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86 Incoming Undergraduate Majors
- 45 Marine Biology (52%)
- 16 Ocean Engineering (19%)
- 8 Environmental Science (9%)
- 7 Meteorology (8%)
- 5 Oceanography (6%)
- 4 General Biology (5%)
- 1 Sustainability (1%)
Total, all years: 228 undergraduate majors
55 Graduate Students, all majors, all years
- Each is a 3-credit field course.
- Reading assignments for discussions of journal articles
- Field projects
- Term papers, video assignments, and other course requirements
- Tuition is applied to field expenses.
- Course-fee over and above tuition varies with location.
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- AAUS:American Academy of Underwater Sciences Requires Advanced Scuba Cert.
- Requires Advanced Scuba Cert.
- Contacts: Tim Fletcher, DSO Dr. Stephen Wood, this Department
- SCUBA Club Anesti Vega, President avega2020@my.fit.edu
Develop your skills with a view to becoming
- A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard
- A commissioned officer in the NOAA Corps
- A professional in maritime and maritime-related industries
Online classes, workshops, classroom instruction, patrol-cruises and other on-water activities.
Training in
- navigation
- SAR
- boat-handling
- communications
- seamanship
- mission planning
- FEMA incident management
- and more!
The AUP is University-sponsored Student Activity
Contact: Mr. Bill Cox, USCGAux; wcox@fit.edu
Ocean Engineering, Oceanography Environmental Science, Marine Biology
Faculty have excellent contacts with local industry and NGOs.
Chat with your advisor.
You may be able to receive credit.
Students get internships and part-time jobs at local tech companies and other organizations:
- Northrup Grumman
- L3Harris Corporation
- Rockwell Collins
- Larsen Motorsports
- Structural Composites
- President is Florida Tech OE Alum
- Matrix Composites–
- President is Florida Tech OE Alum
- Brevard Zoo
- Marine Resources Council
- Florida Fish & Wildlife
Your Rights
- A world-class education in a nurturing environment.
- Fair, unbiased treatment.
- Access to your faculty advisor and your committee.
- Instruction and facilities to complete your degree in a timely fashion.
- Career advice from your advisor and your graduate committee.
Your Responsibilities
- Academic excellence.
- Managing your schedule.
- Accessing your faculty advisor.
- Timely and satisfactory completion of your assignments.
- Attendance at seminars: Wednesdays at 4:00 PM.
- Compliance with Title IX
- Our expectation is that you will not be victimized by Title IX violations.
- You are expected to comply with Title IX.– Course Syllabi: there is a Title IX statement in every course syllabus.
- TAs and Faculty: you are mandatory reporters.
- Personal integrity
- Academic honesty
- Cheating
- Plagiarism
Copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to:
- Copying text verbatim from other publications without quotation marks or attribution.
- Copying text from other publications and changing a few words without attribution.
- Copying images without attribution.
- Repeating another person’s concepts or ideas in a paper without attribution.
- Submitting papers purchased from websites or other sources, including use of AI to generate assignments.
- Copying anything from fellow students in written exams or papers (i.e., cheating).
More information is available on the Florida Tech website:
https://www.fit.edu/policies/student-handbook/standards-and-policies/academic-honesty/
The penalties for plagiarism are severe!
When in doubt, consult your instructor.
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