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BS IN
MARINE
SCIENCE
The Corning School offers majors leading
to the Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology and in Marine
Science. The first year of Marine
Biology and Marine Science are similar, allowing students to switch
between the majors and to complete necessary foundation courses in
the sciences. Students in both programs can complete minors (see the College Catalog for a
list of minors and requirements) as part of the normal degree
program ,
and can
qualify for the Secondary
Science Teaching Option. Marine Science majors can also elect a
concentration in Marine Biology.
Marine Science encompasses the
biology, chemistry, geology, and physics of the ocean
environment. To learn one requires knowledge of the
others, and of their interactions. Marine Science graduates
are truly "interdisciplinary". Their broad training in the
sciences leads to careers as scientists, teachers, marine and laboratory
technicians, and more. The interdisciplinary Marine Science
perspective affords many career and advanced study options.
Marine Science majors learn by
doing. Labs put classroom ideas into practice. Research
cruises to nearby waters require learning to operate a great variety of
modern oceanographic equipment. Cruise data and field samples
are studied in class. By spring of their junior year,
Marine Science majors acquire the skills to design
individualized, two-semester research projects.
Is Marine Science right for
you? Click here for an outline of the Marine
Science Curriculum.
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