Maritime Administration - 5-Year Bachelor of Science/Master of Maritime Administration and Logistics
This program allows Maritime Administration (MARA) majors to enter the graduate program for a Master of Maritime Administration and Logistics at the beginning of their senior year, enabling students to receive their MARA undergraduate degree (B.S.) and a Master of Maritime Administration and Logistics (MMAL) graduate degree in five years.
Students admitted to the 5-year degree program will have completed 92 of the 120 hours of course work required to receive a bachelor's degree. These courses must include the specific prerequisites for a Bachelor of Science degree in Maritime Administration, as well as the required Texas A&M University core curriculum courses.
Maritime Administration majors who have at least a 3.00 GPA and who have taken all of their prerequisite courses and otherwise completed 92 hours by the fall of their fourth year will be eligible to apply for the 5-year program during their junior year. Applicants to the 5-year program will submit the same materials (including GMAT scores) as other MMAL applicants, and those whose records are judged to be competitive by the mid-January deadline will be admitted. Admission criteria will be the same as for other MMAL students.
Students who choose not to finish the MMAL degree after being admitted to the 5-year program may exit the program at any time. Completed MMAL courses will be applied to their bachelor's degree in Maritime Administration, as appropriate. Failure to complete the MMAL program will in no way impede their ability to attain a bachelor's degree in Maritime Administration when the requirements for that degree are completed. Those who pursue the joint program will receive both degrees upon completion of the entire 5-year program. Students will not graduate with a bachelor's degree in year four, but rather will earn both their Bachelor of Science and Master of Maritime Administration and Logistics at the end of year five.
Admitted students will be enrolled in Maritime Administration and Logistics graduate courses with an undergraduate classification (U4) during the fall of their fourth year and will be re-classified as degree seeking master's students (G7) upon completing 107 credit hours. This will normally occur at the beginning of the spring semester of year four. Students will take 9 fewer undergraduate credit hours. Graduate courses taken in the fifth year program will be counted double, as credit towards their MMAL degree and as substitutes for MARA and free electives required for the bachelor's degree.
Students will be required to complete 36 graduate hours. The graduate hours will include 7 core courses (21 credits) in economics, management, operations and logistics with 15 credit hours of electives. The electives will be chosen according to the interest of the student in either the Maritime Policy and Law track or the Shipping and Port Management track. Students will also take 21 hours of undergraduate level MARA electives that must include MARA 416 in order to satisfy the TAMU intensive writing requirement.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
| MARA 205 | Introduction to Ships and Shipping 1,2 | 3 |
| MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 4,6 | 3 |
| POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
| American history | 3 | |
| Communication | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics 1,4 | 3 |
| MARA 250 | Management Information Systems 1,5 | 2 |
| MATH 142 | Business Calculus 4,7 | 3 |
| Communication | 3 | |
| Life and physical sciences 3 | 4 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 229 | Introductory Accounting 1,4 | 3 |
| ECON 203 | Principles of Economics 1,4 | 3 |
| MARA 281 | Seminar in Undergraduate Research Methods 1 | 1 |
| MGMT 211 | Legal and Social Environment of Business 1,5 | 3 |
| Life and physical sciences 3 | 5 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 230 | Introductory Accounting 1,5 | 3 |
| MARA 212 | Business Law 1 | 3 |
| POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| American history | 3 | |
| Language, philosophy and culture | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 60 | |
| 1 | Indicates required courses in the Maritime Administration major. These courses will be used to compute the major GPR. At the time of graduation, a MARA major must have a GPR of at least 2.25 in their major. A MARA major must achieve a grade of "C" or better in ACCT 229, ACCT 230, ECON 202, ECON 203 and SCMT 303 as a graduation requirement. These courses may be repeated as necessary to meet this requirement, and the requirement applies to courses taken at TAMUG or offered for transfer from other institutions. |
| 2 | Students must register for MARA 205 their first semester at Texas A&M University Galveston Campus. |
| 3 | Students may satisfy the 9-credit hours of Life and Physical Science requirement through any combination of one, three or four credit hour courses. |
| 4 | Students must satisfactorily complete ACCT 229, ECON 202, ECON 203, MATH 140 and MATH 142 prior to admission to upper-level BS-MARA. |
| 5 | Students must complete ACCT 230, MARA 250 and MGMT 211 during their first upper-level semester, unless satisfactorily completed prior to upper-level admission. |
| 6 | MATH 148, MATH 152, MATH 168 and MATH 172 will be accepted in lieu of MATH 140. |
| 7 | MATH 147, MATH 151 and MATH 171 will be accepted in lieu of MATH 142. |
| Third Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
| MARA 301 | Ocean Transportation I 1 | 3 |
| MARA 363 | The Management Process 1 | 3 |
| MARA 373 | Personnel Management 1,10 | 3 |
| MARA 421 | Admiralty Law 1 | 3 |
| SCMT 303 | Statistical Methods 1 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| MARA 304 | Ocean Transportation II 1 | 3 |
| MARA 416 | Port Operations, Administration and Economics 1,8 | 3 |
| MARA 440 | Global Economy and Enterprise Management 1,8,11 | 3 |
| MGMT 481 | Seminar in Management 1 | 1 |
| Creative arts | 3 | |
| MARA elective 1,13 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MARA 624 | Port Development and Intermodal Freight 12 | 3 |
| MARA 627 | Marketing of Maritime Services 12 | 3 |
| MARA electives 1,13 | 6 | |
| General elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| MARA 466 | Strategic Management 1,9 | 3 |
| MARA elective 1,13 | 9 | |
| General elective | 2 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Graduate Coursework | 36 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 36 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 96 | |
| Code | Title | Semester Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Coursework | ||
| MARA 610 | Maritime Strategic Management | 3 |
| MARA 623 | Maritime Economics Theory and Applications | 3 |
| MARA 624 | Port Development and Intermodal Freight 12 | 3 |
| MARA 627 | Marketing of Maritime Services 12 | 3 |
| MARA 636 | Maritime Managerial Decision Making | 3 |
| MARA 641 | Maritime Financial Management | 3 |
| MARA 664 | Maritime Production, Operations and Logistics Management | 3 |
| MMAL electives 14 | 15 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 36 | |
| 8 | Satisfies the intensive writing requirement. |
| 9 | Credit by examination given for MARA 466. |
| 10 | Satisfies the 3 credit hour Cultural Discourse (CD) requirement. |
| 11 | Satisfies the 3 credit hour International and Cultural Diversity (ICD) requirement. |
| 12 | Courses to be used to meet both Undergraduate and Graduate requirements. |
| 13 | Students are required to complete 18 credit hours of MARA electives. Students should choose from the following courses: ACCT 315, ACCT 316, ECON 311, ECON 323, ECON 452, ,MARA 342, MARA 401,MARA 402, MARA 416, MARA 424, MARA 435, MARA 450, MARA 470, MARA 475, MARA 484, MARA 485, MARA 489 MARA 491, MARA 493 and SCMT 336. |
| 14 | Choose 15 credit hours from the following graduate level MMAL elective courses: MARA 604, MARA 616, MARA 640, MARA 650,MARA 652, MARA 658, MARA 660, MARA 670, MARA 672, MARA 673, MARA 684, MARA 685, MARA 689, MARA 691. |
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 website: http://www.tamug.edu/academics/Minors.html.