Maritime Operations Management (Nautical Science) - BSC Hons Degree - Topup

The BSc Maritime Operations Management offers you two study options, a flexible blended approach or an on-site approach.  Prior to starting the course, you will need to decide on the most appropriate mode of study for you, your personal circumstances and work commitments.

Flexible blended approach – 28 weeks 

You will attend Fleetwood Nautical Campus for the first term where all learning and teaching sessions will be face-to-face with module specialists and your peers.   The subsequent two terms you will complete via remote learning.  You will not be expected to attend any further face-to-face sessions and your assessments will be submitted online.  In support of your dissertation you will have remote virtual supervision with term 3 concluding with your dissertation and presentation.  If you have returned to industry and for increased flexibility, the presentation element of your dissertation may be completed via video conferencing.

On-site approach – 28 weeks 

You will attend Fleetwood Nautical Campus for the full three terms of the programme.  In term one, alongside your peers on the blended approach, you will experience face-to-face learning and teaching with module specialists.  In term 2 you will experience the remote learning and teaching sessions with your peers whilst based in a physical work environment at FNC.  Your assessments will be submitted online. In support of your dissertation you will have face-to-face supervision with term 3 concluding with your dissertation and presentation. 

This programme will be delivered on a module basis and contain a variety of relevant topic areas that will stimulate your passion from employment within the maritime industry.  You will experience the mandatory modules alongside your peers from all three of the pathways.  The elective modules then provide clear opportunity for you to work with peers who share your Maritime specialism; Nautical Science, Marine Engineering, or Electro-Technical.  All modules will commence in term 1 with term 2 focusing on further independence in your studies and the submission of summative assessments.

Sessions are delivered through a variety of interactive methods appropriate to module content, technical requirements and your personal progression and development.  Whilst attending the campus, the programme will be delivered using a range of methods, including lecturers, tutor-led whole group discussions, student presentations, technical workshops, group work, group and individual research and seminars.  This will not only develop your future-focused technical skills but will also develop your graduate skills. You will have the opportunity throughout the programme to enhance your personal development with the aid of group work activity, presentations and feedback sessions.  You will also have access to the relevant simulator be it the bridge simulator or engine simulators during your elective modules.  The aim is to support your research activities in a work environment relevant to your role.

Your tutors will orient the learning and teaching activities towards industry-specific examples and you will have the opportunity to engage with relevant contemporary research.  The pathway-specific modules will give you subject-specific detail to support chosen career path, further embedding the development of technical skills.  You will be allocated a supervisor for your dissertation and together you will develop work-based research in your chosen field, promoting independent learning and self-reliance.

For flexible blended students, term two learning and teaching activities will move online for the remainder of your taught modules before supervision is offered, allowing students to complete the dissertation enabling you to study at your own pace in line with work requirements. You will have a plethora of opportunities to collaborate with your on-site learning peers to further explore concepts and ideas via the video conferencing and online learning platforms.  Virtual learning sessions may also be recorded to allow consolidation of ideas and for you to identify further opportunities for collaboration or research. You will always have open access to our electronic online learning and teaching resources.

For full on-site delivery, taught modules will continue to be supported by physical presence and dissertation supervision meetings will be undertaken face-to-face, where appropriate.  You will always have open access to our electronic online learning and teaching resources and our Learning Resource Centres.