UGA Graduate School - Degree Programs: Marine Sciences (PhD)

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Marine Sciences (PhD)

Degree: Doctoral Degrees

The Department of Marine Sciences supports MS and PhD programs. Courses of study are currently offered in the biological, chemical, and physical areas of marine science. Graduate students have access to the extensive field and laboratory facilities of the School of Marine Programs in Athens and at Sapelo Island, Skidaway Island, and Brunswick on the Georgia coast.

School/College	Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Old College Athens, GA 30602-1732 Phone: 706/542-3400
Academic Department	Marine Sciences Marine Sciences Bldg Athens, GA 30602-3636 Phone: 706/542-7671

Contacts
Graduate Coordinator	Christof Meile	706/542-6549
The UGA Department of Marine Sciences has 15 full-time faculty engaged in teaching and research at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Faculty research interests range from the ecology of bacteria and phytoplankton, to inorganic and organic biogeochemistry, to ecosystem dynamics modeling and ocean acoustics. We offer graduate degree programs at the Ph.D. and M.S. levels with concentrations in biological, chemical, and physical oceanography. Current graduate students are conducting research in coastal ecology and processes, biological oceanography, molecular microbial ecology, sediment processes, environmental genomics, and marine ecosystem modeling. The School of Marine Sciences participates in the undergraduate interdisciplinary studies program and the Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Certificate Program.
Degree	Code	Course Descriptions
PhD	530A	Find Courses

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