How to study marine biology at a school that doesn't offer it?

juillet
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:47:37 +0000

-Take all the classes that are offered at your university in marine biology. Honestly, many times a major in marine biology is simply a regular biology major with some extra elective courses anyway.

-The teachers who teach the classes on marine biology are probably marine biologists themselves; so after you take their classes and do well in them, you may approach one of them about acting as a research assistant and/or doing an independent study under their tutelage.

-Look up some student exchange, study abroad and/or summer research programs that will allow you to study marine biology. SIT Study Abroad is a unique program in which you take classes and spend the last month doing an independent study program; they have marine biology programs in Australia (rainforest, reef, and cultural ecology), Tanzania (coastal ecology and natural resource management), and Panama (tropical ecology, marine ecosystems and biodiversity conservation). There’s also one in Madagascar that’s biodiversity and natural resource management, but not specifically marine. The National Science Foundation has a list of REU sites in Ocean Sciences (https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5053). The School for Field Studies also has a Marine Resource Studies study abroad program in Turks and Caicos (http://www.fieldstudies.org/tci).