Department of Oceanography

Oceanography at Texas A&M University officially dates from 8 January 1949, when the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas established the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology, one of the first such academic programs in the United States. The Department of Oceanography is committed to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge about the ocean. It educates students about the ocean in the classroom and develops their research skills by involving them directly in research ashore and on ships in all oceans of the world. It studies processes and interactions among oceans, atmosphere, biosphere and geosphere by collecting, analyzing, and modeling large data sets to solve important complex problems of immediate and long-term concern to society.