Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science

Biological Oceanography and Marine Biology

The interaction between organisms and their environment, from microbes to fish and from coastal to open ocean ecosystems.

Marine Chemistry

The multitudes of compounds in seawater, their formation, transformation, and interactions with organisms.

Marine Geology, Geophysics and Paleoceanography

How the earth works, from plate tectonics to global climate patterns to sea level changes on scales from years to millennia.

Maritime Anthropology and Policy

The relationship between humans and their ocean planet, including marine policy, natural resource management, and adaptation to climate change.

Ocean Engineering

Application of science to solving technological problems related to working in marine systems.

Ocean Physics, Optics and Remote Sensing

Waves, tides, currents and seawater properties observed locally and globally through in situ instrumentation and remotely operated technologies.

The IGPMS graduate program at the University of California, Santa Barbara is a multidisciplinary program bringing together marine faculty from across the UCSB campus to provide graduate training leading to the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Marine Science.

Main menu