SeaMester Unique Maritime edu program for university students

Phuket: SeaMester, a unique maritime educational program for university students

Source: Phuket Gazette — last modified Feb 11, 2014

With a crew of 26 university students, most who had never been aboard a yacht, the 112-foot schooner Argo sailed out of Yacht Haven Marina mid-January 2014, set on a course for adventure and education on the high seas.

Published: 2014-02-11 00:00:00

The Bangkok-built ship was launched in 2006 and was designed and commissioned to be the flagship for SeaMester, a unique maritime educational program for university students. Since her launch, Argo has circumnavigated the globe twice, and offered hundreds of SeaMester students the chance to cross oceans while furthering their educational and personal goals.

Along the way, the 26 students will learn seamanship skills, become certified PADI scuba divers and take classes in marine biology from the team of seven dedicated and professional crew members – not to mention the invaluable teamwork and life experience they will gain during their three months on-board. 

 

The University of South Florida (USF) serves as Sea|mester's School of Record and per this agreement, at the end of each voyage Sea|mester students receive an official transcript from USF for the academic classes taken aboard.

Using the principles of experiential education, Jim Stoll, Mike Meighan and Travis Yates developed SeaMester in 1998. “Life skills are more important than seamanship skills at SeaMester. We are doing our job well when our students take on the full responsibility of operating the vessel over the 90 days that they are on board.” 

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