Undergraduate Program
There are many opportunities for undergraduates at SoMAS. We offer 8 degree programs and 9 minors, including our NEW Climate Sciences Major and Climate Solutions Minor. Over 600 undergraduates are now enrolled in SoMAS degree programs. Courses are offered both at the Stony Brook and Southampton campuses. At the Southampton campus, SoMAS offers a Semester by the Sea program in the fall and the spring for Stony Brook and visiting students, and several summer courses, including an Oceanography course, that allows high school students and undergraduates to earn 3 college credits in 2 weeks.
Ranked Number 4 Best College in Marine Biology, according to College Magazine
In addition, SoMAS offers undergraduates the opportunity to study abroad. A winter session course in Tropical Marine Ecology is offered in Jamaica, and the Semester Abroad program at Stony Brook offers other opportunities for foreign study.
All students are encouraged to get practical experience by taking research or internship credits with SoMAS faculty or other professionals in the area at collaborating institutions.
Opportunities to get paid to do research in the summer are also available through faculty research grants and other competitive fellowship programs.
Many SoMAS undergraduate students participate in the Meteorology, Marine Sciences, or Environmental Studies Clubs.
To complete the undergraduate degree in atmospheric and ocean sciences (ATM), marine sciences (MAR), marine vertebrate biology (MVB) or environmental studies (ENS), a student must satisfy an upper division undergraduate writing and speaking requirement.
View a selection of videos of clubs and courses at SoMAS from the playlist below, including clips from students in our ATM, EHM, ENS, EDP, MAR, MVB, and SUS programs!
Additional Information
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For additional information on undergraduate programs, a student should contact:
Undergraduate Advisor
Nancy Black | Nancy.Black@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-9404
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Darcy Lonsdale | Darcy.Lonsdale@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-8712
Faculty Director for Atmospheric Sciences
Brian Colle | Brian.Colle@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-3174
Faculty Director for Climate Sciences
Edmund Chang | kar.chang@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-6170
Faculty Director for Environmental Studies
Tara Rider | tara.rider@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-5307
Faculty Director for Marine Vertebrate Biology
Joe Warren | joe.warren@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-5045
Faculty Director for Coastal Environmental Sciences
Kate Aubrecht | katherine.aubrecht@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-5360
Faculty Director for Marine Sciences
David Black | david.black@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-8676
Faculty Director for Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning
Donovan Finn | donovan.finn@stonybrook.edu
Faculty Director for Sustainability Studies
Sharon Pochron | sharon.pochron@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-5363
Faculty Director for the Semester by the Sea
Kurt Bretsch | Kurt.Bretsch@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-5156
Forms
- Speaking 458 and Writing 459 Requirements
- 487 Research Agreement Form
- 488 Internship Agreement Form
- 475/476 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Agreement Form
- Late Add, Permission to Drop, Time Conflict, Withdrawl/Leave of Absence (Registrar’s Office)