As a consequence, the design of a student's program will be flexible and adapted to her or his previous background and work experience. In addition, students will be engaged in the ongoing development of fisheries and other marine policies within the State and New England region. Currently the State, with active input from faculty in the School, is engaged in trail breaking decentralization of fisheries and coastal zone management. The graduate program in Marine Policy takes advantage of the strong interdisciplinary nature of the School. All students receive training in the social science aspects of marine resource management, in oceanography and other marine sciences, in marine law, and in empirical methods.
Students then focus on either marine fisheries management or coastal zone management.
The program offers both a thesis and a non-thesis option.