Academics
VIMS’ School of Marine Science is one of four graduate and professional schools of the College of William and Mary. The school has 57 faculty members and a total student body ranging from 100 - 125 students, approximately half of which are women. M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are offered in four major areas:
- Biological Sciences - biological, physical, and human-induced forces governing marine ecosystems on local and global scales.
- Environmental & Aquatic Animal Health - chemicals and biological factors that can deleteriously affect the health of aquatic ecosystems.
- Fisheries Science - investigation of living marine resources, especially finfish and shellfish
- Physical Sciences - chemical, geological, and physical oceanography
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)
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