We're located on the doorstep of the solitary islands marine park and we
really make use of our natural environments in our teaching. So students
come here and they can swim with whales they can fly drones they can do debris
surveys on our beaches. So when you enroll in marine science one of the
first things you can do is come and have a look at the Marine Science Centre and
the facilities where we're doing groundbreaking research. In fact our
research is so good that the Australian Government has given it the highest
ranking possible. Our marine and coastal environments matter unfortunately
they're experiencing a range of different threats from a whole variety
of sources. So it's a really good time for students to get involved and study
marine science.
As a student at SCU you'll get the opportunity to be
involved with the latest technologies such as drones. SCU has been using drones
to monitor whales sharks and dolphins and we've been actively involved in
particularly things like monitoring white sharks in the in shore areas which is
really exciting. Students who join us will have the opportunity to put their
hands up to contribute to our research looking at swimming with whales this new
ecotourism opportunity provides an amazing chance to get up close with
these wonderful animals but our job as researchers is to make sure that the
whales are minimally impacted by this activity. We do a wide range of research
we look at the effects of climate change on corals on seaweeds on invertebrates
we also look at aquaculture and the aquaculture is really important what
we're looking at is ways to feed growing population using marine resources.
The world population is increasing and this means that we have to find more
sustainable resources and we also have to look after the marine environment.
Because of this there's a great range of careers that are opening up for marine
scientists things like working in government working in aquaculture and
working in the industry.