Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering academic programs
The Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering Program is designed both to provide graduates for the traditional role in shipbuilding and to provide for highly qualified professionals who can work in related ocean industries such as marine services, offshore engineering, submersibles and other advanced marine vehicles. The undergraduate program is also a thorough preparation for graduate studies, research and consulting in ocean engineering.
Specialization in a chosen discipline begins in the third term of engineering studies. In addition to general courses in applied sciences, expanding what was learned in the first two terms, students are introduced to the discipline of ocean and naval architectural engineering in greater detail.
As with other engineering disciplines, ocean and naval architectural engineering students alternate semesters between academic terms and work terms. Terms 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduce you to basic topics such as hydrostatics, marine production management, resistance and propulsion, ocean structures, and marine engineering systems. All subjects incorporate computer-aided design and analysis methods and introduce various specialized ocean and naval architectural engineering design software.
In Term 7, the program is almost entirely oriented towards vessel and floating structures design, with courses in dynamics and hydroelasticity of ships and other ocean structures, structural design, and marine hydrodynamics. Ocean Systems Design is a course in which students are responsible for completing a preliminary design of a vessel of their choice.
In the final semester, Term 8 students complete a substantial design project. This could be a concept design for a vessel or floating structure, an experimental design study incorporating tests in the towing tank, or a research study of a novel design in ocean engineering.
The Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering Program also offers courses with Distance Education and Learning Technologies
Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering Program Organizational Chart
| Fall | Winter | Spring | |
| Year 1 | Engineering One * | ||
| Year 2 | Term 3 | Work Term | Term 4 |
| Year 3 | Work Term | Term 5 | Work Term |
| Year 4 | Term 6 | Work Term | Term 7 |
| Year 5 | Work Term | Term 8 | - |