Oceanography/Marine Affairs

Type of degree: Ph.D.

Brief overview of program: The Graduate School of Oceanography and the Department of Marine Affairs of the College of Environment and Life Sciences are offering a Joint Degree Program in which students simultaneously take an Oceanography Ph.D. and a Master of Marine Affairs (M.M.A.) degree. The program in Marine Affairs focuses on ocean/coastal management, policy, and law and the joint degree program will prepare scientists with policy knowledge and skills needed in many contemporary professional positions, both inside and outside of government. At the discretion of the cognizant Major Professor, up to six credits from each degree may be counted toward the degree requirements of the other, thus, reducing the total requirements by up to 12 credits (to 66 + 24 = 90). Students wishing to enroll in the Joint Degree Program must apply to be admitted to both the Marine Affairs Department's M.M.A. program and the GSO Ph.D. degree program. To ensure adequate marine experience, a student in the program may not be nominated for the M.M.A. degree until the comprehensive examinations in the oceanography doctoral program are successfully completed.

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Description of Facilities: The Department of Marine Affairs is housed in Washburn Hall on the main campus of URI and has a small computer laboratory. Students have access to a large campus library system with online access to journals and interlibrary loan facilities, a U.S. government document depository, and also the specialized library at the Graduate School of Oceanography.

Program Faculty: The faculty includes: Prof. Richard Burroughs, Ph.D., Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and MIT Prof. Tracey Dalton, Ph.D.,Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts (Boston) Prof. Lawrence Juda, Ph.D. Political Science/International Relations, Columbia University Prof. Seth Macinko, Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, Management, University of California (Berkeley) Prof. Bruce Marti, Ph.D., Geography, University of Florida Prof. Dennis Nixon, J.D. University of Cincinnati Law School Prof. Richard Pollnac, Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Missouri Prof. Robert Thompson, J.D./Ph.D. Community Planning, University of California (Berkeley)

Student Support: Financial aid includes departmental graduate assistantships and research support through faculty project support and undergraduate university scholarships.??????

Program Point of Contact: Prof. Lawrence Juda

Email: ljuda@uri.edu

Department: Marine Affairs

Institution address: 215 Sheets Building Naragassett Bay Campus
                             Naragassett,RI 02882

Phone: (401) 874-2596