Marine Science at Kutztown
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Now, as a Biologist at the Mote Marine Laboratory, I still use many of the skills I learned from my experiences at CBFS and KU. The integrated program and emphasis on research and real experiences were not only what drew me to the marine science program and Kutztown University but were also what have allowed me to be successful working in my field. I am proud of my degree and hope that future generations of students can continue to enjoy and learn their education in the same way I did.
Melissa Bernhard, Class of 2012![marine biology students with bags of trash at the beach](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Marine%20BIO_Spring%202017.jpg)
Marine Biology Beach Cleanup
Community involvement and outreach
![Students in front of posters at national meeting](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/20181210_103837.jpg)
Undergraduate Research
Presenting research at a professional science conference
![Students sorting through the net after a trawl](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/PA130407.jpg)
Sorting through the catch
Hands-on and feet wet!
![Alex holding a shark](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/shark-94.jpg)
Shark!
Hands-on experience!
![Louie with a striped fish](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Louie%20and%20fish.jpg)
Measuring our catch
It was this big!
![Wendy with a pufferfish](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Wendy-Puffer.jpg)
Dr. Wendy Ryan
Marine Biologist
![Adrienne with the total station on the beach](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Adrienne%20and%20total%20station.jpg)
Dr. Adrienne Oakley
Marine Geologist
![Oceanography class on the Wallops Island beach](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/20141005_111829.jpg)
Introduction to Oceanography
Wallops Island Beach, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
![Students cutting cores in the lab](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Core%20cuttting%20in%20lab.jpg)
Cutting Sediment Cores
Coastal Marine Geology Research
![Trawling off the monitor boat](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Trawling.jpg)
Trawling for Benthic Organisms
Hands-on experience!
![Students on a boat in the bay under blue skys](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Marine%20geo%20on%20Monitor.jpg)
Marine Geology at the CBFS
Better than the classroom!
Water Quality Measurements
Another floating classroom!
Netting Critters on the Shore
Marine biology in action!
The Lab at CBFS
A whole world in a drop of water.
![Student walking through a flooded street](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Coastal%20flooding%202015.jpg)
Greenbackville, VA
Experiencing coastal flooding!
![Student in the distance walking along an eroding shoreline with dunes](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Savage%20Neck%20dunes.jpg)
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve
Experiencing coastal erosion!
![People standing in a salt marsh holding metal tubes](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Swan%20cove%20pool%20vibracoring%202019.jpg)
Swan Cove Pool, CNWR
Studying the movement of barrier islands!
![CBFS 50th anniversary logo](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/50%20Logo%20Tilt%20CLEAR.png)
Chincoteague Bay Field Station
Hands-on, feet-wet education at its best!
![College values online logo](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/college%20values%20online.jpg)
Join our Nationally ranked program
#1 – Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Bachelor’s in Marine Science: Oceanography
![marine biology students with bags of trash at the beach](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Marine%20BIO_Spring%202017.jpg)
![Students in front of posters at national meeting](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/20181210_103837.jpg)
![Students sorting through the net after a trawl](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/PA130407.jpg)
![Alex holding a shark](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/shark-94.jpg)
![Louie with a striped fish](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Louie%20and%20fish.jpg)
![Wendy with a pufferfish](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Wendy-Puffer.jpg)
![Adrienne with the total station on the beach](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Adrienne%20and%20total%20station.jpg)
![Oceanography class on the Wallops Island beach](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/20141005_111829.jpg)
![Students cutting cores in the lab](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Core%20cuttting%20in%20lab.jpg)
![Trawling off the monitor boat](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Trawling.jpg)
![Students on a boat in the bay under blue skys](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Marine%20geo%20on%20Monitor.jpg)
![Student walking through a flooded street](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Coastal%20flooding%202015.jpg)
![Student in the distance walking along an eroding shoreline with dunes](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Savage%20Neck%20dunes.jpg)
![People standing in a salt marsh holding metal tubes](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/Swan%20cove%20pool%20vibracoring%202019.jpg)
![CBFS 50th anniversary logo](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/50%20Logo%20Tilt%20CLEAR.png)
![College values online logo](/Departments-Offices/M-R/PhysicalSciences/MarineScience/Images/college%20values%20online.jpg)