<p>Are there any colleges that actually offer Oceanography or Marine Geology as a specific major? I feel like the best I'm going to get until grad school (which is actually a very good fit for me) is a self-designed major at Bowdoin, but I would like to know if there were any schools that I could apply to as a safety school that actually have a program for my intended field of study.</p>
<p>In a word, plenty. There are plenty of schools that offfer degrees in Oceanography and/or Marine Studies. However, this is largely a graduate field of study, so don’t expect a job in this discipline with just a Bachelor’s degree. In fact, many professionals in the field will tell you to concentrate on your basic science core in undergraduate school because graduate school will require you to satisfy nearly all of your program requirements within their own department.</p>
<p>I believe the University of Miami has a BS/MS program in Marine Geology.</p>
<p>University of Washington has an Oceanography program.</p>
<p>Just Google( “marine geology” site:.edu )</p>
<p>and get all kinds of leads.</p>
<p>Yeah, LakeWashington, I plan on getting a doctorate degree after college. Thanks for the advice though.</p>
<p>OK, then I’d start by deterimining if I had specific preferences for a particular college (location, etc). Most Oceanography/Marine Studies departments are situated at large state universities. Some of the top ones are…</p>
<p>U of Washington
Oregon State University
U of South Carolina
Duke University</p>
<p>There are others of course that are more ‘terrestially focused’ but nevertheless have quite good environmental (i.e. including geological) programs. For example…
Lehigh University, Columbia University.</p>
<p>On the West Coast, the best-known marine sciences institute is probably the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, which is affiliated with UC San Diego. They offer an undergraduate Earth Sciences major, with numerous elective courses in Oceanography and Marine Geology. They also have a Marine Science minor.</p>
<p>Scripps sounds awesome, but I can’t go to the west coast. My mother is separated from my father because of domestic abuse, and may or may not have a kidney disease, so I don’t want to go too far from Washington DC in case I need to rush home in a night. Bowdoin is actually the farthest I’m willing to go.</p>
<p>Also: LakeWashington, I have decided to apply to Duke, and Columbia has also been on my list for a while (the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory seems excellent for the kind of research I want to do).</p>
<p>Unless I am not up to speed, UC-San Diego/Scripps is only issues graduate degrees in Marine Sciences/Oceanography. The Earth Sciences program that Corbett speaks of may be exclusive to the undergraduate school at UC-San Diego.</p>
<p>I intended to mention two other Maryland colleges, one public, one private, with Earth Sciences programs.</p>
<p>Hood College; also has a coastal studies major. Private
Salisbury University. Very broad Geography/Geosciences major. Public.</p>
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Check the Scripps Education Dept. page [here](<a href=“http://sioundergrad.ucsd.edu/overview/about.php]here[/url]:”>http://sioundergrad.ucsd.edu/overview/about.php):</a>
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<p>So the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is not the same as Scripps College? Because Scripps College would be kind of hard for me to get into being male.</p>
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The strongest undergraduate oceanography program in the DC area is probably at the US Naval Academy, but that may not be for everyone. I’m sure Duke and Columbia would be excellent choices. If New England is an option, then I would strongly suggest the BS program in Geology & Geological Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island (which has a strong Graduate School of Oceanography). </p>
<p>There are also various other undergraduate earth science/marine science/oceanography majors/minors in the Mid-Atlantic area at places like George Mason, Rider, Millersville U, Kutztown U, and SUNY-Maritime.</p>
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The two institutions are completely unrelated – as are the Scripps Research Institute (in La Jolla), the Scripps Memorial Hospital (also in La Jolla), and the Scripps Aviary (at the San Diego Zoo). </p>
<p>Ellen Browning Scripps was a very generous philanthropist who left quite a mark in Southern California, particularly the San Diego area.</p>
<p>If you want to study Marine Science at an LAC you should take a look at Eckerd College in FL conveniently located right on the Gulf. </p>
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<p>It’s a long drive from D.C. but you can do it in a day - there are also a lot of direct flights out of Tampa and St. Pete.</p>
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<p>Actually they are distantly related, as both Scripps College in Claremont and Scripps Institute of Oceanography near UCSD were founded by the same person, Ellen Browning Scripps.</p>
<p>[Ellen</a> Browning Scripps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Browning_Scripps]Ellen”>Ellen Browning Scripps - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Corbett, I’ll stand corrected regarding Scripps Oceanographic Institute and undergraduate offerings. Also, to the original poster, I shouldn’t have left out the U of Rhode Island. A very good Oceanography program. Probably the strongest in the northeast, just ahead of U of New Hampshire.</p>
<p>University of New England [University</a> of New England](<a href=“http://www.une.edu%5DUniversity”>http://www.une.edu) # Bachelor of science degrees in five major fields of study: aquaculture and aquarium science, biological sciences, marine biology, medical biology and psychobiology</p>
<h1>Two master of science degrees, one in marine sciences and the other in biological sciences, for students interested in graduate training with a classroom curriculum providing a strong theoretical background, along with a focus on research experience</h1>
<p>College of the Atlantic marine studies [Marine</a> Studies](<a href=“http://www.coa.edu/html/marinestudies.htm]Marine”>http://www.coa.edu/html/marinestudies.htm)</p>
<p>How do you apply for the B.S. at Scripps Ocean institute? Do you have to get into UCSD first then apply for marine biology at the Scripps Institute or is it a separate undergrad program in itself? It is unclear from the web site. Thanks</p>