This combination program enables motivated students to receive their Bachelor of Science in Maritime Business Administration (MBAU) undergraduate degree and a Master of Maritime Business Administration and Logistics (MBAA) graduate degree in five years.
This program allows Maritime Business Administration (MBAU) majors to enter the graduate program for a Master of Maritime Business Administration and Logistics at the beginning of their senior year.
Students admitted to the 5-year combined degree program will have completed coursework required to receive a bachelor's degree. These courses must include the specific prerequisites for a Bachelor of Science degree in Maritime Business Administration, as well as the required Texas A&M University core curriculum courses.
Maritime Business Administration majors who have at least a 3.00 GPA and who have taken all of their prerequisite courses and otherwise completed 60 hours by the spring of their third year will be eligible to apply for the 5-year combined program during their junior year. Applicants interested in the 5-year program should contact the MARA Chair of Graduate Studies and also consult the MARA website. The 5-year combined degree applicants will be judged competitively by the same admission criteria as for other MBAA applicants.
Students will be required to complete graduate hours that include core courses in economics, management, operations and logistics. The electives will be chosen according to the interest of the student in consultation with an academic adviser.
All undergraduate courses are offered on the Galveston Campus. Graduate level courses may be offered as traditional format courses on the Galveston Campus or via asynchronous distance education technology.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics 1 | 3 |
| MARA 205 | Introduction to Ships and Shipping 1,2 | 3 |
| MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ECON 203 | Principles of Economics 1 | 3 |
| ISTM 210 | Fundamentals of Information Systems 1 | 3 |
| MARA 212 | Business Law 1 | 3 |
| MATH 142 | Business Calculus 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ACCT 229 | Introductory Accounting 1 | 3 |
| BUSN 203 | Statistical Methods for Business 1 | 3 |
| POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ACCT 230 | Introductory Accounting 1 | 3 |
| POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| MARA 301 | Ocean Transportation 1 | 3 |
| MARA 363 | Project Management 1 | 3 |
| MGMT 311 | Legal and Social Environment of Business 1 | 3 |
| 1,6 | 3 |
| 1,6 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| MARA 304 | Marine Insurance 1 | 3 |
| MARA 416 | Port Operations, Administration and Economics 1,7 | 3 |
| MARA 440 | Global Economy and Enterprise Management 1,7,8 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 1,6 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| MARA 373 | Principles of Management 1,9 | 3 |
| MARA 421 | Admiralty Law 1,10 | 3 |
| MARA 625 | Maritime Law and Policy | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 1,6 | 3 |
| 11 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring |
|---|
| MARA 623 | Maritime Economics Theory and Applications 12 | 3 |
| MARA 641 | Maritime Financial Management 12 | 3 |
| 1,6 | 3 |
| 1,6 | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fifth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| MARA 612 | Maritime Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MARA 627 | Maritime Marketing Services | 3 |
| 11 | 3 |
| 11 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
|---|
| MARA 466 | Strategic Management 1,10 | 3 |
| MARA 610 | Maritime Strategic Management | 3 |
| MARA 664 | Maritime Operations Management | 3 |
| 11 | 3 |
| 11 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 150 |
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS 156
All electives must be chosen in consultation with, and approved by, the student's academic advisor. Unless courses are specifically listed, see University Core Curriculum for a listing of course options for Communication; Mathematics; Life and Physical Sciences; Language, Philosophy and Culture; Creative Arts; American History; Government and Political Sciences; and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
The total hours may be increased if the student is required to take remedial math, remedial English, or foreign language courses.
To earn the economics minor, the student's elective hours must include ECON 311, ECON 323, and ECON 452. For additional requirements of the economics minor, please see the Economics - Minor.
