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The Department's strategic location on one of
the Gulf's
most
productive bay
systems, and Galveston's semitropical climate, provide Marine
Biology students and faculty year-round access to a variety of
intriguing and environmentally-sensitive habitats comprised
of estuarine and marine
ecosystems. Students receive extensive exposure and invaluable
training in the conservation and management of Bay and Gulf
ecosystems through intensive field work in salt marshes, oyster
reefs, seagrass meadows, rocky intertidal zones, open
surf, and coastal waters off Galveston.
Marine Biology at Texas A&M University at
Galveston focuses on five main areas of development: fisheries,
marine mammals, oceans & human health (aquatic health), wetlands
and biodiversity.
MARB's diverse faculty and low
student-to-professor ratio provide undergraduates with unique
opportunities to participate in world-class research programs
targeting a variety of marine related concerns. The MARB faculty
consists of twelve full time professors and one professor
emeritus whose research interests include molecular biology,
microbiology, genetics, anatomy, taxonomy, physiology, behavior
and ecology of estuarine/marine flora and fauna.
MARB graduates find employment with State and
Federal agencies, private industries, environmental consulting
firms, biomedical laboratories and secondary school systems.
Many graduates enter professional schools in medicine,
dentistry, veterinary medicine and environmental law while
others undertake postgraduate studies in the biological and
ecological sciences.
As the marine life sciences branch of Texas A&M University, MARB
offers its undergraduates three degree programs and one
certificate program staged in a unique coastal setting.
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