海洋科学是一门丰富的学科，它结合了来自各个学科的研究，以了解海洋环境，海洋生物及其相互作用。生物学，化学，地质学，数学和物理学的基础知识对于学生分析海洋系统的运作并了解影响海洋生物的过程至关重要。海洋生物学的研究范围很广，涉及从细菌到鲸鱼的生物，并且涉及从整个海洋群落到分子生物化学的观点。海洋科学在不断寻求了解我们的世界并管理其资源方面发挥着关键作用。海洋科学课程的跨学科性质将使学生准备批判性地分析诸如环境变化，人类对海洋的影响以及生物多样性等当代问题。海洋生物学专业提供的培训与生物学学士学位相当，但是主
Marine science is a rich discipline that combines studies from a variety of subjects in order to understand the marine environment, marine life, and their interactions. Basic knowledge in biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, and physics is essential for students to analyze the workings of marine systems and to appreciate the processes affecting marine life. Studies in marine biology are broad, spanning organisms from bacteria to whales, and spanning perspectives from entire marine communities to the biochemistry of molecules. Marine science plays a pivotal role in the continuing quest to understand our world and to manage its resources. The interdisciplinary nature of the Marine Science curriculum will prepare students to analyze critically such contemporary issues as environmental change, human impacts on the ocean, and biodiversity. The Marine Biology concentration provides training equivalent to a B.S. in Biology, but with a major focus on marine organisms in the context of an overall appreciation and understanding of the chemical, geological, and physical environment of the ocean.