<p>Which colleges have herpetology or marine biology at the undergrad level? if none offer these, can anyone tell me how to get into these two streams?
i am thinking of making a career out of these two subjects . so what is the range of money a herpetologist or a marine biologist can make per annum?</p>
<p>Davidson College has a great herpetology professor.</p>
<p>University of Texas A&M Galveston has a well-known Marine Biology program...</p>
<p>I'm not sure so you may want to double check, but I think that I've heard UCSD, UCSC, and University of Hawaii are all strong in the marine biology department.</p>
<p>O.K., just so you know, Marine Biology, Biological Oceanography, Marine Science etc. is largely a field for graduate study. But you did say undergraduate so here goes (the notable programs).</p>
<p>U of Washington
U of South Carolina
U of North Carolina-Wilmington
Texas A&M University-Galveston
Oregon State University
U of Rhode Island
Richard Stockton College
U of Miami (FL)
College of Charleston
several campuses of California State University</p>
<p>Also, professionals and scientists in the field will tell you that you will not be eligible for any substantive job in Marine Biology with just an B.A. or B.S. Again, this is a graduate field of study. Some marine scientists will further argue that it is therefore unwise to major in the subject in college unless you do so simply for the love of the subject, because at graduate school you will be required take all the foundation courses anyway, no matter if you studied them as an undergraduate. Also, a biology degree is not a mandate for graduate study. A solid foundation in life sciences coursework is a start, but non-science majors can be admitted. At a minimum you should take Chemistry, through Organic I & II and Calculus I & II. General Biology I &II, plus Genetics and Ecology. If you love the sea and marine organisms, then by all means take Invertebrate Zoology and Vertebrate/Comparative Physiology at college. But wait until grad school for Herpetology or Ichthyology or Marine Ecology. <a href="http://www.marinebio.org%5B/url%5D">www.marinebio.org</a> is a very informative site. The best respected (among professionals) graduate programs are at...</p>
<p>U of California-San Diego/Scripps Institute
U of Washington
Oregon State University
MIT/Woods Hole Institute</p>
<p>Very good graduate departments exist at...
Duke University
U of New Hampshire (Zoology)
Stanford University
U of Rhode Island
SUNY Stony Brook
College of Charleston (MS only)
U of South Carolina
College of William and Mary (Virginia Marine Science Institute)
Columbia University/World Wildlife Foundation-NY Aquarium</p>
<p>Also, there are two new graduate programs in the northeast you might want to investigate...
1. Brown University/Marine Biology Lab at Woods Hole
2. American Museum of Natural History</p>
<p>North Carolina State University offers</p>
<p>B.S. Natural Resources...Marine and Coastal Resources</p>
<p>B.S. Marine Science with concentrations in:
Biological Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Geological Oceanography
Meteorlogical Oceanography
Physics Oceanography</p>
<ul>
<li> University of Miami (Fl) has an excellent Marine Biology program.
They have even created a separate research center/campus just for Marine Biology on Key Biscaye (next to Miami Seaquarium, NOAA, and just 5 minutes off the coast of Downtown Miami.)</li>
</ul>
<p>Other options I hear are pretty good are:</p>
<ul>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>USF (Tampa, Fl)</li>
<li>A&M Galveston</li>
<li>Lousiana State</li>
<li>New Hampshire</li>
<li>Rhode Island</li>
</ul>
<p>Just keep in mind that the U of New Hampshire program offers degrees in ZOOLOGY, which includes marine biology. In event, Zoology (of marine organisms), Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology and Marine Science are essentially the same discipline. Though Marine Science includes geological and chemical applications, as well as meteorlogical.</p>