Marine Science is an interdisciplinary program dealing with the study of the world’s oceans: their physical and biological constituents, the influence of oceanic resources on human society and the conservation and future development of those resources.

Chemical properties and processes of seawater, the sources and relationships between various dissolved compounds, mineral extraction, and marine pollution including nuclear waste disposal. New areas of research include marine pharmacology and natural product chemistry and this involves the search for useful drugs and organic compounds in marine organisms.