The certificate program in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering is designed to give undergraduates the opportunity to document their educational achievement at the interface of engineering and marine science. The program will be open to all UGA undergraduate students.
The program is interdisciplinary and focused on the use of engineering principles in the marine environment rather than by the topic of study (e.g., physical oceanography, marine biology, chemical oceanography or marine geology). The program has two tracks: (1) Marine Instrumentation – emphasizes the design of operational and research instruments for use in the marine environment; and (2) Coastal and Near-shore Modeling - seeks to understand and predict coastal and near–shore processes that impact both natural and artificial coastal systems.
Students successfully completing the requirements for this certificate are expected to have a fundamental understanding of marine and engineering systems; the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue graduate work or employment in marine sciences, marine instrumentation, or marine engineering depending on their undergraduate major; and the knowledge and motivation to continue lifelong learning in marine engineering.