Master in Marine Sciences and Technology

Program Overview

The Master in Marine Sciences and Technology offers a comprehensive curriculum focusing on coastal management and oceanographic sciences. Through theoretical, practical, and research-based modules, the program prepares students to manage coastal zones, implement sustainable fisheries practices, and design protected marine area plans. The program concludes with a master's thesis on a specialization topic, enabling graduates to pursue careers in environmental management, teaching, and various marine-related fields.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master in Marine Sciences and Technology is a program designed to address the growing need for trained personnel in coastal management and oceanographic disciplines. It focuses on the basic applications occurring in coastal systems, presenting various oceanographic disciplines within the context of the ocean environment. The program then delves into a more applied study of the coastal environment through practical specializations. Specific objectives include: managing potentially contaminated coastal zones and implementing corrective and preventive measures; applying methodologies for sustainable fisheries management and assessing/correcting impacts of aquaculture; and designing management plans for protected marine areas, considering location and conservation objectives. Successful completion leads to a Master in Marine Sciences and Technology degree awarded by the enrolling university. The program duration varies from 9 to 24 months, depending on student commitment, requiring successful completion of all evaluations and the final project.

Outline:

The Master in Marine Sciences and Technology is structured into three parts:

Part 1: Oceanography and Marine Resources (40 credits):

This part provides theoretical, conceptual, and historical foundations of environmental issues, along with their organizational, social, and technological implementations. It aims to give students an overview of the environmental field through multidisciplinary topics. Modules include:

• Dynamic Earth (3 credits)
• Coastline and marine erosion (3 credits)
• Marine sediments and glacial influence on the sea (3 credits)
• Basic marine ecology (2 credits)
• Marine Organisms (3 credits)
• Marine Communities (3 credits)
• Sea water (3 credits)
• Water Circulation (3 credits)
• Sea Water Chemistry (3 credits)
• Fishery Exploitation (2 credits)
• Marine Crops (2 credits)
• Navigation and marine transport (2 credits)
• Mineral and Energy Resources (3 credits)
• Marine Pollution (3 credits)
• Other interactions between Man and sea (2 credits)

Part 2: Specialization (30 credits):

This part allows students to delve into specific environmental disciplines of professional and personal interest. It aims for maximum specialization, providing comprehensive and up-to-date training. Modules include:

• Management of water pollutants (5 credits)
• Technology in marine aquaculture: toward a sustainable aquaculture (5 credits)
• Fishery Management (5 credits)
• Management of natural marine protected areas (5 credits)
• Biological pollution management (5 credits)
• Business environmental management and audits (5 credits)
It only mentions that successful completion of all corresponding evaluations and the Final Project is required for graduation.

Teaching:

The program uses an integrative methodology combining knowledge and skills acquisition through integrative exercises and project practices. The duration is indicative, as the methodology integrates knowledge and skills acquisition through integrative exercises of knowledge acquisition and internalization of project practices. The teaching staff includes numerous professors from various universities and institutions, listed in the provided text. (See the extensive list of faculty names and affiliations in the original text).

Careers:

Potential career paths include teaching, working as a technical/adviser on marine themes, maintenance and operation of species nurseries, and aquaculture, among others.

Other:

The increasing importance of sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystems in national policies is highlighted, referencing numerous international agreements. The program notes a lack of training programs in national oceanographic disciplines, with most offered as postgraduate programs. The credit structure is based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), with one credit equivalent to 10-15 hours. However, this equivalence may vary depending on the university of enrollment. FUNIBER Training Scholarships are available.