Our curriculum reflects faculty belief in the importance of fundamental and emerging topics as providing both intellectual underpinning and appreciation of opportunities embodied in changes and innovations characteristic of a dynamic scientific discipline. We are further committed to collaborating with other scientific and social science units of the University to stimulate our students and those of other majors by crossing boundaries of academic units to best integrate teaching of principles and issues related to aquatic sciences. Research complements our teaching mission and incorporates subject areas in the natural, physical, and social sciences to study form and function of aquatic habitats, physical processes, biotic communities, and human use and perturbation of these systems and resources. We strive to use a wealth of campus and field facilities in a dynamic mix of collaborative work that includes teaching at all opportunities. The School promotes and our students benefit from research collaboration with scientific colleagues at regional, state and federal agencies and in the private sector to address applied problems and seek solutions derived from related basic research.
Service stems directly from our research mission.
The School serves a wide constituency in the public sector, national and international agencies and industries, and in professional organizations and societies. We believe that research includes obligation to focus part of our effort on imperative societal issues so unique within Washington State. These topics further provide exciting teaching opportunity for both undergraduate and graduate students who learn from case-history application of fisheries sciences to analyses and resolution of multifaceted problems. By this means we impress on students the view that service is a vital part of their future careers. We are committed to providing time and effort needed to address present problems and to identify emerging issues of concern to the State.