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Hatfield Marine Science Center
Live and study on the Oregon coast this summer

Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) is a world-renowned research and teaching facility located in Newport, Ore., 56 miles west of the Corvallis campus. The facility's location on the Yaquina Bay estuary is about one mile from the open waters of the Pacific Ocean and provides a gradient from marine to freshwater habitats.

HMSC is adjacent to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, and its visitors center features live, local specimens and research demonstrations.
Summer 2015 schedule of classes

Get your feet wet and your head fully immersed into marine biology by taking courses at Hatfield this summer. Take a look at the full list of course offerings. (Please note that one year of introductory biology is a prerequisite for most of these courses. Other restrictions may apply.)

Courses in the summer marine and environmental studies program at HMSC are designed to provide students with extensive hands-on field study of organisms in their natural habitats, coupled with interactive classroom or hybrid course formats.

This provides flexibility for students with limited time schedules (e.g. teachers and other professionals) with the added benefit of complete immersion in marine-focused topics. Summer term registration begins April 12, and HMSC summer courses start June 22.