UAS to offer marine transportation degree program

Students and mariners will soon be able to get formal marine transportation education without leaving the state. The University of Alaska Board of Regents last week approved a new marine transportation degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast.
Dale Miller taught marine transportation courses at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
For decades, UAS has offered classes and training to ferry workers, the Coast Guard, shipyard workers, sea pilots,