Many go on to graduate schools to receive advanced degrees. Fisheries Biologist Marine Science Consortium Shippensburg University is a charter member of the Marine Science Consortium, which operates a field station at Wallops Island, Virginia. Students may take courses during the summer at Wallops Island for credit at Shippensburg University. Four three-week sessions are offered each summer. Introduction to Oceanography, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Marine Botany, Marine Ecology, Marine Ichthyology, Ornithology, Behavior of Marine Organisms, Ecology of Marine Plankton, Management of Wetland Wildlife, and Marine Microbiology.
Students often present the results of their research at regional scientific conferences.
Facilities on campus for research include a vertebrate museum, herbarium, environmental chambers, a greenhouse, research laboratories, a computer laboratory, a scanning electron microscope, and an animal housing facility. A stream and pond are located on the campus. Field research is facilitated by the university's close proximity to the Michaux and Tuscarora State Forests, Pine Grove Furnace, Caledonia and Colonel Denning State Parks, and King's Gap Environmental Education and Training Center. Among the state agencies that provide internships are the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Pennsylvania State Museum, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Internship opportunities also exist with local and regional nonprofit groups and with private businesses.