GMI 117 - Introduction to Marine Engineering and Ethics

Course Objectives

1. To define the duties and responsibilities of the marine engineer.
2. To give general information on ships, engine rooms and marine engine types and auxiliaries.
3. To form the base upon which future engineering classes will build.
4. To teach the importance of individual freedom universal dimensions of ethic.
5. To teach the universal ethical principles, values and leadership.

Course Description

Merchant ships and classification. Authorizations, duties and responsibilities of the marine engineer. Classification of marine engines. Steam boilers. Steam turbines. Gas turbines. Diesel engines. Marine auxiliary machineries. Deck machinery. The philosophical foundations of ethic. Engineering and society-human relationship. Examples of ethical rules. Leadership.