Undergraduate Research Opportunities

SoMAS offers opportunities to undergraduates for research in marine sciences, atmospheric sciences, and waste management. Most of these opportunities involve research for credit. Student employment and intern positions are also occasionally available, and we will post these activities on this web page as they arise (see below).

Research for Credit

If you are an undergraduate interested in research for credit at SoMAS, here is what you should do:

  1. Review the Faculty Profiles on this web site or the Faculty Listing for the Marine Sciences Research Center in the current Undergraduate Bulletin.
  2. Identify several faculty members whose research is interesting to you.
  3. Contact these faculty members by e-mail and ask them if any research openings currently exist in their lab. Individuals with openings will respond to your message.
  4. Even if you do not hear from anyone, don't give up! Consider waiting a semester and trying again, since new research opportunities may become available at a later date. Also, continue to check this web page for news of position openings.
  5. Once you are successful in locating a research position, you will be asked to register for 0-3 credits in either ATM 487 or MAR 487. The faculty member you will be working with will give you the appropriate section number to use when registering.

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Page last modified on Friday, June 29, 2007 by George E. Carroll