Careers in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography

Considering a career in oceanography or marine biology? Here's a quick guide to get you started thinking about such an endeavor.

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If everyone else can give free advice, so can I. So here's Latz's "top 5" list of suggestions:

If you have access to a university library's computerized card catalog system, one of the best ways to find out who's doing what research where, is to do an electronic search. For example, I can search the BIOSIS (or CURRENT CONTENTS) electronic database for the keyword "shark" and find out who has recently published on that subject. But remember that any specific interest can work against you when applying to graduate school. For example, if you apply to Scripps expressing an interest in shark research, you would be considered by probably only one scientist. If that person were not accepting students that given year, then you would be rejected because no other faculty would be interested in sponsoring you. So getting accepted not only means a strong application, but also that your research interests fit in with, and can be accomodated by, a scientist at Scripps.

Good luck!


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Careers / Updated 9/9/99