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MAR 106, Life in Our Ocean, 3 Credits

 

Stony Brook Southampton
August 4 - 15, 2025

Explore the fundamentals of marine biology, focusing on the ocean's diverse life forms and their unique habitats. Emphasizing community-level relationships and interconnectedness, this course delves into ocean conservation, highlighting threats to marine life and potential policy solutions. Perfect for both majors and non-science majors, this introductory class provides a comprehensive overview of all things marine biology.

This intensive course is specifically designed for motivated high school students wishing to earn college credit, but current undergraduates (both SBU and visiting), graduates, or professionals can also enroll. The short-term course will run for 2 weeks and meet for 4 – 5.5 hours each weekday at the Stony Brook Southampton campus. Content will be delivered via lectures, in-class activities, including an offshore boat trip.

Students must have completed high school biology and be at least 16 years old.

Section 01: Marissa DeBonis, MPS (class # 65510)

Enrollment for SBU undergrads begins in early April.  Open enrollment for high school students and visiting undergrads occurs mid to end of April. Note that the course can fill quickly.

To ENROLL, follow instructions below:
Select Current Students, High School Students, or Visiting Students from the blue boxes at the top of THIS PAGE.
High School Students: on your page, be sure to scroll down to where you will find “Steps To Enroll”.  The enrollment process might take 3-5 days.

For most recent course COST, visit this page

  • Estimated costs for 3 credit course are ~$1100 for in-state tuition, ~$3300 for out of state tuition, and optional ~ $800 for 13 days of housing.
  • Summer tuition charges will post to your SOLAR account in mid-May.

 

For enrollment questions/help, contact summerschool@stonybrook.edu

For questions about course content/schedule contact marissa.debonis@stonybrook.edu

This course fulfills SNW Stony Brook University educational diversity categories.

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