Bachelor of Arts in Marine Sciences

The Bachelor s degree programs in Marine Sciences at UConn are designed to inspire you intellectually and challenge you academically. The core of the curriculum integrates courses in marine biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. Students specialize in a subdiscipline of the marine sciences through upper level Marine Sciences electives and through independent study with Marine Sciences faculty. Student s scientific training is bolstered with courses in policy, law, economics, and resource management of the oceans. The program is quantitative, practical, and experiential in nature. Starting the first semester, most of the courses in the major include work in many of the region s various marine habitats.