Re: Oceanography Graduate Schools

Consider the School of Oceanography of Oregon State University (Cornallis,
Oregon).  They have a good program, with graduate students on research ships
and use of satellite data for physical and biological oceanography.  There is
also a field station at Yaquina Bay.

Fred (Ph.D. - OSU, 1972)

ER wrote:

> I'm planning to apply to several West Coast U.S. graduate schools to study
> oceanography: MSc at min, maybe PhD.
>
> Can readers here comment on the relative strengths & weaknesses...or
> whatever they want to say...about the following schools?
>
> - University of Washington
> - University of Victoria
> - University of British Columbia
> - University of Hawai'i
> - Scripps / UCSD
> - University of Southampton  (what the hey....interesting 1 yr MSc program)
>
> My EE/CS background and interests point toward physical oceanography, but
> with a 25 year history in software development & computer science (computer
> graphics, embedded systems, information retrieval, metadata modelling), I'm
> anxious a) *not* to spend all my time in front of a computer and b) to have
> a dependable outdoor field component.  I'll humbly yet eagerly start from
> near zero in biology.   Math skills, albeit rusty, are good (6+ semesters).
>
> All the venues (coastal, shelf, deep sea, vents, ridges) all sound good to
> me at this point...but coastal would probably fit better with my sea
> kayaking hobby. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> ER