BSc (Hons) Yachting
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Their first such course, about 5 years ago, was a degree in surfing !
Joe_Cole
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Their first such course, about 5 years ago, was a degree in surfing !
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The web or the sea? /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
........not that either option is more valid as a degree subject!
Their first such course, about 5 years ago, was a degree in surfing !
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The web or the sea? /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
........not that either option is more valid as a degree subject!
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The Sea. But there was/is a lot of science in the course I believe.
Phoenix of Hamble
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There always has been a great deal of sailing associated with Plymouth Uni....(as you would probably expect!)
I went there quite a few (OK a lot of) years ago, to study Electronic Engineering...
I joined the Offshore Yachting Club, as I'd never sailed a big boat, but had sailed dinghies since I was old enough to walk....
Imagine my suprise when I joined the OYC to find 2 boats, a virtually new Gibsea 44 and a She 36 that hardly ever got used!
That soon changed I can assure you!
The She 36 was a loan boat from a local owner who wanted her looked after and used regularly.... and as a coincidence, its for sale this month in the back of YM
I also had a lecturer who was a keen sailer.... we used to do field trials on radio systems in the middle of the sound, Newton Ferrers, Cawsand etc.... ah memories....
I went there quite a few (OK a lot of) years ago, to study Electronic Engineering...
I joined the Offshore Yachting Club, as I'd never sailed a big boat, but had sailed dinghies since I was old enough to walk....
Imagine my suprise when I joined the OYC to find 2 boats, a virtually new Gibsea 44 and a She 36 that hardly ever got used!
That soon changed I can assure you!
The She 36 was a loan boat from a local owner who wanted her looked after and used regularly.... and as a coincidence, its for sale this month in the back of YM
I also had a lecturer who was a keen sailer.... we used to do field trials on radio systems in the middle of the sound, Newton Ferrers, Cawsand etc.... ah memories....
aitchw
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I see nothinbg wrong in principle. The scope of the course would be the only determining factor when assessing it's value.
There is plenty of science applicable cutting across a number of specialist areas so no reason for it to be lighweight in any academic sense.
It has to be at least as valid as say Media Studies and many others and more so than many.
There is plenty of science applicable cutting across a number of specialist areas so no reason for it to be lighweight in any academic sense.
It has to be at least as valid as say Media Studies and many others and more so than many.
Phoenix of Hamble
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There has also been a very healthy BSc marine design degree running at Plymouth since at least the mid 80's that has a lot of water based activity.... it was, from what I understood, a pretty intense degree with students expected to have the skills to design a complete vessel, with proper engineering rigour by the end of 4 years....
No1_Moose
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Not such a walkover
You need AAB to get on with an A in Physics (maths also recommended). You get an MCA Level IV certificate at the end as well. It seems to me that most Superyacht skippers did a degree like this and it looks like a pretty good industry to get into. It must be fairly well respected (they do a merchant shipping one) as the likes of Cunard and the RN will sponser people to do it.
You need AAB to get on with an A in Physics (maths also recommended). You get an MCA Level IV certificate at the end as well. It seems to me that most Superyacht skippers did a degree like this and it looks like a pretty good industry to get into. It must be fairly well respected (they do a merchant shipping one) as the likes of Cunard and the RN will sponser people to do it.
Eccles
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Doesn't sound much different from the course I did over 15 years ago - Diploma in Yach & Boatyard Management, although this one sounds a bit more 'glamorous'.
A good way to attract people into the industry though - as long as they can find a job at the end of it!
A good way to attract people into the industry though - as long as they can find a job at the end of it!
Bergman
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Lets face it, its got to be more fun than electrical engineering
Jeremy_W
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There's already a school of Football Studies in the Economics Department of Liverpool University. As the only graduate of said school supports Spurs[!] we treat him with the contempt he deserves.
Phoenix of Hamble
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I take it that makes you a Liverpool fan..... won't mention the home of British sailing, Southampton then....... 2-Nil... 2-Nil... 2-Nil... 2-Niiilllllll la la la la
VicMallows
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Probably better paid too.
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doca
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Dr. Roy Keane (Man Utd.) was conferred with a doctorate for his exploits on the football pitch.