Ocean Science and Engineering

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Marine Science WITH HYDROGRAPHY EMPHASIS

What Is Marine Hydrography? years of their program at either the Hattiesburg or Gulf Park As a natural source of raw materials, the seas and oceans campus. The junior and senior years of the program are of the world have never been so important. The oceans delivered at Gulf Park exclusively, where students will have are a fragile environment whose exploitation must be access to specialized classes that utilize laboratory facilities carefully and considerately managed. It is the work of the in Long Beach and the Gulfport Port Facility. hydrographer to chart this great frontier, and to provide The Gulf Park campus is located in Long Beach, MS, near the the expertise for their exploration and for much of the Naval Oceanographic Office, Naval Research Laboratory- engineering needed for their development. Traditionally, Stennis, Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, the hydrographer has been associated with making the Keesler Air Force Base, Gulfport Harbor, and commercial nautical charts that allow ships to navigate the world in Blue Economy facilities. With recognized Navy and industry safety. This is still an important role, but as a science and needs for an entry-level program in hydrographic science, profession, hydrographic surveying has evolved into an a geographic proximity to Stennis Space Center with the exciting, multidisciplinary and well-paying occupation. largest concentration of oceanographic scientists in the The hydrographer is involved with every aspect of the world, a vibrant Blue Economy in the Gulf Coast region, and collection, analysis and management of oceanographic data existing expertise with the Hydrographic Science graduate that has applications for: program, USM commenced this new STEM program, · Safety of Navigation from Inland Coastal Waters to the presently available nowhere else in the U.S.! Depths of the Ocean Trenches · Exploration for Oil and Gas · Engineering, Construction or Maintenance of Ports, COURSES Waterways, Transoceanic Cables and Offshore Wind • Ocean Acoustics Farms • Electronic Charting · Coastal Management and Inundation Studies and Navigation · Delineation of Maritime Boundaries • Waves and Tides · Underwater Archeology 3—D Positioning · Habitat mapping • · Naval warfare • Marine Geographic Information Systems B.S. Marine Science (Hydrography)Degree Program (GIS) The BS in marine science with an emphasis in hydrography provides students with the knowledge and skills they need • Nautical Science to collect, analyze, and manage oceanographic data and • Remote Sensing for chart various dimensions of the world’s oceans. Students Hydrographers take courses in many different scientific and computational • Hydrography Field disciplines to prepare for the work of being a hydrographer. Project Students may complete the freshman and sophomore

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