This Freshmen immersion course is a chance for incoming marine biology majors to spend two weeks on the Oregon coast, living at OIMB and learning about coastal and marine habitats. This experiential course will enable students to connect with fellow marine biology majors, meeting OIMB faculty and receive early advising at the UO’s marine lab. Students will enroll in summer term before moving into UO housing on main campus in Eugene for fall term.

NEW! Summer Freshmen Immersion Course

September 8-12 and Sept. 15-19, 2025

BI 199 Habitats of the Oregon Coast (4 quarter hour credits) This course provides an introduction to the marine habitats of the Oregon Coast and the abiotic and biotic factors that impact the distribution of marine organisms in these habitats. Lectures and labs will be supplemented with field trips to rocky, estuarine, and sandy beach intertidal habitats as well as subtidal habitats aboard the R/V Megalopa.

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