Coastal Studies Program
College or University: Bowdoin College
Type of degree: B.A.
Brief overview of program: Bowdoin College’s Coastal Studies Center (CSC) offers facilities and resources that support student and faculty research, and courses, focused on coastal settings and issues. The scope of studies supported by the CSC is inter- and multi-disciplinary including humanities; arts; social, natural and behavioral sciences; and mathematics. All viewpoints, separately and in combination, provide insight and understanding to the multiple facets of coastal studies.
The Center is surrounded on three sides by the ocean and encompasses open fields, orchards, and old-growth spruce-fir forest. An active program of summer research brings together students and faculty from varied disciplines to study and share work related to Bowdoin's coastal environment. Other programs include, a multidisciplinary scholar in residence, a marine biologist visiting scholar program, Coastal Studies Symposium Fund, and a Coastal Science Institute for Middle School teachers.
Bowdoin’s Coastal Studies Center is associated with the following marine organizations: Darling Marine Center, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Kent Island Research Institute, State of Maine Coastal Program, and the Island Institute.
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Description of Facilities: The Center’s facilities include a marine biological laboratory with flowing seawater for laboratory observation of live marine organisms, a terrestrial ecology laboratory, which serves as a field station for research and study of coastal ecology, and a newly constructed pier which will greatly increase the opportunities Bowdoin students have to engage in marine science by expanding our areas of inquiry beyond the bounds of the property to the surrounding waters of Casco Bay and the Gulf of Maine, and a farmhouse which provides meeting space for classes and small symposiums.
The construction of a new pier at the CSC pier will benefit Bowdoin students and faculty as well as visiting scientists and courses that use the CSC as well as serve as a catalyst for creating collaborations with other institutions. The new pier will allow students and faculty for examples to engage in a range of on-going and planned projects including sea urchin growth experiments, invasive species research, blue mussel toxicology, marine glaciology and water quality studies, and coastal archaeology. Finally, access to the ocean will enrich our support for hands-on research, education and training that are so crucial to preparing students for advanced degrees in the sciences.
Program Faculty: Faculty from across the academic disciplines supervise student research at the Coastal Studies Center (CSC). The CSC also invites visiting scholars to Bowdoin for a semester or academic year.
Programming at the CSC is overseen by the Coastal Studies Center Advisory Committee, comprised of Bowdoin faculty representing multiple disciplines.
Student Support: 42% of students receive financial aid. For more information: http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ocs/costs/index.shtml
Program Point of Contact: Anne Henshaw
Email: ahenshaw@bowdoin.edu Institution address: Bowdoin College Coastal Studies Center 6700 College Station
Brunswick,ME 04011 Phone: 207-725-3397
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