An Overview of: Undergraduate Majors Undergraduate Minors Graduate Students	Important News and Dates Michelle Townsend Student Services Coordinator 108 Ocean Teaching Building Box 357940 (phone) 206-543-5039 (fax)206-543-6070 mtown@ocean.washington.edu	Question about Oceanography?

Undergraduate Majors:

The School of Oceanography undergraduate program is designed to prepare students to enter the profession directly or to pursue graduate studies. The bachelors degree program offers a course work with an emphasis in any of these four options.

Undergraduate Minor:

Enrollment in the Oceanography minor is open to all UW students. The minor was created to provide a student the educational essentials to compete for career positions or to pursue graduate studies in the marine sciences. The minor could also serve as a background for a career in teaching, administration, marine affairs, environmental studies, production, inspection, instrumentation development, and statistical analysis. Read More.

Graduate Degrees:

Graduate students come to the School of Oceanography with a wide variety of backgrounds. Most have degrees in one of the basic sciences and have never taken courses in oceanography.