University of California Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in Marine Science
The Bachelor of Arts in Marine Science in Biology is offered by University of California Berkeley.
The ocean plays a central role in physical, biological, chemical, and geological processes on Earth. The field of marine science at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) requires an understanding of the interactions between the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere.
Students earning their Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Marine Science will examine several aspects of the marine science field.
Examples of the current research directions of societal concern in the marine sciences include:
the role of the ocean in climate change the ocean's role in climate phenomena such as El Niño and La Niña (and their effect on modern marine ecosystems) the history of El Niño and other climatic/oceanographic events recorded in marine sediments and corals coastal pollution and its effect on coastal marine ecosystems coastal erosion (natural and human-caused)