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MAR 110, Shark Biology & Conservation, 3 Credits

Stony Brook Southampton
July 22 - August 1, 2025

Dive into the captivating world of sharks with our Shark Biology and Conservation course. This comprehensive program explores the anatomy, behavior, and ecology of these fascinating apex predators. You will gain insights into the critical role sharks play in marine ecosystems and the urgent conservation challenges they face, focusing on current scientific research and practical skills development.

This intensive course is specifically designed for motivated high school students wishing to earn college credit, but current undergraduates (both SBU and visiting), graduates, or professionals can also enroll. The short-term course will run for 2 weeks and meet for 4 – 5.5 hours each weekday at the Stony Brook Southampton campus. Content will be delivered via lectures, in-class activities, including a boat trip, dissections and a behind the scenes tour of a local aquarium. 

Students must have completed high school biology and be at least 16 years old.

Section 01: Marissa DeBonis, MPS (class # 65509)

Enrollment for SBU undergrads begins in early April.  Open enrollment for high school students and visiting undergrads occurs mid to end of April. Note that the course can fill quickly.

To ENROLL, follow instructions below:
Select Current Students, High School Students, or Visiting Students from the blue boxes at the top of THIS PAGE.
High School Students: on your page, be sure to scroll down to where you will find “Steps To Enroll”.  The enrollment process might take 3-5 days.

For enrollment questions/help, contact summerschool@stonybrook.edu

Housing at Southampton Campus
If you are 17 or older at the beginning of the course, you can live in the Southampton residence halls during the 2 weeks of the coruse.

For most recent course COST, visit this page

  • Estimated costs for 3 credit course are ~$1100 for in-state tuition, ~$3300 for out of state tuition, and optional ~ $800 for 13 days of housing.
  • Summer tuition charges will post to your SOLAR account in mid-May. 

For enrollment questions/help, contact summerschool@stonybrook.edu

For questions about course content/schedule contact marissa.debonis@stonybrook.edu

This course fulfills SNW Stony Brook University educational diversity categories.

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