C O U R S E S

Image of a wave by Steven Businger.

The Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering offers a graduate program that includes a core program, an option-area program, electives, and a dissertation, thesis or independent project. The 15-credit core program covers (Each course 3 credits). Below is listed detailed information of the courses. See also brief description in the UH Manoa online course catalog. Sometimes there is a temporarily mismatch between the UH Catalog and currently offered ORE courses (below those courses are labeled with ' * '). Before course registration, please, check if any updates to the syllabus have been done.

The students select a 9-credit option-area program in coastal engineering, ocean resources engineering, or offshore engineering.

For coastal engineering, students take:

For offshore engineering:

For ocean resources engineering:

In addition, all students must take the 1-credit ORE 792 Seminar by attending 15 seminars that are related to ocean and resources engineering. Although the University of Hawaii Graduate Division requires a minimum of 30 credits for graduation, most students take more than the required minimum, averaging around 33 credits.

Students are encouraged to take courses in other option areas as electives. In addition, the Department offers the following electives:

Other departments offer a number of courses relevant to ocean and resources engineering. These courses are approved on an individual basis as electives by the academic advisor.

Coursework Requirements

The Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering offers a graduate program and relies on the students' undergraduate education to fulfill the pre-program requirements that include

  1. a general education component including economics, management, and humanities;
  2. one year of college level mathematics and basic science; and
  3. one and one-half years of basic engineering science and design.

Students with undergraduate engineering degrees normally satisfy these requirements and can directly proceed to the graduate-level Ocean and Resources Engineering program. Students with undergraduate degrees in mathematics and science will be required to make up deficiencies in basic engineering courses including

and at least five elective courses in the following subjects depending on the student's intended option area in the Department:

VisIt the UH Manoa online course catalog for descriptions of the courses.

[ Top of Page ]