Marine Studies would like to congratulate Monika LaPlante, an Environmental Science student currently in Panama with the Three Seas Program, on her film being accepted at the 2nd Annual Beneath the Waves Film Festival! The film is titled "How to Make a Marine Biologist." The film will be shown at the festival on Friday, March 18th at 7 PM. This film festival is part of the 2011 Benthic Ecology Meeting that will be taking place in Mobile, Alabama from March 16th - 20th. For more information about the conference, please visit http://bem.disl.org/. To view "How to Make a Marine Biologist," other films, and photography by Monika LaPlante, please visit her website.
Northeastern is a participating university with the Sea Education Association, which offers the SEA SEMESTER program out of Woods Hole. This program includes course work both at the Woods Hole and on one of the tall ships operated by the program. Destinations of cruises range from Labrador to the Caribbean in the Atlantic, and Hawaii to Tahiti in the Pacific. This program earns 17 semester-hours for course work, and nearly completes the entire Minor program while providing blue water experience. The SEA Semester courses receive credit directly from Northeastern, and the College offers a waiver of some Core Curriculum requirements as an added benefit for participation. An informative video is available from the Marine Studies Office. Program logistics are administered by the Northeastern Study Abroad Office.
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Northeastern University
14 Holmes Hall
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.3176
Sign up for classes at the Massachusetts Bay Marine Studies Consortium. The Consortium offers several exciting limited-enrollment courses made up of students from 18 local colleges. To view courses click here.
The Chet April Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student from the North Shore area. This year, Amanda Ciardi from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences received the scholarship. For more information on this annual award, please contact the Marine Studies Office by sending an e-mail to environment@neu.edu.
This award is given annually to an Arts and Sciences student who expects to use their training in science "to benefit the environment of the earth and the life upon it."
For application procedures, criteria, or other questions, please contact any Science Department Advisor or:
Prof. Peter Rosen, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, environment@neu.edu 617-373-4380
Closing date for Applications: Feb 1,2012. For the application form, see the application and criteria information.
There is a large range of courses and programs
available to students interested in marine environmental studies at
Northeastern University.
The Marine Studies Minor Program is designed to suit students from
a range of academic backgrounds. The Minor program is loosely structured
to allow personalizing courses, at least one marine studies course,
mastery of a marine-related skill (most people take SCUBA), and an independent
project associated with the oceans.
See Requirements here.
Minors are also available in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science in Environmental Science, which allows a concentration in earth surface processes (pollution, environmental planning,
etc.), or Environmental Studies, which crosses sciences and social
sciences that may complement your Major concentration or interests.
There are frequent opportunities for field trips, many to coastal sites,
through this program. We try to keep the Marine Studies Minors updated
on these as they are scheduled.
Northeastern University is a member of the Massachusetts Bay Marine Studies Consortium. The Consortium offers several exciting limited-enrollment courses made up of students from 18 local colleges. For more information click here.
If you have interest in the Marine Studies Minor, the upcoming Consortium courses, or any of these other programs, please contact Dr. Peter Rosen (Director of the Marine Studies Program) in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 14 Holmes Hall, 373-4380 or by E-Mail.
To join the Marine Studies mailing list, send an email to environment@neu.edu.