What is ocean sciences?
The Department of Ocean Sciences is located in the Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC) in Logy Bay, which is approximately 15 kms from the main campus.
The OSC is a major facility for marine research on the Atlantic coast, and is one of Canada’s largest marine laboratories. By virtue of its location, the department provides Canadian and international scientists and students access to the flora and fauna of the northwest Atlantic Ocean and is uniquely situated for shorebased studies of the cold-ocean processes and subarctic, Arctic and deepsea organisms.
Education and training is one of the department’s principal mandates, and is achieved by providing a stimulating, research-intensive environment in which students can develop and thrive. The uniqueness of the department’s resources provides an opportunity for interdisciplinary training in cold ocean research, whether it is related to physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology; biological and chemical oceanography; behavioral and population ecology; or aquaculture and fisheries.
Why study ocean sciences?
Job opportunities for Ocean Sciences students include but are not limited to:
• Marine Biologists
• Oceanographer
• Aquaculturalist
• Research Assistant
• Field Technician
• Food Technician
• Laboratory Technician
• Fisheries Officer
• Environmental Consultant
• Science Teacher
• Biotechnologist
• SCUBA diver
Available courses in first year:
Ocean Sciences 1000
Exploration of the World Ocean is a general introduction for science and non-science majors.
Lectures:
Prerequisite:
Ocean Sciences 2000
An Introduction to Physical Oceanography is an introduction to physical oceanography
Lectures:
Prerequisite: Mathematics 1000 and Physics 1020 or 1050
Ocean Sciences 2001
Introduction to Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries is a general introduction to the breadth of aquaculture and fisheries science.
Lectures:
Prerequisite:
Contact Information:
For additional information please contact
Department of Ocean Sciences
St. John’s, NL
A1C 5S7
Danielle Nichols
(709) 864-2459
dnichols@mun.ca
www.mun.ca/osc
