Geology

SEA Semester

By coming to SEA, you can get a semester’s credit for a 12-week program that takes place half on shore and half at sea. Our interdisciplinary program begins in Woods Hole, one of the world’s great centers for ocean research. Here you will study the chemistry, biology, physics, and geology of the oceans and you will design your own research project that you will carry out at sea. You will learn the history and culture of mariners who for centuries have gone to sea, an ancient tradition that you will join. You will discuss the major policy issues that will be tomorrow’s headlines. And you will learn what it requires to take a vessel under sail safely to the deep ocean and to international ports.
After six weeks on shore, you and your classmates will join one of our 135-foot vessels, either in the Atlantic/Caribbean or in the Pacific. You will stand watch as part of the shipboard community of 35. When in the lab, you will find sophisticated equipment, but you will also find it may be moving up and down with the seas or heeled over with the wind. Definitely not like a lab on campus! When on deck, you will be handling sail, navigating, and making sure all equipment stays in good working order. You will participate in all of the duties the ship requires, as mariners have done for generations before you. Every day, you will be given more responsibility as your skills increase until, towards the end, you are running the ship.

University Enrollment in Otago or Auckland, New Zealand, Adelaide and Tasmania in Australia, and other universities through IFSA-Butler and Arcadia CEA

Both of these programs offer enrollment in many universities abroad with the opportunity to take classes in a variety of departments. The universities listed offer courses especially of interest to a student studying Geology.

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