Our suite of USCG-approved courses offers an alternative to taking time off, driving to a classroom, and sitting in a class with an instructor. These courses are structured for those pursuing a professional career in commercial boating operations and recreational boaters wishing to increase their knowledge.
Once you complete our online course, you will test online at home for our exam.
The 25/50 or 100-Ton Master's costs $895. You will receive one year's access to our award-winning Internet-based narrated lecture and interactive learning system.
Additionally, you will be shipped a training chart and an Official Test Packet for your original attempt at the Chart Plotting final exam in a blue MLS Carrying Bag.
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👀 NOTE: There is NO additional fee for our final proctored exam!
You have one year to complete our course and pass our final exam online. The Master's is designed as an 81-hour online course. Due to its self-paced nature, the average student takes around 50 to 55 hours to complete it.
We have had students finish in as little as three days, three weeks, three months, or up to a year. It is done at your own pace at your own time.
The Master's program includes five main course subjects: Rules of the Road, Deck General and Safety, Navigation General, Piloting Navigation (Chart Plotting), and the OUPV Upgrade to Master's.
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