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PROGRAM
The Ocean Sciences Department includes faculty
and students involved in oceanography and other marine sciences
and sponsors undergraduate and graduate courses in these disciplines.
Through faculty sponsors, students have access to a wide variety
of research facilities and equipment... [More]
Undergraduate
Programs: Although offering a range of undergraduate courses,
the Ocean Sciences Department presently offers only graduate degrees.
The undergraduate major in marine biology, sponsored by the Biological
Sciences Departments, includes required and elective courses in
ocean sciences, and there is an ocean sciences concentration in
Earth sciences for undergraduates. Students interested in ocean
sciences should major in a discipline such as biology, marine biology,
chemistry, Earth sciences, physics, or mathematics and take ocean
sciences-related electives. Students with a bachelor's degree in
one of these disciplines or equivalent course work may apply directly
for admission to the graduate program through the Division of Graduate
Studies.
We offer an Ocean Sciences Master of
Science degree which combines core courses and electives to provide depth and breadth
in ocean sciences with a focused thesis to provide experience in original
research... [More]
The doctoral program leading to the Ph.D. degree in ocean sciences is designed with a core training in oceanography, supplemented and
focused by advanced training in oceanography and in the traditional
disciplines... [More]
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