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Marine Science Program University of South Carolina 712 Main Street, PSC 108, Columbia, SC 29208

Send Mail to: 701 Sumter Street, EWS 617 Columbia, SC 29208, USA

Phone: 803.777.2692     Fax: 803.777.6610

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  • About the Marine Science Program

    Our diverse and collaborative program provides students with award winning instruction and hands-on technical and field experiences.

  • Faculty & Research

    Marine Science Faculty are highly active researchers that maintain funding from a variety of private, state, and local agencies, including the NSF, NASA, NOAA, and Seagrant. Find out more.

  • Undergraduate Program

    Students in Marine Science may choose to specialize in biological, chemical, geological or physical oceanography or coastal resource management/marine affairs. Find out more.

  • Graduate Program

    The Marine Science Graduate Program is designed to train scientists for careers in research, teaching and scientific leadership in fields pertaining to Earth's oceans. Learn More.

Welcome

The Marine Science Program (MSCI), a division within the School of Earth, Ocean, and the Environment, is an interdisciplinary academic program offering curricula that lead to Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Marine Science. With 14 internationally recognized Jointly Appointed Faculty, and more than 350 undergraduate and graduate students, the Marine Science Program is a highly regarded center of research and teaching excellence at the University of South Carolina. While the North Inlet estuary and salt marshes along the South Carolina coast continue to be important study sites for many of our Faculty, research programs funded via numerous private, federal and state agencies literally stretch from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Our diverse and collaborative program provides students with award winning instruction and hands-on technical and field experiences that allow them to successfully pursue careers in industry, government, and academic settings.  View a message from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences regarding the programs offered at Carolina.

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Latest News

Marine Science undergraduate Teresa Tymon was awarded the 2013 AAUS/OWUSS Scientific diving internship. She will be interning at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

Congratulations to Dr. Quattro who was just named USC's 2013 Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor!

Congratulations to our Marine Science undergraduate Award Winners!: Kyra Marsigliano (Outstanding Major in Marine Science),  Drew DeLorenzo (Outstanding Rising Senior), and Emily Hardin (Traci J. Heincelman Memorial Scholarship)!

Dr. Claudia Benitez-Nelson has been named USC's Distinguished Professor of the Year - USC's most prestigious award!

Dr. Quattro's research project entitled "Identification of Refuge Areas for Genetically Pure Redeye Bass Micropterus coosae in Savannah Basin Streams" is funded by the SC Department of Natural Resources/DOI for $50,144!

Congratulations to graduate student Bridgett Bachman, who received a $5000 SPARC Research Fellowship! 

Congratulations to Marine Science undergraduates Dan Utter and Emily Townsend, this Summer/Fall's Magellan Scholar recipients, which supports $3000 in research support!

Congratulations to Marine Science undergraduate  Drew Delorenzo who received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship as well as Honorable Mention in this year's Morris K. Udall Competition.

Congratulations to our undergraduate coordinator Shelley Schlenk for winning the College of Arts & Sciences Staff Excellence Award!

Congratulations to Dr. Claudia Benitez-Nelson, who was invited to serve on the National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board!

Congratulations to Dr. Ron Benner who was named a USC Carolina Distinguished Professor! 

Cedric Fichot (Marine Science graduate student) and Dr. Ron Benner have paper published in Nature Scientific Reports examining sources of material to the Arctic Ocean!  

Congratulations to Dr. Subra Bulusu on being named a 2013 Breakthrough Rising Star!!!