Oceanographer
"Explore the deep sea" Colin Vandevelde 3rd
Basic information about your career
- Oceanographers study oceans, ocean floors and coastlines.
- They study underwater life, and how the sea and air interact with each other.
- Oceanography includes five basic areas which are physical, chemical, geological, biological and marine.
- Oceanographers may use many different complex instruments to collect information.
- They may use electron microscopes, thermometers, electromagnetic meters to examine wind speed.
- High school courses include Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, along with Statistics and Probability.
- These scientists work at many universities and government laboratories where they teach others about their work/conduct experiments.
- Oceanographers make around $44,730 in Wisconsin. These annual salaries increase as you become more experienced.
- Two similar occupations of this career are Marine Engineers and Physical Scientists.
- They must have many different degrees, and licenses. The degrees needed are Ecology, Evolution, Systmatics, Population Biology, Geosciences/Geologicial and Earth Sciences. The license needed is known as "19-2024.00 Professional Geologist".
Pros and cons of this career
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
- In order to get into a career of Oceanography you must first take recommended high school courses. Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, along with Statistics and Probability.
- After high-school, you are required to have these degrees, and majors. Some majors and degrees to consider are Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, another degree to consider is Geosciences/Geological and Earth Sciences.
- In this occupation, you are required to have a license, which is known as "19-2042.00 Professional Geologist".
- For advanced education, experienced oceanographers can even teach direct research programs.
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
Florida Institute of Technology.
150 W. University Bvld. Melbourne, FL 32901.
Pros
- Housing Option
- Off Campus Learning
- Online Class
- Melbourne Florida
- Housing Prices
- Tuition and Fees
Hawaii Pacific University
1164 Bishop Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 U.S.A
Pros
- Financial Aid
- Athletic Programs
- Advanced Placement Classes
- Honolulu Hawaii
- High Tuition and Fees
- No online classes
Central Michigan University
https://www.cmich.edu/Pages/default.aspx
1200 S. Franklin St. Mout Pleasant, Mich. 48859
Pros
- Close location
- Virtual tour
- All degrees are present
- No online classes
- TutItion
- Text book rentals & fees
Associations/Professional organization for this career
Oceanography Society,
301, 251, 7708.
The Oceanography Society, P.O. Box 1931, Rockville, MD 20849-1931 USA.
American Geological Insititute
http://www.americangeosciences.org.
American Geosciences Institute, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302-1502.
+1 (703) 379-2480
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