9 Marine Science Preparatory Programs

This Diploma is designed to give students a deeper understanding of marine insurance. When you download the brochure, you'll learn that the syllabus covers major issues in marine insurance in greater depth than a short course. It also deals with legal and practical aspects of marine insurance and examines coverage under widely used standard terms for each risk type, as well as the standard exclusions you expect to find within each class of marine business.

Delivered in partnership with North Kent College, this 12-month tutored online Diploma in Marine Surveying course will provide invaluable knowledge and skills for anyone who wants to excel in marine surveying – the skills that will allow to adapt to the dynamic environment that is faced by a marine surveyor and understand the role of the surveyor better.

Marine warranty surveys play an essential role in reducing the risk of loss or damage in high-value marine construction and transportation projects along with offshore energy installation and operations activities. This popular tutored distance learning course addresses the core competencies of warranty surveying while presenting the knowledge and practical techniques employed in this specialised field.

This Certificate in Marine Pollution Prevention and Management course provides a comprehensive knowledge of the overall framework governing marine pollution, including applicable regulations, compliance requirements and related management strategies. It presents an integrated approach, analysing the many sources of pollution, describing best practices for minimising contamination, responding to accidents and exploring legal ramifications throughout the maritime and offshore sectors.

This 12-month distance learning programme will give you the expertise required to conduct thorough investigations which could promote improved safety and be of value to yourself, your employer and the maritime industry as a whole. It's an essential course for anyone involved in marine casualty investigation and analysis, communicating lessons to be learnt and minimising future risk.

Thorough and practical insight into the specialist requirements for purchasing in the shipping sector. Study the strategic and operational side of purchasing, procurement and supply of goods and services

Whether you are planning a move from a ship to a shore-based role, or need to refresh your existing knowledge and skills, the 12-month online Diploma in Ship Superintendency will provide the springboard for your successful career in ship superintendence. Developing the knowledge, understanding and proficiency essential for effective technical and marine superintendents.

The ship sale and purchase market is cyclical, and at times volatile. Trading conditions for ship sale and purchase, whether generally or for ships in specific sectors, can change quickly in response to global economic conditions. Where a market trend occurs in the time between signing a contract and completing the sale, one party or the other will have a commercial interest in escaping from the contract.

The course will introduce the fundamental of the biochemistry of fish and shellfish muscles. Composition of fish and shellfish muscles, character of muscles proteins, lipids, and heme proteins, extractives of fish and shellfish muscles, properties of seaweed and their utilization will be included. The relationship of the postmortem biochemical changes with the physical attributes of fish and shellfish muscles, physical and biochemical changes of muscle during storage and processing, and postmortem change effects on the quality of processed seafood....etc. will also covered in this course.