Pierce College Marine Science Program DONATE
For thirty
years the Marine Science Program at Pierce College has
been pushing the boundaries of community college teaching providing thousands
of students with rigorous hands-on learning. Our program is open to all
students - those wanting to become marine biologists, as well as students
who have interest in the oceans and marine biology. Our students enjoy
the most extensive field study program of any community college in California.
Students work on research vessels to learn
about trawling and local marine fisheries, study local marine environments
including the rocky shore, wetlands, and the kelp forests of Catalina
Island , unique to our program are
regular semester weekend classes to study marine ecology in nearby Baja
California.
Culminating the program is an extraordinary class taught during the summer
to Bahia
de los Angeles in the Gulf of California. This rigorous
field study class, with lots of in-water study, gives students
a real world view as they see, and come to understand, this complex marine
ecosystem and the challenges and solutions to fisheries and other marine
issues.
The funding problem for the community colleges has created a crises for our program - we need your help.
Please
support our program. All contributions are 100% tax deductible.
