Program Requirements

The Marine Technology major at NMC prepares students to meet the needs of the global marine industry. Graduates will be in high demand for global employment opportunities in extremely diverse and fast-growing industries. This four-year bachelor’s program builds on NMC’s Marine Technology concentration of the Engineering Technology program. Technical training will occur at numerous campus labs, NMC’s Great Lakes campus harbor and aboard research vessels operating throughout the Great Lakes. Program emphasis is focused on project management, technical competencies and hands-on learning with students having direct access to remotely operated vehicles, multiple SONAR platforms, marine instrumentation and marine data processing software. Instruction will be provided by highly trained instructors with experience in the industry.

NOTE: The information below applies to the 2023–24 academic year. Information about the current 2022–23 academic year is available here.

General Education Requirements
Course	Title	Credits
ENG 111	English Composition	4
ENG 220	Technical Writing	3
Group I Humanities
MTH 121	College Algebra	4
MTH 122	Trigonometry	3
MTH 131	Intro to Prob & Stats	3
PHY 121	General Physics I	4
PHY 121L	General Physics I Lab	0
ECO 202	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEO 115	Introduction to GIS	3

Marine Technology Requirements
Course	Title	Credits
DD 170	CADD/Computer Modeling	4
EET 103	Electrical Studies I	3
EET 204	Electrical Studies II	3
EET 304	Marine Electronics	3
ENV 117	Meteorology & Climatology	4
ENV 117L	Meteorology & Climatology Lab	0
ENV 131	Oceanography	4
ENV 131L	Oceanography Lab	0
MFG 104	Fluid Power	3
RAM 155	Microcontroller Programming	3
RAM 205	Microcontroller Systems	3
SVR 111*	Intro to Field Surveying
UAS 121	UAS Applications in Surveying	3
WSI 106*	Intro to Water Quality
WSI 200	GL Research Technologies	3
WSI 210	Underwater Acoustics and Sonar	3
WSI 215	Marine GIS & Data Processing	3
WSI 240	ROV Systems and Operations	3
WSI 300	Remote Sensing and Sensors	3
WSI 310	Sonar Systems and Operations	4
WSI 315	Advanced Marine Survey & Data	3
WSI 390	Marine Tech Internship	2-4
WSI 400	Marine Technology Capstone	4
WSI 405	Marine Industry	3
WSI 433	Marine Project Management	3
WSI 440	Advanced Marine Platforms	3

Electives
Course	Title	Credits
MTH 141	Calculus I	5
PHY 122	General Physics II	4
PHY 122L	General Physics II Lab	0
EET 260	System Engineering in Practice	3
ENV 111	Physical Geology
ENV 111L	Physical Geology Lab
MFG 304	Marine Hydraulics	3
RAM 255	Microcontroller Automation	3
WSI 110*	OSHA HAZWOPER 40 hour
WSI 150*	Site Assessment & Remediation
WSI 230	Water Policy & Sustainability	3
WSI 250*	Aquifer Monitoring & Sampling
SVR 112*	Intro to Surveying Data Use
SVR 120	CAD for Surveying	4
UAS 141	Remote Pilot Flight	3
WPT 111	Welding Theory I	3
WPT 112	Welding Lab I	4
CIT 110	Programming Logic and Design	3
CIT 135	Introduction to Programming Using Python	3
CIT 190	JavaScript Programming	3