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Marine Science Undergraduate And Graduate Programs

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Veronica Olszowy
Professor Sobota
ENGL 101 Section 01
October 20, 2015
What Marine Scientist Wants a Ph.D. Anyway? At Coastal Carolina University (CCU) many students take part in the Marine Science Undergraduate and Graduate programs. These two successful programs have helped bring Coastal its first Doctoral program. The Ph.D. in Marine Science is new at CCU and there is so much to learn about it. Questions of why Coastal was fit for the program and how it differs from other schools programs like it are commonly asked. So what all does this Ph.D. entail and how is Coastal influenced by it? When adding this program CCU had to go through many different panels and accreditors to be approved for the Ph.D. The university had to prove that eve n though other schools in the state have similar programs, it is not an exact copy of any other program in the state. According to the Program Summary, “Due to its unique focus and curricular structure, the program does not duplicate any existing program in the state.” This is a very important piece of how this doctoral program came to be. If there had been too much of a similarity to programs at places like Clemson University and The University of South Carolina, the different panels of accreditors would not have allowed the doctoral program at our school (Dr. Roberts). According to Dr. Roberts, The Dean of the College of Science, “The argument that we made to the state is that we have had a strong undergraduate program for many, many

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