SEA COURSE OFFERINGS FOR HAMILTON JANUARY ADMITS

Ocean Exploration Trip

Students will enroll in a total of 17 semester hours.
Students must earn a C or better in each course to earn a total of 4 units of Hamilton credit.

As a reminder, Hamilton does have a few requirements students must complete in order to graduate:

Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning (QSR) – A QSR designated course is a Hamilton graduation requirement. No SEA Education Association courses count towards the QSR requirement.
Writing-Intensive – The writing-intensive graduation requirement consists of 3 writing-intensive courses, each taken in a different semester. One needs to be outside of the student’s concentration. No SEA Education Association courses count towards the writing-intensive requirement. Jans should register for a writing-intensive course for the spring semester of their freshman year. This requirement should be completed by the end of the junior year.
Physical Education – All enrolled students are required to participate in a physical education program for individual development. This is a five-part graduation requirement that includes, a physical fitness test (a course is offered for those who do not pass); a swim test (beginning swimming is offered for those who do not pass); two lifetime activity classes; and one unit of the following: intercollegiate varsity athletics, wellness seminar, or lifetime activity class. No SEA Education Association courses count towards the PE requirement. Upon return to Hamilton, Jans will have until fall break of their junior year to complete the PE requirement.

All of the students on this program will be taking the following pre-approved courses:

Maritime Studies (200-level, 3 credits)
This course will count as a general elective.

Nautical Science (200-level, 3 credits)
This course will count as a general elective.

Oceanographic Field Methods (200-level, 4 credits)
This course will count as a Geoscience elective.

Oceanography (200-level, 3 credits)
This course will count as a Geoscience elective. Students will not be allowed to take Geosc 112 (The Marine Environment) at Hamilton.

Practical Oceanographic Research (200-level, 4 credits)
This course will count as a Geoscience elective.