Curricular Groups

Applied Ocean Science

Applied Ocean Science is an interdepartmental program concerned with man's exploration of the sea.

Biological Oceanography

Biological Oceanography is concerned with the interactions of populations of marine organisms with one another and with their physical and chemical environment.

Climate Science

Climate Sciences concerns the study of Earth's climate system with emphasis on the physical, dynamical, and chemical interactions of the atmosphere, ocean, land, ice, and the terrestrial and marine biospheres

Geological Sciences

Geological Sciences applies the observational, experimental, and theoretical methods of the basic sciences to understanding the processes that alter Earth's crust, and to determining the long-term history of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and

Geophysics

Geophysics applies the principles of mathematics and experimental and theoretical physics to understanding the nature of Earth's interior processes

Marine Biology

Marine Biology is the observational and experimental study of all aspects of the physiology, genetics, behavior, ecology and evolution of marine organisms

Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry concerns chemical and geochemical processes operating in a broad range of study areas: the oceans, the solid earth, the atmosphere, marine organisms, polar ice sheets, lakes, meteorites, and the solar system.

Physical Oceanography

Physical Oceanography deals with observations of the properties and movement of ocean water and the understanding and modeling of these natural phenomena using fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, applied physics, and mathematics.