MSc/MA Professional Practice Maritime

This MSc Maritime course enables you to integrate your current qualifications, experience and study all while you work. Our adaptable approach allows you to tailor its contents around the needs of your present working role and study remotely if your wish to further your career in the maritime industry, whether that be in a seafaring or a shore based role. Those who will benefit most highly are seafarers seeking a qualification that will allow them to transfer into different industries.

As this is a distant learning course, your costs will be kept to a minimum. As contact with your course tutors is arranged via the phone or email, there is also no requirement for internet access. The Marine Society is responsible for all of the administration on your behalf making your work/study experience as seamless as possible and offering you more study time to reach your goal of a future maritime qualification.

Course highlights

• Flexible time frames mean you can complete the course in as little as eight months. This is perfect for those experiencing restrictive time frames or if you are eager to reach your goal.
• Distance Learning is a favourable option of study for those with family commitments and students with minimal study time outside of their working week.
• Choose to modify the course around your needs, choose when you wish to engage with your tutors and, all by your own preferred methods such as phone or email.  
• Our course reduces costs as there is no need for internet access, course materials or travel expenses. 
• The Marine Society provides financial support for UK domiciled students.

What will you study? In order to join this Masters course you will have held a Class 1 Certificate of Competency for three years or hold an equivalent qualification in a related subject and be currently working in the maritime sector.
If you have been working in a management role within the sector for five or more years but don’t hold a Class 1 Certificate of Competency, it may be possible to join by taking an additional Review of Learning module.

Professional Development
This element of the course is designed to introduce and develop the knowledge and skills required to engage in the work-based learning process. You will create a professional development plan and learning agreement that will serve as the focus of your studies, and that will be agreed between your employer and our Business School.

Practitioner Inquiry
Learn and experiment with methods of inquiry to inform your own work or professional practice. Activities will enable you to gain inquiry-related skills including critical analysis, evaluation and appraisal. These skills will help you to select, develop and apply appropriate methods of inquiry for your work-based projects.
Case scenarios may include the analysis of the context in which a certain project is being undertaken. This will include your role, position as worker/researcher and the ethical implications that arise from this.

Negotiated Work Based Learning Projects
Adopting and managing projects such as personnel and health and safety will allow you to improve or inform areas of your own, or fellow students work. 
The title of your qualification, MSc or MA in Professional Practice or Work Based Learning Studies will largely be determined by your choice of focus.