The Marine Studies Initiative is an interdisciplinary effort that cohesively involves each of Oregon State’s 11 colleges, the Honors College, the university’s Graduate School, the Hatfield Marine Science Center, and the Port Orford Field Station.
OSU Provost MSI faculty hire- Marine Evolutionary Systems Biologist, Felipe Barreto
Courses at the Coast:
Introduction to Marine Life in the Sea: Marine Habitats (BI 111)
Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems (BI 353)
Marine and Estuarine Invertebrate Biology (Z 461)
OSU Provost MSI faculty hire- Marine and Coastal Economics and Ecosystems, Steve Dundas
MSI partner faculty hire:
Courses at the Coast:
Seminar: Marine Science (FW 407)
Natural History of Whales and Whaling (FW 419)
Coastal Ecology and Resource Management (FW 426/526)
Marine Conservation Biology (FW 464)
Methods in Physiology and Behavior of Marine Megafauna (FW 469/569)
Introduction to Marine Life in the Sea: Marine Birds and Mammals (FW 113)
Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals (FW 302)
Phycology (BOT 417/517)
Food From the Sea (FW 324)
Field Techniques for Marine Mammal Conservation (FW 301)
Ecology of Marine and Estuarine Birds (FW 331)
Special Topics: Creative Coast (ART 399/499/599)
Special topics: ST/ Gyotaku & the Changing Coast (ART 199/399)
Oregon Coast Math Camp (
OC 515)
Introduction to Field Oceanography- SEA (OC 296)
Oceanography (OC 201)
Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography (OC 433/533)
Biological Oceanography (OC 340)