Texas A&M University Undergraduate Catalog

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Texas A&M University at Galveston

General Statement

Texas A&M University at Galveston, a branch campus of Texas A&M University, offers ocean-oriented, four-year courses with excellence in business, oceanographic/physical and biological sciences, engineering and transportation. Degrees are awarded from Texas A&M University. Ocean voyages, sailing in Galveston Bay, beachfront experiments and independent study complement the rigorous classroom experience at Texas A&M University at Galveston. In addition to its academic programs, the campus houses the Texas Maritime Academy, which offers training programs leading to officer licensing in the U.S. Merchant Marine.

Texas A&M University at Galveston is located near the mouth of Galveston Bay with close access to the Gulf of Mexico. The University has facilities at three separate campus locations. Most instructional programs are taught at the 130-acre Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island (with housing for 600+ students). The training ship, T/S Texas Clipper II, serves as a floating classroom, laboratory and dormitory for the annual summer training cruise of the U.S. Maritime Service cadets. During the regular school year, the ship is berthed at Pelican Island and provides valuable dockside laboratory facilities for instruction in the practical aspects of the maritime curricula.