	Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
	Canada's premier coastal and marine facility for teaching and research

Fall Program Students in the field, photo by Yvonne Sui

University Programs

Hands On • Small Class Sizes • Independent Field Research

Attend Canada’s premier coastal research and training facility, where we offer unique field courses in coastal and marine sciences. These University credit courses are open to senior undergraduates, graduates and other qualified persons. BMSC courses are directly credited towards member university degree programs (UVic, UBC, SFU, UAlberta, UCalgary).

Summer 2013 Course Listing - **Applications still being accepted***

Summer Course Profiles; see what summer students experienced!

Check out the new 'MOBILE site' on your smart phone

"Bamfield courses and my experience working with Rich [Palmer] were important contributors to my career choice and among the most memorable parts of my life."

Dr. Adam Chippindale
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Genetics
Queen's University

A unique educational experience

Experience hands-on learning in a living laboratory

Summer 2013 course listing

Fall Program 2013 details

How to Apply

Arriving in Bamfield

All undergraduate applicants taking courses for credit are considered for scholarships.

Whale watching on the exposed west coast

Great Tide Pool video, by Graeme Barber

• Experiential learning – BMSC is located in a pristine west coast natural environment with a diversity of coastal habitats; the field & lab are your classroom.

• Intense immersion experience – our undergraduate and graduate courses allows for focus, concentration and retention of material.

• Independent and team-based research projects – provides the opportunity to explore your personal interest.

• Small class sizes – class sizes are limited to a maximum of 24 students.

• Productive interactions with researchers – seminars and social events provide opportunities to meet informally and discuss research with visiting faculty.

- In the Summer, each six-week immersion course carries credit equivalent to a two-semester university course, while three-week courses carry credit equivalent to one one-semester university course.

Students may take as many courses as they like, but only one course at a time. Courses are an intense immersion experience, running from Monday to Saturday, 10 hours on average per day.

- In the Fall, the fifteen week Fall Program consists of five courses which, taken together, equal a full semester of courses. See table below for equivalent number of units.

	UVic	U Alberta	U Calgary	SFU	UBC	ECTS
3 weeks	1.5	3	3	3	3	6
6 weeks	3.0	6	6	6	6	12
Fall	7.5	15	15	15	15	30

Contact the BMSC Ambassador at your home university for more information.

BMSC has Ambassadors at several universities who can make presentations to classes and who will answer such questions as; what courses are offered at BMSC, what it is like to take courses at BMSC, what are the benefits of BMSC programs, what to expect in terms of accommodations, and what to bring, etc. Please feel free to contact them.

University of Victoria:
University of Victoria:
University of Alberta:
University of Alberta:
University of Alberta:
University of Calgary:
Simon Fraser University:
Simon Fraser University:
University of British Columbia:
University of British Columbia:
University of British Columbia Okanagan:
Vancouver Island University:
University of Regina:
University of Manitoba:
University of Saskatchewan:
Quebec Universities:
St. Francis Xavier University:

Questions regarding administrative details such registration procedures, exchange programs, etc. should be directed to the BMSC or your Departmental Advisor.

Would you like to be a BMSC Ambassador at your home university? Contact us for more details.

Contact

University Programs Coordinator:

(250) 728-3301 ext. 216

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Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
100 Pachena Rd, Bamfield, BC
Canada, V0R 1B0
Phone: (250) 728-3301
Fax: (250) 728-3452