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Doctoral and Masters Programs
in Oceanography

Your opportunity to join the growing number of oceanographers and environmental scientists making a difference in today's world.

Are you majoring in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, meteorology, or geology and wondering where to go from here with your science degree? How about continuing your studies with a graduate degree in Oceanography?

• Biological oceanographers study the ecology of the oceans.
• Biogeochemical oceanography incorporates studies of climate change, eutrophication, and the role of microbes in the earth's geochemical cycles.
• Chemical oceanographers study the mechanisms that control the distribution of elements and compounds in the atmosphere, ocean, coastal waterways, and sediments on the sea floor.
• Physical oceanographers speicalize in studies of the behavior of the fluid world; wave motions, tides, and currents.

Graduates from the Department of Oceanography hold many faculty positions in universities and colleges as well as research positions in industry, private research institutions, and federal and state laboratories and regulatory agencies.

The masters program requires 33 semester hours of 5000 level coursework. Doctoral candidates complete 18 semester hours beyond the M.S. degree.

Most students in the oceanography doctoral program and thesis masters program are supported by research grants, teaching assistantships, or university and departmental fellowships.

The FSU Marine Laboratory is located nearby and provides opportunities for direct study of the Gulf of Mexico.