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Course Description

Receive up to $3,500 in tuition support towards this course!

Seats in this course may be partially or fully covered by the StrongerBC future skills grant for eligible learners. Check your eligibility and apply here.

This is a course designed to provide ship’s officers and captains with the knowledge and skill required to: understand the basic design and construction of various types of vessels, perform basic stability calculations with emphasis on practical skills, extract data from hydrostatic tables and curves, perform calculations related to ship’s drafts, trim, list and initial stability. For further information on the Nautical programs offered at Camosun, see: our Nautical home page.

Transport Canada approved formula sheet is now available to SCS4 & 5 students at the time of the exams at Camosun College.

Please reach out with any questions:

peivastm@camosun.bc.ca or 250-370-4016

Notes

Textbooks

Please purchase prior to the course 

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Course Details
Section Title
Ship Construction and Stability (SCS-4)
Type
Discussion
Days
M, T, W, Th, F
Time
8:30AM to 4:00PM
Dates
Jan 05, 2026 to Mar 09, 2026
Schedule and Location
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Total Course Hours
270.0
Location
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $4,150.00 or $500.00 deposit
Instructors
Section Notes

This is a course designed to provide ship’s officers and captains with the knowledge and skill required to: understand the basic design and construction of various types of vessels; perform stability calculations with emphasis on practical skills; extract data from hydrostatic tables and curves, perform calculations related to ship’s drafts, trim, list and initial stability.

Pre-Requisites:

Grade 9 level of mathematics, algebra and geometry
Basic computer skills
Camosun’s Math 058 course recommended

Tuition support of up to $3,500 is available to eligible learners through the StrongerBC future skills grant while funding lasts.

Please reach out with any questions:

peivastm@camosun.bc.ca or 250-370-4016

A non-refundable, non-transferable $500 registration deposit is now an option for Nautical courses. The remaining tuition is due thirty (30) calendar days prior to the start date of the course. If the course is dropped the deposit will not be refunded or transferred.  

If a course is paid in full at the time of registration and dropped prior to one week before the start date a full refund is available. To drop a course paid in full please contact prosit@camosun.ca.

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We are especially grateful to live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen (Songhees, Kosapsum), Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia'new, T'Sou-ke, and WSÁNEĆ (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum) peoples. We acknowledge their welcome and graciousness to the students who seek knowledge here.

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