MS and PhD Programs in Marine Science and MS in Hydrographic Science

Marine Science is a multidisciplinary field focusing on the study of ocean processes. Research and training in the Marine Science degree programs involves physical, chemical, biological, and geological oceanography along with remote sensing, ocean acoustics, and numerical modeling. Research programs are carried out in both the coastal and open ocean as well as sediments, large lakes, and rivers.

1. Admission Requirements 2. Undergraduate Background 3. Apply to the Program 4. Course Offerings 5. Class Schedules 6. Marine Science Faculty 7. Adjunct Faculty 8. Current Marine Science Students 9. Marine Science Alumni

Hydrographic Science is the science of measuring and depicting those parameters necessary to describe the precise nature and configuration of the seabed, its geographical relationship to the land mass, and the characteristics and dynamics of the sea. These parameters include bathymetry, tides, currents, waves, physical properties of sea water, geology and geophysics.

1. Admission Requirements 2. Hydrographic Science Master's Program 3. Curriculum 4. Field Program 5. Apply to the Program 6.Joint Hydrographic Applied Science Program 7. Hydrographic Science Faculty 8. Hydrographic Science Workshops 9. ECDIS Lab 10. Current Hydrographic Science Students 11. Hydrographic Science Alumni

Biological Oceanography or Marine Biology?

Students interested in ocean processes, biomass distributions, bio-optics and primary productivity should consider our Marine Science programs. Students interested in the biology of specific marine organisms may wish to consider other Southern Miss degree programs in the Department of Biological Sciences or the Department of Coastal Sciences.

While the Department of Marine Science does not offer undergraduate degrees, it does open several of its courses to undergraduates.