Aquaculture and Fisheries Science B.S.
Overview
Aquaculture and fisheries play an essential role in the sustainability and health of our planet by providing food and other services. This major prepares students for professional, technical, academic, or research careers focused on the safe and sustainable production of products and services from aquatic (marine and freshwater) environments.
Core values include:
- An emphasis on sustainable food production in the context of other ecosystem processes
- Heterogeneous scales of production (from small farms and fisheries that sell directly to consumers to large scale producers)
- Preserving local cultures and biodiversity while understanding future demands
The program not only allows you to graduate with a strong focus on aquaculture or fisheries depending on your career interests, but also to complement this solid foundation with a variety of complementary skills directly applicable to the job market (e.g., scientific diving, handling of small boats, business management, entrepreneurship, economics, policy, oceanography, environmental sciences, etc.) through targeted offerings from our program and many other programs at URI.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the knowledge necessary for professional or academic work in the field of aquaculture and fisheries. This includes knowledge in the areas of ecology, oceanography, biology, physiology, pathology, nutrition, and genetics.
- Evaluate the importance of diversity, equity and justice, as well as the role of social factors on aquaculture and fisheries from local to global scales.
- Demonstrate the basic technical skills necessary for work in aquaculture and fisheries.
- Create local and global solutions to complex challenges in aquaculture and fisheries.