海洋学中的BSMAS旨在使学生广泛了解海洋科学（与天气和气候相关的物理，化学，生物和地质海洋学以及海洋与大气的相互作用）和一个或多个子学科的专业知识。鼓励但不是必须的学生修完化学，物理学，生物学，地质科学，气象学，数学，计算机科学或工程学的第二专业。我们的课程强调小班授课和师资力量雄厚。鼓励本科生与教职员工一起工作，并能够在各自领域的领先科学家的监督下进行独立研究，从而获得课程学分。研究重点包括海气相互作用和遥感，海洋中的生物地球化学循环，大规模海洋动力学以及生物物理相互作用。
The BSMAS in Oceanography provides a broad foundation in the basic sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology) and the ocean sciences (physical, chemical, and biological processes in the ocean) as well as elements of geological and atmospheric sciences. Students can choose to specialize in one or more of these sub-disciplines and are strongly encouraged to complete a minor or a second major in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geology, Meteorology, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Engineering. These disciplines provide the necessary quantitative foundation from which to study and understand how the ocean works. A double-major is highly desirable for students who want to compete for graduate school and are passionate about going onto a research career in oceanography.<br><br>The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science at UM is one of only a handful of academic oceanographic institutions in the US, with over sixty faculty conducting research of local, regional, and global relevance, from red tides in Biscayne Bay to the rapid warming of the Indian Ocean. There are opportunities to interact with and learn from these world-class faculty through classes, labs, reading groups, senior projects, day trips on UM's research vessel Walton Smith (FLOTSUM program), and the semester-long U-Galapagos program.<br><br>The ocean sciences faculty at Rosenstiel School run a number of high-tech facilities, laboratories, and instruments to conduct their research, including CSTARS for the analysis of satellite imagery, SUSTAIN for the study of hurricane-force winds at the ocean surface, cell sorting flow cytometry and mass spectrometry to identify and quantify marine microbes, numerical models to understand ocean circulation and mixing, statistical models to assimilate observations and make predictions, isotopic and radiocarbon analysis to study the ocean's biological carbon pump, a coastal radar network that monitors the Florida Current, and an ocean technology lab with instrumentation that can be deployed for months and years to measure the variability of currents and water properties in the deep ocean.