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Science at SEA

Science at SEA is a 17-day program for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors focusing on the coastal and offshore marine environment around Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The program includes a shore component on the SEA campus in Woods Hole, MA, and a sea component aboard one of SEA’s sailing research vessels, the SSV Corwith Cramer. During the shore component, students study the marine environment from a variety of perspectives: scientific, historical, literary, and nautical. This is an academic program complete with written assignments and tests. During the sea component, students study offshore oceanography, nautical science, and act as members of the ship's crew. Students are evaluated on achievement and effort. >>Learn more.

 

Oceanography of the Southern California Bight

Oceanography of the Southern California Bight (OSCB)  is an 18-day program for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors focused on the marine environments of the California coast. The program includes a shore component at the University of Southern California's Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, and a sea component aboard one of SEA's sailing research vessels, the SSV Robert C. Seamans. During the initial sea component, students study offshore ocean­ography, nautical science, and act as members of the ship's crew. The subsequent shore component at Wrigley allows students to study near-shore marine biology and ecology specific to the region. >>Learn more.

 

Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine

Not Offered in Summer 2013

Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine (OGM) is an 18-day program open to rising high school juniors, seniors, and college freshmen who have successfully completed two high school science courses. SEA and Cornell University’s Shoals Marine Lab have partnered to offer this course focused on the marine environments of the Gulf of Maine. The program includes a shore component at Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island, Maine, and a sea component aboard one of SEA’s sailing research vessels, the SSV Corwith Cramer. During the shore component, students study near-shore coastal ecology and oceanography specific to the region. During the sea component, students study offshore ocean­ography, nautical science, and act as members of the ship’s crew. Students earn three (3) undergraduate college credits from Cornell University upon successful completion of the program. >>Learn more.