Marine Semester
The Marine Semester is designed to provide both Marine Science majors and interested Biology students with intensive academic and research experiences in marine science. Structured differently from the typical academic semester, students take four courses in successive blocks. Each block is typically 18 to 20 days, during which students focus on a single subject area. This structure allows students time for hands-on experiments, fieldwork outside the classroom, and a number of different opportunities for off-campus courses. In addition to on-campus courses, the program includes travel courses in Belize (Central America), in Scituate, MA. (departure point for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary), at the New England Aquarium, and courses in Woods Hole, MA, and the Caribbean in partnership with the Sea Education Association.
Marine Science majors participate in at least one Marine Semester, typically in the junior and/or senior year. The Marine Semester is also open to Biology majors and non-BU students as long as they meet prerequisite requirements.
For more details on the Marine Semester, visit the Boston University Marine Program website.
Contacts
Professor John Finnerty
Director
Boston University Marine Program
Department of Biology, BRB 425
5 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
jrf3@bu.edu
Phone: 617-353-6984
Professor Robinson W. Fulweiler
Associate Director
Boston University Marine Program
Department of Earth Sciences, STO 141D
675 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
rwf@bu.edu
Phone: 617-358-5466
Dave Brown
BUMP Program Manager
Boston University Marine Program
5 Cummington Street, Room 106B
Boston, MA 02215
daveb@bu.edu
Phone: (617) 358-4961
Fax: (617) 353-6340
Our Undergrads
Clarie Schenkel works in Dr. Kim McCall's laboratory studying programmed cell death in the ovaries of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Colin Averill recenlty published a paper in the prestigious journal, Ecology, along with his advisor, Dr. Adrien Finzi. His research work focuses on the forms of nitrogen that control the productivity of hardwood and boreal forests.
Curran Uppaluri is pursuing a dual major in both Biology and Economics and works with Dr. Peter Buston investigating whether Amphiprion percula, a type of anemonefish, exhibit definite personality traits.
Michelle McInnis, a senior Biology major working with Prof. Richard Primack, is investigating the effects of a warming climate on the flowering and leafing out times of plants.
Spencer Goodman is a senior working in Dr. John Finnerty's lab investigating gene expression in the parasitic lined sea anemone, Edwardsiella lineata.