Hi all, I here to provide some insights about this course since it is relatively new and there is lack of information on it.
Firstly, there are two courses for Maritime Studies, one is the "normal" course while the other with biz major. The difference btwn the course is obviously the modules taken. For the "normal" one, you'll be taking basic maritime modules with some minor business modules. Whereas for biz major, it would be basic maritime modules + biz modules which are taken by NBS (business) students which can make it rather challenging and competitive. If you are discipline enough and want a wider range of job opportunities in the future, MSB would be good for you. If you prefer a lighter workload, then take MS.
In the 3rd year of this course, you'll be heading to Norway, Oslo to attend a semster of study there. Sounds pretty fun huh? But, you'll need to fork out money for the expenses, such as air tickets, accomodation, books, food blabla.. which can come up to 8000$ so do get ready to start saving:x According to seniors, study hours in rather short over there as compared to NTU, which means working part time is feasible and can help cover some expenses.
The number of students per cohort is rather small (50-80approx.) as compared to the other courses which can have up to 300 students. So, it is very easy to find and make friends even if you did not attend any camps. (even if you did, you may not find any MS people in the camps since the cohort is small) That being said, this course can be rather competitive since you cant really moderate much with small groups and some modules do not have moderation.
Overall this course is really interesting as there are a lot of issues that many do not know unless they are in the industry itself. This includes how ships operates, procedures, law, conventions and so on. This course is more of a business course imo as there is not much or rather no technical work so this might clear up some of your doubt as to whether is this an engineering course. For those of you who do have some interest or do not know what course to pursue you may want to consider this course.
The marine industry is always needing people so finding a job in this industry is not difficult
Firstly, there are two courses for Maritime Studies, one is the "normal" course while the other with biz major. The difference btwn the course is obviously the modules taken. For the "normal" one, you'll be taking basic maritime modules with some minor business modules. Whereas for biz major, it would be basic maritime modules + biz modules which are taken by NBS (business) students which can make it rather challenging and competitive. If you are discipline enough and want a wider range of job opportunities in the future, MSB would be good for you. If you prefer a lighter workload, then take MS.
In the 3rd year of this course, you'll be heading to Norway, Oslo to attend a semster of study there. Sounds pretty fun huh? But, you'll need to fork out money for the expenses, such as air tickets, accomodation, books, food blabla.. which can come up to 8000$ so do get ready to start saving:x According to seniors, study hours in rather short over there as compared to NTU, which means working part time is feasible and can help cover some expenses.
The number of students per cohort is rather small (50-80approx.) as compared to the other courses which can have up to 300 students. So, it is very easy to find and make friends even if you did not attend any camps. (even if you did, you may not find any MS people in the camps since the cohort is small) That being said, this course can be rather competitive since you cant really moderate much with small groups and some modules do not have moderation.
Overall this course is really interesting as there are a lot of issues that many do not know unless they are in the industry itself. This includes how ships operates, procedures, law, conventions and so on. This course is more of a business course imo as there is not much or rather no technical work so this might clear up some of your doubt as to whether is this an engineering course. For those of you who do have some interest or do not know what course to pursue you may want to consider this course.
The marine industry is always needing people so finding a job in this industry is not difficult