CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

Master of Marine Management (MMM) degree

Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University

The Master of Marine Management (MMM) is a one year professional, non-thesis and interdisciplinary graduate program designed for students who want to address solutions for marine management problems with interdisciplinary synthesis and integration through teamwork in research and planning. The student body, approximately 20 per annum, comprises a remarkable diversity of professionals and recent graduates from many backgrounds, disciplines, and countries. Faculty members associated with the Marine Affairs Program offer world class expertise from fifteen departments across two university campuses, several federal government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private sector companies, all focused on the ocean, coastal, and maritime sectors.  Among our many strengths is the international nature of both our student body and faculty expertise.  The Marine Affairs Program is based at Dalhousie University, the premier university in Atlantic Canada as well as Canada’s “Ocean University” and the home of many internationally renowned researchers and award-winning scholars.

The Marine Affairs Program offers students the opportunity to specialize in a variety of areas, including the management of marine mammals.  A recent publication on this topic, co-authored by one of our professors and a recent MMM graduate is currently in press with Marine Policy: Factors to consider in evaluating the management and conservation effectiveness of a whale sanctuary to protect and conserve the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Patricia R. Hinch and Elizabeth M. De Santo*, Dalhousie University Marine Affairs Program (*corresponding author: Elizabeth.De.Santo@dal.ca).

Please visit our website for more information on our course offerings and the Marine Affairs Program. Applications are due 31 January 2011:  http://marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca/

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Please direct enquiries to our Administrator, Becky Field at: marine.affairs@dal.ca  or:  +1 902 494 3555

Dr. Elizabeth M. De Santo

Assistant Professor of Marine Affairs

Dalhousie University

6100 University Avenue

Suite 2127

Halifax, NS B3H 3J5

Canada

Tel: +1 902 494 7132

Fax: +1 902 494 1001

Email: Elizabeth.De.Santo@dal.ca