In this course students will study a broad and integrated knowledge and understanding of the scope of the maritime domain and its main areas and boundaries, appreciate the processes and institutional frameworks that are significant in the development of public maritime policy, demonstrate a critical understanding of a selection of concepts, principles and terminology associated with effective governance of the maritime domain, demonstrate knowledge and understanding that is detailed in some areas of specialisation infirmed by forefront developments, use a selection of the principal techniques and practices associated with some areas of specialization,practice routine methods of enquiry and research,operate in a professional environment that includes a degree of unpredictability and variation.