(May 17-June 18, 2010)

The Marine Laboratory, set within the natural beauty of the Outer Banks of coastal North Carolina, offers a picturesque residential campus, where learning in small, intimate groups takes place and students have direct access to the area's natural resources while using the latest scientific innovations. Many of the courses include a field studies component.

Eligibility
The summer courses below are open to qualified college undergraduates, graduate students, and postbaccalaureates. These courses are not open to high school students.

Enrollment Information

Duke students:
To enroll, please email hnearing@duke.edu or ml_admissions@nicholas.duke.edu and include which academic term you are interested in attending. All Duke students in good standing are automatically accepted to study at the Duke Marine Lab.

Non-Duke students:
Complete an enrollment form online or mail completed form to

Helen Nearing
Admissions Office
Duke Marine Lab
135 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort NC 28516

Enrollment Form Submission dates*

'10 Summer I term: April 16, 2010
’10 Summer II term: June 11, 2010

*Enrollment to the Duke Marine Lab is first-come, first-served. Enrollment forms are accepted as long as space is still available.

Course Load
During Summer Term I students are allowed to take only one course. It is a 5-week session and the majority of courses carry 1.5 course credits (6 units or semester hours).

Curriculum
To review individual course descriptions, please click on the course registration number below (e.g., BIOLOGY 150L). For additional information on the faculty, click on the instructor's name (many faculty have separate pages).