MSC 420 Sea Sessions
The course consists of enrollment in the SEA Semester program sponsored by the Sea Education Association (SEA), a nonprofit organization located at the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The program consists of a classroom component emphasizing the theoretical foundations necessary for understanding oceanography. This includes lectures, seminars, workshops, and field trips in areas of oceanography, nautical science, navigation, humanities and literature. The remaining portion of the course allows students to put their classroom knowledge to the test aboard an ocean sailing vessel. Students serve as ship's crew complete a research project while on the cruise. Course fee: Due to the cooperative nature of this program, students will incur additional costs to be determined including, but not limited to, tuition differential and travel.