The Marine Studies Program is a multi- disciplinary program.
Students emphasize marine studies within the traditional departmental degree programs.
All participating science departments have modern, well-equipped classroom, laboratory and shop facilities, including standard physical and biological oceanographic equipment. Library holdings are well represented in the area of Marine Studies, and the extensive libraries of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Marine Fisheries Service at La Jolla are readily accessible. The Department of Biology offers a minor in Marine Biology . The Department of Geological Sciences offers a minor in Oceanography and an option in Marine Geology for Geological Science majors who are candidates for the B.S. Degree. Applications for admission are accepted by the Admissions Office beginning November 1 for the following fall semester and August 1 for the spring semester.