The Marine Transportation Operations curriculum is organized to develop those skills and abilities that are necessary in pursuing a professional career at sea.  Students majoring in this program also may participate in any minor/concentration programs.  Successful completion of this program leads to a Bachelor of Science degree and a U.S. Coast Guard Third Mate’s unlimited license. 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 MTO program core courses. For the MTO program, core courses are defined as courses with the prefix CD, CR, and NS.

Additional requirements for graduation:

• Complete practical training and regimental requirements as published in the Regimental Manual.
• Pass both practical and written portions of USCG lifeboatman examination and the USCG Third Mate’s examination.
• Complete sea time requirements as required for the USCG license.
• Fulfill one elective with PO230 (Contemporary World Politics I), EC102 (Microeconomics), EC201 (Macroeconomics), GE200 (World Regional Geography I), or GE210 (World Regional Geography II).
• PS301 (Technical Physics III) can be substituted for PS201 (Technical Physics II).
• Core classes within the MTO Program have STCW competencies within the course, and students are required to achieve a minimum of 70% grade to obtain credit for those competencies.

The following table outlines the normal sequence of courses taken by students majoring in Marine Transportation Operations: