Master of Marine Management (MMM)

Dalhousie University

The Master of Marine Management is a professional and interdisciplinary degree program focusing on an applied research project and required classes in the marine and social sciences as well as a choice of electives from approved marine-related classes. The subject areas addressed include but are not limited to arctic environmental knowledge climate change adaptation coastal tourism community based co-management development of non-living resources ecolabelling and seafood certification ecosystem based management fisheries management indigenous knowledge systems integrated coastal zone management marine conservation marine law and policy marine protected areas marine spatial planning maritime enforcement maritime transport risk management ocean governance. Students are required to prepare a graduate research project with an emphasis on management and planning.The Master of Marine Management degree program is designed to start in September with a small class of students (approximately 20-25 each year) that take a combination of required core courses and elective courses at the graduate level (course credit). The MMM does not allow for winter term (January) or summer term (May) admission.The MMM degree program begins in September of each year and runs for a duration of 16 continuous months for full-time students.

Faculty of Science