Marine Biodiversity and Conservation

For Prospective Students:

NOTE: Application deadline for academic year starting June 2009, is available online, with a January 30, 2009 deadline.

ADMISSIONS

Start here to find information on admission requirements for the Master's Degree in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation as well as admission application procedures and application deadlines.

INTENDED AUDIENCES

Learn more about the profile of the typical student for whom the Marine Biodiversity and Conservation program is designed. See what our alumni are up to and where our current students come from.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Marine Biodiversity and Conservation program, the students, how to apply, and general procedures.

PROGRAM FORMAT AND YOUR PACE OF STUDY

Go here to get more details about the format of the Master's Degre in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, view a sample course schedule and pace of study.

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Inflormation on course fees and financial aid available to incoming MAS students can be found here.

"There is a growing awareness that life as we know it came from the

seas and that life as we know it depends even now on the seas. Thus, innovative, interdisciplinary graduate programs that combine solid

marine biology with equally solid social science, are critically needed to prepare the new generation of professionals who will effectively conserve and restore marine biodiversity. These programs and these professionals are perhaps far more critically - desperately - needed than many may realize. Programs such as the CMBC MAS program meet the need and quite literally serve and benefit the future of humankind."

Dr. Russell L. Chapman, Executive Director
Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
Scripps Institution of Oceanography