<![CDATA[Maritime vocational and higher-education institutions routinely advertise graduate career pathways into regulated maritime and logistics roles, yet whether their published curricula explicitly cultivate the regulatory, communication, and safety competencies those roles presuppose is rarely verified through direct document analysis rather than assumed from accreditation status alone. This study conducts a qualitative curriculum content analysis of a Bachelor's-level Maritime Transportation Management program's seven core courses and practicum structure, coding each against competency domains derived from the IMO STCW Convention and associated Model Course specifications, using a constructive-alignment curriculum-mapping approach applicable to any comparable maritime management program. The analysis finds strong alignment on regulatory and operational management competencies, direct alignment between the program's mandatory practicum and STCW's practical-training philosophy, but no dedicated course addressing Maritime English/communication competency or basic safety training, despite both appearing as explicit STCW-associated expectations for maritime-sector graduates generally. These gaps are consistent with, and offer a curriculum-level explanation for, independently reported cross-major curriculum-practice misalignment findings from the same institutional context. The study offers a replicable, low-cost curriculum audit method and a specific, actionable basis for curriculum revision ahead of upcoming accreditation review.]]>
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