2007-03-06 02:52:41 · 3 answers · asked by cool_vai 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Nautical Science is the study of operating a vessel at sea, including topics such as navigation, ship stability and handling, propulsion, and meteorology.
Marine Engineering can refer to:
a) the design of ship's propulsion & auxiliary systems, or
b) the operation of ship's machinery at sea.
Onboard a ship, typically the crew is roughly divided into "deck" specialties and "engineering" specialties. As a broad generalization the deck crew handles navigating the ship and most cargo operations while the engineering crew keeps the vessel's machinery running.
Thus nautical science, at least in the referenced curriculum, combines "deck" issues with "engineering" issues. You might also check out the US merchant marine academy or various state merchant marine academies (NY, TX etc), which would also offer both focal areas.
Marine engineering would reduce the scope to ship's machinery (& possibly design) topics, but increase the depth of the study. Merchant marine academies would typically offer "marine engineering" operations topics, whereas naval architecture programs (Webb Institute, U of Mich, UNO etc) usually offer "marine engineering" deisgn topics.
Outside the USA, the terms can vary further. Naval engineering, marine science etc. Even within the US the usage is not always consistent.
2007-03-06 07:18:01 · answer #1 · answered by tnafkaj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marine Engineering Wikipedia
2016-12-10 17:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by malave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like the difference between a chemist and a chemical engineer. One deals with implementation and one deals with theory and concept.
2007-03-06 02:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by blastedsand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋