The University of Charleston, SC, offers a graduate program leading to a Master of Science in Marine Biology. Several participating institutions contribute faculty and support to the program, including the Citadel, the Medical University of South Carolina, the Marine Resources Research Institute of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and the Charleston Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Students use facilities and resources of all the participating institutions.
Student offices and research spaces are provided in the Marine Resources Research Institute and Grice Marine Biological Laboratory of the University of Charleston, SC, both of which are located at the Fort Johnson Marine Science Center on Charleston Harbor. The program is research-oriented and a thesis is required of all students. One official transcript from each institution of higher learning attended. Three letters of recommendation from persons closely associated with previous work related to the discipline. Physics - two courses.