Image

 ![Coastal campus overlook, wide hero — Landing page imagery, admissions/home.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Costal_Campus_Overlook.png.avif?itok=D-F6d-eF)

 

 



The Life Sciences department teaches marine biology, fisheries science and aquaculture as one connected subject, built around a shoreline transect survey walked monthly since 2004 — the longest-running dataset the university holds. It also houses the graduate program in marine mammal science, reached through the undergraduate degree in Marine Biology.