SBS is open to any student at the University of Maine, as well as students from other campuses of the University of Maine system or any other academic institution. Maximum enrollment is 30. The only required course is the undergraduate seminar. Other than that, you are free to choose, although you must take at least 12 credits to be a full-time students in the SBS program. It is possible to take one course provided that space is available.
Priority is given to students registering for the entire SBS program.
SBS students live in a waterfront dormitory adjacent to laboratories and classrooms. The Center is 106 miles from the Orono campus. It is located on a large wooded property along the Damariscotta River Estuary in the small village of Walpole, Maine. The nearby town of Damariscotta offers shops, restaurants and a cinema. Reduction in other fees charged on campus more than offset the SBS program fee.