• Marine scientists apply scientific skills in the natural and physical sciences to protect ocean and coastal environments and solve modern, global problems. Our oceans account for more than 96 percent of the world’s water, and few of the world’s coastlines are beyond the influence of human pressures. The marine ecology and organismal biology emphasis concentrates on physiological adaptations to the marine environment and the biology of marine species from the molecular level to entire populations.
  • The marine ecology and organismal biology emphasis provides mastery through coursework covering the ecological processes that determine the distribution and abundance of marine organisms as well as the patterns and mechanisms of evolution in the ocean. The major concludes with a capstone research course.