sciences. In addition to meeting the college requirement for graduation with at least a 2.0 grade point average for the B.S. degree, graduating students are required to have a minimum grade point average of 2.25 in the MET program core courses. For the MET program, core courses are defined as courses with the prefixes CE, CR, EG, ET, MS, NA, and PS. The program provides the graduate with a background for work in many areas of the maritime industry, both at sea and ashore, as well as in non-maritime industries such as public utilities and manufacturing. Successful completion of this major leads to the same degree and licenses as the Operations program, with additional eligibility to sit for the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. Graduates are employed at sea and ashore throughout the world.

The Objectives of the Marine Engineering Technology major are as follows:

Three to five years after receiving their MMA Marine Engineering Technology Bachelor of Science degree, typical MET graduates are expected to be:

1. Versatile engineering technologists with the technical and managerial skills necessary to enter a variety of different careers in the field of marine engineering technology areas of operations, maintenance, and manufacturing.
2. Engineering technologists with competencies in analytical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, communications, and with the ability, and hands-on experience, to apply these skills to support design applications and to solve existing and emerging problems.

The Outcomes of the Marine Engineering Technology major are as follows:

Students will demonstrate the following through the Marine Engineering Technology program of study at the Academy:

1. An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline.
2. An ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline.
3. An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
4. An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes.
5. An ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.

The Marine Engineering Technology program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

Additional requirements for graduation:

• Complete practical training and regimental requirements as published.
• Pass both practical and written portions of USCG lifeboatman examination and the USCG Third Assistant Engineer’s examination.
• Complete sea time requirements as required for the USCG license.
• Core classes within the MET Program have STCW competencies within the course, and students are required to achieve a minimum of 70% grade to obtain credit for these competencies.

The following table outlines the normal sequence of courses taken by students majoring in Marine Engineering Technology.