All students in the College of Maritime Sciences, as an integral part
of their professional training, participate in a cooperative educational programme at sea
during the third year. Students are placed aboard Training Ship for one year.
The shipboard training programme provides students with the opportunity
to utilise a ship as a seagoing laboratory. Students are given a study guidance, and in
addition to performing shipboard duties, are required to complete written assignments
which they submit to the designated training representative for evaluation and grading.
The assignments are carefully designed to ensure that students, while aboard ship, apply
the knowledge and skills learned in the University classrooms and acquire a firm
foundation for advanced study when they return to campus. In addition to written
assignments, all students take written examinations at the end of sea training period.
Table 5 Particulars of Training Ships
T/S HANNARA
T/S HANBADA
Gross Tonnage
L.O.A.
Year of Built
Main Engine
Sea Speed
Complement
3,738 tons
102.70 m
March 1993
B&W 6L35MC, 3,400 BHP
15.25 knots
202 persons(152 cadets)
3,492 tons
99.80 m
August 1975
6UET 45/75C, 3,800 BHP
15.0 knots
228 persons(174 cadets)
Aboard ship, maritime transportation science and the navigation course
of maritime police science majors are assigned to the vessel's Deck Department, and marine
engineering major and the marine engineering course of maritime police science majors to
the Engine Department. Shipboard assignments concentrate on subject matter appropriate to
the student's specialty. Furtheremore, during the shipboard training period, deck and
engineering majors are required to complete an assignment in the opposite department to
enhance their basic familiarity with all aspects of ship operations.
Ship's Officer licence major spends half of their time at sea in each
department, and their study programme is designed to ensure intensive experience in both
specialties. The shipboard training programme for Ship's Officer majors provides
cross-training above and below deck.
Integral to a College education are the shipboard training term during
the third year where students get both technical and leadership experience on the
college's 2 training ships - HANBADA and
