Summer Oceanology
Program
Summer Oceanology
Program
Click here for a brochure containing additional information and a short application form. Program Director: Dr. Gary G. Martin, Professor of Biology and the Director of the R/V Vantuna Instructor: Dr. Dan Pondella, Director of the Vantuna Research Group |
Summer 2003 June 29th to August 2nd
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| Each summer for more than 20 years, 24-30 High
School students (completing their Junior year) are selected to take part in our 5 week
program at Occidental College. Students are introduced to organisms (marine bacteria,
plankton, algae, invertebrates, fish and mammals) as well as their interactions in Marine
Ecology, Fisheries Biology, Aquaculture and Pollution Studies.
Students live in a college dorm along with 5 Oxy students that assist with the course work and arrange social activities. The program provides a strong introduction to marine biology, a taste of college life and a fun summer in the Los Angeles area. |
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Topics are covered through lectures, labs,
field trips and cruises aboard the R/V Vantuna. This is an intensive college course and
not a summer camp; there are reports, practicals, dissections, computer work and exams.
The course runs from the end of June to the end of July and carries college credit (4
semester units) from Occidental College.
