Program Overview

Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (Graduate Certificate)

About this Program

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers a non-degree graduate level certificate program in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. This program provides practicing engineers with the opportunity to further their knowledge and become more competent in the fields of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Program Highlights

• The certificate program offers two tracks: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Credits earned in this program will be transferable to the Master's degree program in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

AT A GLANCE

• Degree Level: Graduate
• Degree Earned: Certificate
• Delivery Modes: On-Campus

Featured Courses

• MAE 511: Mechanical Engineering Power Systems Theory and Design
  • Thermodynamic properties of gases and vapors relating to power generating devices, work-energy relations, combustion, and heat exchangers.
  • Performance analyses and design concepts of gas turbines, internal combustion engines, steam power plants, and heat exchanger equipment from theoretical and applied viewpoints.
  • Prerequisites: MAE 312 and MAE 315.
• MAE 512: Environmental Control
  • Engineering principles as applied to the analysis and design of systems for automatically controlling man or machine environments.
  • Fundamentals of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, cryogenics, and design of building energy systems.
  • Prerequisites: MAE 312 and MAE 315.

Careers

• Military Officer Special and Tactical Operations Leaders, All Other
• Marine Engineers
  • Median Salary: $96,910
  • Design, develop, and take responsibility for the installation of ship machinery and related equipment, including propulsion machines and power supply systems.
• Marine Architects
  • Median Salary: $96,910
  • Design and oversee construction and repair of marine craft and floating structures, such as ships, barges, tugs, dredges, submarines, torpedoes, floats, and buoys.
• Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
  • Median Salary: $96,910
  • Design, develop, and evaluate the operation of marine vessels, ship machinery, and related equipment, such as power supply and propulsion systems.

Requirements

• Students entering the Certificate program in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering should meet the minimum university admission requirements for Graduate Admission.
• Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, or a related field.

Cost of Attendance

• Virginia Resident: Cost Per-Credit $486
• Technology Delivered Courses Outside Virginia and/or the United States: Cost Per-Credit $649
• Non-Resident: Cost Per-Credit $1,334.50

Ways to Fund Your Degree

• Scholarships
• Assistantships
• Student loans