Variant of CIP 2011 - Primary groupings

Variant of CIP 2011 - Primary groupings
Abbreviations, acronyms and superscripts

14.2401 - Ocean engineering

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems to monitor, control, manipulate and operate within coastal or ocean environments, such as underwater platforms, flood control systems, dikes, hydroelectric power systems, tide and current control and warning systems, and communications equipment; the planning and design of total systems for working and functioning in water or underwater environments; and the analysis of related engineering problems such as the action of water properties and behaviour on physical systems and people, tidal forces, current movements, and wave motion.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • ocean engineering

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biological oceanography(26.1302)
    • hydrological engineering(14.0802)
    • hydrology(40.0605)
    • marine resources management(03.0205)
    • physical oceanography(40.0607)
    • water resources engineering(14.0805)
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