The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. “Just diving and breathing under the water in general feels like you’re flying,” senior biology major Turner MacInnis said when describing his experience in Scientific Diving I Lab at the pool in the Marine Sciences Building. University of Georgia students were first able to enroll in this scientific diving course in fall 2014. Now, more than 10 years later, students can officially declare a minor in scientific diving. The scientific diving minor was announced in March and introduced to students this fall. The minor allows undergraduates to earn open water certifications, gain hands-on research experience and learn safety skills for underwater work and exploration. The program teaches skills necessary to collect data on marine habitats and survey underwater archeological sites. Undergraduates enrolled in the minor are required to take Introduction to Marine Policy, Scientific Diving I and Scientific Diving II. They must also take a total of seven credit hours in elective courses, which can be fulfilled through faculty-mentored undergraduate research and specific anthropology and geology classes. No prior diving experience is needed to enroll in the minor. Scott Noakes, a senior research scientist at UGA and director of the University System of Georgia Scientific Diving Program, teaches the scientific diving courses. Noakes said taking the diving courses…
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