Subject: Marine Biologist Career
Robert Kenney (rkenney@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu)
Wed, 19 Nov 1997 14:30:42 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 Redhead694@aol.com wrote:
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:08:21 -0500 (EST)
> From: Redhead694@aol.com
> To: rkenney@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu, pita@whale.wheelock.edu
> Subject: science related question
>
> i'm a sophmore in high school and i want to become a marine biologist. what
> are some classes you would recommend to take in high school and in college?
> also what colleges would you recommend to look at? if you could could you
> give me websites for the colleges?
> thanks again
> my e-mail address is:
> Redhead694@aol.com
>
In high school you should take the standard college prep sequence - four
years each of English, social studies, science, math, and foreign
language. In college, i would concentrate on getting a good basic biology
education (meaning more math, physics, chemistry, and humanities, too),
and not try to concentrate too early on marine stuff. And I don't know
any college websites except URI, which you can link to from my page on
Whalenet. Any good internet search engine will give you lots - or ask
your guidance counselor, that's what they get paid for. :-)
Cheers,
Dr. Bob
University of Rhode Island
(but answering from the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evalution Center,
Andros Island, Bahamas)