SEA Semester
Sea Education Association (SEA) offers marine science and maritime culture programs for undergraduates aboard tall ships in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific. This is
a fantastic opportunity to spend a study abroad conducting open-ocean research while
learning to sail a tall ship! Participation in our own Semester by the Sea (SbtS) program at Southampton first, and a recommendation from an SEA alumnus (check with SbtS Faculty Director Kurt Bretsch) can provide up to $4,000 in Scholarship support, and SEA is effective at further
supporting students with financial need.
SEA's Nautical Science course (3 credits, CAS NS 223) can be used to fulfill Stony Brook University's SBC-TECH requirement. Other SEA courses may transfer to SBU as SoMAS course equivalents or 300-level electives. For questions about course transfers, contact the SoMAS Academic Advising Assistant.
Contact information for SEA’s Admissions office can be found here.
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SoMAS Students Participate in SEA Semester Journey
Alexandra Bonecutter, a student in the Environmental Studies program with a Marine Science minor, and Ruthann Monsees, a student in the Coastal Environmental Studies program Sustainability Studies program, were part of a SEA Semester voyage that was recently featured in the New York Times. According to an email distributed by SEA Semester, the voyage “discovered good news regarding coral health in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) in July, 2016”
Marine Science Club Connects SoMAS Student to Sea Journey
Joining one of the more than 400 student clubs or organizations at Stony Brook can
lead to unexpected journeys. For Sarah McTague ’18, membership in the marine science club sent her all the way across the ocean.
Through the club, the Averill Park, New York, marine science major heard about a Sea Education Association program called Sea Semester, which gave her the opportunity to earn four college credits while making a 3,300- nautical-mile transatlantic crossing in a research vessel – all the way from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to Cork, Ireland.