"SEA Semester is one of the top-rated off-campus study programs for Environmental Studies Majors at Middlebury."
Dan Brayton
Associate Professor of English & American Literatures/Environmental Studies
Middlebury College
SEA Semester recently celebrated 40 years of excellence in ocean education (1971-2011), and we are proud to say that we’ve educated over 7,500 students about the world’s oceans while sailing over 1,000,000 nautical miles.
SEA Semester seeks to challenge students academically, physically, and mentally while influencing their lifelong relationships with the ocean. We maintain a sterling reputation for our academic quality, commitment to student safety, and experiential programming.
So why should your students consider studying abroad with SEA Semester?
- All SEA Semester programs offer a maximum student-teacher ratio of 25:3 (25:10 during the sea component). Our students work more closely with faculty than at almost any other academic institution.
- All SEA Semester faculty members have the highest professional degrees in their fields. None are hired without extensive experience with SEA and in their field, and many are alumni of the program.
- Both of our ships, the SSV Corwith Cramer and the SSV Robert C. Seamans, were custom-designed and built for our educational mission.
- Our vessels are inspected and certified by the U.S. Coast Guard as Sailing School Vessels (SSV) and meet or exceed the Coast Guard safety requirements for their class.
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