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graduate Degrees
EXECUTIVE STYLE MASTERS PROGRAMS

All three of our Masters programs are offered on alternate weekends in executive format. For the convenience of those living and working in the Greater Boston area, classes are based at the Conference Center at Waltham Woods in Waltham, Massachusetts. During the pandemic, our courses are being offered fully on-line .

MS in Maritime Business Management
The Master of Science in Maritime Business Management ( MSBM ) program is designed to produce highly skilled maritime business managers. Graduates will gain the cognition and skills necessary to become creative problem solvers, leading to success in senior nautical business management and leadership positions .
MS in Facilities Management
The Master of Science in Facilities Management ( MSFM ) platform is designed to develop creative problem-solving skills for senior facilities management and leadership positions. Graduates will be prepared to think strategically and to implement creative ideas into successful results .
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MS in Emergency Management
The master of Science in Emergency Management ( MSEM ) program is designed to develop problem- solving skills to implement both proactive and reactive strategies to reduce the loss of life and property in a calamity. Graduates will be prepared for roles as emergency managers and leaders with an ability to prepare for, react to, recover from, and mitigate disasters and emergencies .

Course Driven, Career Focused
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a top-ranked university with 7 undergraduate academic degree programs focusing on science, engineer, engineering, mathematics, and commercial enterprise. Our alone blend of academics and experiential learn allows students to learn theory, put that hypothesis into practice, and graduate with both the cognition and experience needed for a successful career .
Our 14:1 scholar to faculty ratio and modal class size of 20 allows for personalize and address access to our amazing professors.
State-of-the-art lab and simulators create an immersive education experience that replicates real life scenarios within rehearse environments.
Our Training Ship Kennedy departs on a 6 workweek, hands-on voyage which provides shipboard training
Internships and co-ops give students the gamble to work in their craved battlefield to gain have and career development.
experiential determine courses allow cadets to gain hands-on professional train in public service, or individual organizations, in their fields across the United States and overseas.
Our Regiment of Cadets, the military-style structure and life style students participate in on campus, allows students to continue building their leadership and management skills as depart of their campus life sentence .
Facilities Engineering
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The Facilities Engineering ( FENG ) course of study prepares cadets for careers in facilities engineering, management, and operations. large facilities, manufacture plants, office buildings, hospitals, and power plants require safe, economical, compliant, and sustainable operation .

Cadets must pass the Facilities Engineering Qualification Exam ( FEQE ). If sealed electives are taken, cadets are besides eligible to take the Massachusetts Stationary Engineer license and the Massachusetts Municipal Wastewater Operator license examinations. Cadets in the FENG major participate in a freshman sea term for immediate exposure to a working might plant arrangement .
Energy Systems Engineering
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The Energy Systems Engineering ( ESEN ) program prepares cadets for careers in engineer plan, design, and initiation of technical equipment systems required for exponent coevals and management. The aggressive energy diligence — including conventional and alternative energies — demands graduates with technical problem-solving skills. Our cadets are quick to meet these demands .
Energy Systems students may besides pursue an optional USCG Marine Engineer license, by completing a double major in Marine Engineering ( MENG ) and sailing on four sea terms .
International Maritime Business
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The International Maritime Business ( IMBU ) program prepares cadets for careers as business professionals serving the building complex global supply chain .
Cadets acquire varied business skills — such as accounting, economics, finance, and negotiations — and maritime diligence cognition — such as admiralty jurisprudence, interface terminal operations, and transport. These unique skills provide cadets with an border in the increasingly global marketplace. With 90 % of goods traveling by embark at some point in the journey from beginning to finish, the diligence is in want of professionals with this specific concentrate .
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Marine Engineering
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The Marine Engineering ( MENG ) platform prepares graduates for careers as license technology officers in the United States Merchant Marine adenine well as mastermind positions in associated shoreside industries .
Four sea terms are required and cadets must pass examinations conducted by the United States Coast Guard in order to qualify as a third base adjunct engineer, steam, motive, and gas turbine, unlimited horsepower. Licensure is dependent upon successful completion of Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping ( STCW ) requirements .

Marine Transportation
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The Marine Transportation ( MTRA ) program prepares cadets for careers as accredited ship deck officers. Cadets build a foundation to transfer into management and operations positions within the intermodal, exile, and petroleum industries .
Four sea terms are required and graduates must pass examinations conducted by the United States Coast Guard in order to qualify as third mate, steam, and motive vessels of outright tonnage on the oceans. Licensure besides requires completing Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping ( STCW ) requirements .
Emergency Management
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Emergency Management ( EMHS ) and disaster- related issues are faced by individuals, families, businesses, and governments worldwide. The Emergency Management course of study prepares graduates for careers in the private and public sectors, including union, express, and local politics, law enforcement, open fire military service, and the Military .
Certificate options include Emergency Medical Technician ( EMT ) and Massachusetts Firefighter I and II certificate through Barnstable County .
Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection
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The Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection ( MSSEP ) broadcast focuses on environmental safety, marine skill, and public health issues. Graduates are prepared for careers that tackle global challenges such as climate change, diminishing natural resources, environmental abasement, ever- increasing safety and environmental regulations, green and sustainable development, and increasing department of energy demands .

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THE COMMONWEALTH ’ S LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY
The Academy experience is singular and transformational. Drawing inspiration from the United States Military and Merchant Marine, the Regiment of Cadets instills discipline, cognition, and leadership in all. Those who commit to joining the ranks of the Regiment endeavor to embrace being a separate of something bigger than themselves .
Built on a model of followership, then leadership, cadets develop self-discipline, professionalism, confidence, award, and pride in themselves and their shipmates. Guided by motivate cadet leaders, freshmen ( or “ youngies ” ) are immediately encouraged to embrace teamwork to overcome adversity during predilection : a 2-week, intense train program designed to acclimate cadet candidates to the Academy and prepare them for success. Upon graduating from Orientation, cadet candidates begin their academic travel while attending formations and ceremonies, preparing for uniform and room inspections, participating in extracurricular activities, and developing robust learning habits during dedicated study hours. Cadet leaders are valuable mentors to youngies, cultivating a culture of time-management, attention to detail, personal accountability, and overhaul .
As cadets advance, they are encouraged to embrace leadership opportunities within the Regiment. The regiment reinforces that status at the Academy is not an entitlement based on sex, subspecies, or socio-economic class ; it is earned through hard work, honor, and integrity. Those who excel into leadership roles learn the intricacies of leadership in fast-paced environments and develop skills alone to cadets of the Academy. Though we are structured as a regimented academy designed to grow effective leaders, only cadets who volunteer for commissioning programs have military obligations during and after their time at MMA .
discipline
“ Discipline, ” not merely in the sense of the regimental environment of the Academy, but besides in the greater sense of the self-denial exhibited by all cadets to stay the course, weather the storms, graduate, obtain their licenses, commissions, and career positions and the continued self-discipline to succeed in all of their endeavors, both personal and master.
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cognition
“ Knowledge, ” representing the academician courses and the hands-on divers train providing the competencies to apply such cognition for the benefit, guard, and wellbeing of others, and for the desire and drive to continue the accumulation of cognition throughout life. Cadet leaders ’ chief province is to teach.
leadership
“ Leadership, ” whether studied, absorbed, or gained through adversity or adversity, is bestowed upon all cadets. The Academy ’ s “ Leadership Laboratory ” prepares graduates to lead communities, companies, sailors, and military units post-graduation .

military and Veteran Opportunities
COMMISSIONING AND RESOURCES
OFF-CAMPUS MILITARY
US Marine Corps
Coast Guard
VALOR ACT
The Registrar or designee shall serve as the contact point for evaluation of scholar military occupation, train, coursework, and experience. The Registrar will evaluate the prospective scholar ’ s official transcripts, using the ACE Guide as a key reference for naturally descriptions and equivalencies. Courses must carry the equivalent of three or more credits for transfer, and the students must have earned the equivalent of a “ C ” grade ( 75 % ) or better. Accepted coursework will appear on the scholar ’ s transcript as transfer courses. As per Academy policy, only the credits will transfer, not the grades. When necessary, the Registrar will consult with the appropriate department president to determine transferability. The Registrar will accept CLEP and/ or DANTES exam scores based on Academy policy and the recommend guidelines of these programs. STCW courses, whether knowledge- or practical-based, will not be replaced by military coursework, educate, or experience .
Navy SSMP
The Strategic Sealift Midshipman Program ( SSMP ) is a unique type of NROTC Unit that is only offered at the seven nautical schools, and has several key differences. Upon graduation, the SSMP allows students earning a Coast Guard License to be immediately commissioned as an policeman into the Strategic Sealift Officer Program ( SSOP ), a specialize part of the Navy Reserve. once known as the Merchant Marine Reserve, the SSOP is a cell of naval officers who are licensed merchant mariners with sealift, maritime operations, and logistics subject matter expertness. The SSOP is called upon to provide incorporate sealift operations in support of National Defense .
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Army ROTC
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy ROTC program first began in 1996 with equitable one cadet. We have since grown exponentially now having over 40 cadets participating in our program. MMA ’ south ROTC platform is continuing to grow, bringing in a new class of freshman every class who are eager to learn and receive some of the finest leadership and management prepare there is. We have had a count of cadets graduate Massachusetts Maritime Academy and enroll into the United States Army as a well-tuned moment Lieutenants. ROTC provides practical and hands-on have that you can get nowhere else .