SBS is open to any students 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 part of 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.
Reduction in other fees charged on campus more than offsets the SBS program fee. The Darling Center is located along the Maine coast on a large wooded property on the Damariscotta Estuary between the mid-coast towns of Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor which offer shops, restaurants, a cinema, and other amenities. The Center is 106 miles from the Orono campus. There is a regular shuttle service between the Darling Center and the Orono campus. SBS students will live in double rooms in a new waterfront dormitory adjacent to the flowing seawater laboratory and classrooms.