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KMI International Journal of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Korea Maritime Institute

KMI Int. J. Marit. Aff. Fish. 2015; 7(1):59-68

pISSN: 2005-9795

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54007/ijmaf.2015.7.1.59

Article

The Effect of Ship Familiarization Program on Education Satisfaction and Career Awareness of Maritime University Students

Shwa Young Kim*
*corresponding author, Mokpo Maritime University 11 Haeyangdaehak-Ro, Mokpo-City, Jeollanamdo(R.O.Korea) +82 61 240 7195 hwayoung@mmu.ac.kr

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Published Online: Jun 30, 2015

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to find out factors that influence positively to satisfaction of education and career awareness of maritime university students. Especially, Mokpo Maritime University has been carrying out a ship familiarization using two training ships since 2006 and students join the program from freshmen. In this paper, we set three hypotheses and made a questionnaire including variables for verification through literature study and interview with experts. We carried out a survey to students of Mokpo Maritime University who participated in SFP(Ship Familiarization Program) in 2014. Also we analyzed data by statistical method. As a result, we extracted 18 questions and categorized 5 factors that administration, contents, instructors, facilities, and education effects of SFP. We found out the relationship between factors for students’ education satisfaction and career awareness such as onboard training at junior, job recruiting. We found out the key factors that facilities and education effects of SFP that is a influence on satisfaction of education and plans after graduation by statistical analysis.

Keywords: ship familiarization program; education satisfaction; career awareness