The Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport

Type of degree: Minor

Brief overview of program: Undergraduate students take a curriculum of maritime history, literature of the sea, marine policy and either marine ecology or oceanography. Additionally, students go sailing offshore on a tallship, explore the Pacific coast, and travel to the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Delta. Students receive a semester worth of credit from Williams College.

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Number of students enrolled in 2007: 20

Description of Facilities: Our campus is Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea which includes over 60 buildings and 4 tallships. In Fall 2007 we are opening our new marine science center for studies in marine ecology and oceanography and this will include a wave tank, 24 water monitoring, and research laboratories. Students have access to the Museum's collections for their humanities research. Students have several small boats to take out for use in field research.

Program Faculty: Director and Marine Ecology Professor, Dr. James T. Carlton; Oceanography Professor, Dr. Lisa Gilbert; Dr. Glenn Gordinier, Maritime History; Katy Robinson Hall, J.D., Marine Policy; Dr. Dan Brayton, Literature of the Sea.

Student Support: Financial aid from most college will follow the student. Williams-Mystic grants and scholarships available.

Program Point of Contact: Megan Dobyns

Email: admissions@williamsmystic.org

Department: Admissions Director

Institution address: Williams-Mystic 75 Greenmanville Ave
                             Mystic,CT 06355

Phone: 860-572-5359