OCEAN SCIENCES MASTERS DEGREE

(The following information is intended for students currently enrolled in the Ocean Sciences Masters Program and is subject to change.  Please contact your Sponsor and/or Advising Committee member with questions.)

Degree requirements
Masters Reading Committee

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Degree requirements, as reviewed and approved by the Graduate Council (on 6/8/00),  pertaining to all applicants for a Masters degree ...  may be reviewed at the Graduate Handbook on the Graduate Division website.

Course Requirements for the Ocean Sciences Masters Degree

Note: Application for the Masters Degree and other forms are found with instructions on the Graduate Divisions website:
http://www.graddiv.ucsc.edu/

To introduce students to the breadth and depth of the field of Ocean Sciences,
students will be required to complete the following:

1. Complete three of the four Core Courses (one of which must be OCEA 200 – Physical Oceanography). 
   Students are expected to complete all three of these courses in the first year of the program and they should be taken in the order listed below.  All four core courses are recommended.  If taken, the fourth course counts as an elective.
   

   Fall Quarter	OCEA 200 -	Physical Oceanography
   	OCEA 280 -	Marine Geology
   Winter Quarter	OCEA 220 -	Chemical Oceanography
   Spring Quarter	OCEA 230 -	Biological Oceanography

2. A minimum of three graduate level or upper division Elective Courses to provide depth in the chosen area of emphasis.  These courses are chosen in consultation with advisor and department graduate advising committee
   (only two of these can be a graduate seminar [OCEA 290]– at least one must be lecture course).
3. A minimum of three courses in Thesis Research (OCEA 299) under direction of sponsor.  Each quarter a student should take 15 units of classes.  Students beyond their first year will usually take 10 or 15 units of Thesis Research each quarter.
4. OCEA 296 – Teaching in Ocean Sciences -- taken prior or concurrent to being a teaching assistant.
5. Teaching Experience – satisfied by one quarter of teaching assistant experience.
6. Attendance at the Ocean Sciences Seminar Series (OCEA 292) each quarter of enrollment.
7. Complete a Master’s Thesis and present it at an open seminar.

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OCEAN SCIENCES MASTERS READING COMMITTEE

You need to fill out a Master's Thesis Reading Committee Form that can be found at:

http://www.graddiv.ucsc.edu/formsdownloads.html

It has instructions about the make-up of the committee.

Please Note:

The Master's Thesis Reading Committee Form needs to be submitted prior to the Petition to Graduate Form ... usually in the first year of study. The Committee form must list the title and institution of all committee members. The department must also have contact information for all the committee members including mailing address, email, phone and fax. It is the student's responsibility to be sure that the correct information is submitted to the department.

The Masters Thesis Reading Committee usually consists of three readers. The Chair of the Committee is usually the student's sponsor. Usually at least one of the exam committee members must be a core member of the Ocean Sciences Department. Non-Senate readers (UCSC researchers and faculty and researchers outside the UC system) must submit their CV for department and Graduate Dean review. After the department (Diana) reviews the form, it is submitted to the Dean of Graduate Studies for approval.