Archive for January, 2009

For Future Marine Biologists

Sometimes it can be rather hard to find suitable program especially if there are many colleges, which offer similar programs. If you for example are interested in marine biology, then you should respective program. In general, it is recommended to choose program, which gives general knowledge in biology and then continue education in order to get narrow speciality like marine biology. In fact, it depends upon you. If you want to dedicate your studies to marine biology from the very beginning, then it is necessary to choose the best for your program among rather big quantity of programs offered by various colleges and universities. If you want to study in the USA, more than fifty universities have programs in marine biology. It is obvious that the best place to get degree in marine biology at the place, which is situated near the sea or ocean or at least river. Such location permits to carry out practical experiments. If we speak about the USA, there are several places, which seem to be perfect for future marine biologists. First place is occupied by Hawaii. You can consider University of Hawaii at Manoa and University of Hawaii at Hilo. At Manoa, you can get Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Biology; at Hilo, you can enroll Marine Option Program, which is certificate program available to all undergraduate students together with their majors. The second place is given to the University of Puerto Rico and its Department of Marine Sciences. There you can get both MS degree and PhD degree in Marine Sciences. And the third place belongs to the University of Rhode Island and its Department of Biological Sciences. There you can find such programs as B.S. in Marine Biology, B.A. in Biology, Minor in Marine Biology (new), M.S. in Biological Sciences, Ph.D. in Biological Sciences.