The Batten School & VIMS campus will be closed on Monday, March 15 due to the National Weather Service prediction for severe weather including periods of rain, damaging winds and the potential for tornadoes.

- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Graduate Program

Graduate Program Catalog

Graduate Program Catalog

Link to: 2025-26 Batten School & VIMS Graduate Course Catalog

William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS graduate course catalog serves as the official record of courses offered, degree requirements and policies in effect at the time a student matriculates to the program. It provides course descriptions, prerequisites and credit hours for each course. The university reserves the right to make changes in the regulations, charges, and curricula listed therein at any time. The catalog is current through June and the catalog for the next academic year is published on August 1. Catalog edits should be submitted to the [[registrar, Batten School & VIMS Registrar]] by no later than May 1 each year.

For course planning purposes, the Batten School & VIMS master curriculum plan identifies marine science course offerings through Summer 2026.

View Batten School & VIMS graduate catalogs from previous years:
2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 |

2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06

Information from catalogs published earlier than 2005-06 may be obtained from the [[registrar, Batten School & VIMS Registrar]].