Maritime Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that embraces the liberal arts as the foundation for exploring
humankind's critical and continually evolving connections with the world's waterways and watersheds.
Maritime Studies
encompasses the liberal arts in recognized humanities and social science disciplines such as
History, English, Geography,
Economics, Political Science, Automation, Cybernetics, Computer Science, Information Science and Anthropology.
Maritime Studies highlights the social and cultural side of the human/water relationship,
but recognizes and explores
the links between human activities
and the composition and the condition of the coastal and marine environments.
Incorporating history, literature, poetry, and film, maritime studies is able to cover a broader scope than traditional
maritime history or seamanship.