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Marine Immersion

The 2012 Marine Immersions Program is now full.
Please contact Jessica Bolker to be placed on a waiting list.

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Session Date:
August 13-20, 2012

 

Start your college career doing marine biology on a beautiful island this August.

 

•  8 days
•  2 UNH credits
•  Marine topics from biodiversity to zoology
    see last year's syllabus and schedule
•  Marine Immersion scholarship information
•  Lectures and interaction with top UNH professors
•  Work with your classmates on group projects
•  Live and learn at the Shoals Marine Laboratory
•  College study and survival skills
•  Read the UNH Magazine article about Marine Immersion

 
Aerial view of Appledore Island
 

Who

Up to 16 incoming UNH freshmen and transfer students from any major, but especially Biology, Zoology, and
Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology
. Guest faculty include UNH professors with expertise ranging from invasive species to marine policy.

What

Where

The Shoals Marine Laboratory is....

When

August 13-20, 2012. Plan on a very intense week. (Register soon, because class size is limited to 16.)

How much

Course costs: In-state (New Hampshire students) $1,973; Out-of-state (Non-New Hampshire students) $2,047 (pending approval). This includes tuition, fees, registration, room, board, & transportation between Portsmouth, NH and SML. Some need-based scholarship support from the UNH Marine Program is available for students who have already filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). After you have registered for Marine Immersion, please email Dr. Bolker (jbolker@unh.edu) if you would like to be considered for scholarship support for this class.

How to Register

jbolker@unh.edu; then sign up for MEFB 410 through UNH Summer Session ( 603-862-2015 or 800-313-5327). Payment is due at time or registration.

Already Accepted to Marine Immerision?

Forms and information for students who have been accepted. Forms will soon be updated for Summer 2012 session; until then please feel free to use the 2011 forms.

 
class photo - 2008
Class photo – 2008
 
class photo - 2007
Class photo 2007
 

For more information:

   

Dr. Jessica Bolker
UNH Department of Biological Sciences

Primary instructor for Marine Immersion since 2007.
jbolker@unh.edu        603-862-0071

 

Marine Immersion Alumns:

Jill Bartolotta, MImm '07 jfk23@unh.edu
Bethany Jones, MImm '08ble222@unh.edu
Justin Stilwell, MImm '08 jstilwell19@gmail.com

• Marine Immersion faculty 2012  and course outline 2012

•  Know someone else who might be interested in Marine Immersion?
   Send them to this page or download a pdf version of the one-page flyer.

•  View  SML movie

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Students on dive float at the Appledore Island dock
Students on dive float at the
Appledore Island dock
 
Students aboard the research vessel JOHN M. KINGSBURY
Aboard the research vessel
JOHN M. KINGSBURY
 
Students in the field on Appledore Island
In the field on Appledore Island
 
 
Student and study buoy ready to deploy from the deck of the research vessel JOHN B. HEISER, off Appledore Island
Student and study buoy ready to deploy
from the deck of the research vessel
JOHN B. HEISER, off Appledore Island
 
Students working/swimming in the water off Appledore Island
Marine Immersion will help you get in the swim at UNH
(life jackets provided)
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