Sea Education Association

Sea Education Association (SEA) offers three semester-length sequences of courses designed to provide college undergraduates with a thorough academic, scientific, and practical understanding of the sea. These sequences are repeated approximately once every two months throughout the year. Students spend the first half of the SEA Semester (a six-week shore component) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, receiving instruction in oceanography, nautical science, and maritime studies. The second half of the SEA Semester (a six-week sea component) is spent at sea aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamans or the SSV Corwith Cramer. Enrollment is open to both men and women judged capable of benefiting from the SEA Semester. No prior sailing experience is necessary. Cornell students enrolled in the SEA Semester must take the entire sequence.

For more information, contact Sea Education Association, www.sea.edu, P.O. Box 6, Woods Hole, MA 02543 or call (800) 552–3633 ext. 770. Program costs are to be paid in place of regular Cornell tuition and fees.

Instructors for the SEA Semester include faculty of the Sea Education Association and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and others.