Class Size

The course is limited to a minimum of 8 students and a maximum of 16 students.

If the course is over subscribed, with more than 16 students meeting the criteria for acceptance into the course, places will be assigned in the following order:

1. Final year students majoring in Life Sciences
2. All other final year students
3. 2nd year students majoring in Life Sciences
4. All other 2nd year students
5. 1st year students majoring in Life Sciences
6. All other first year student

In other words, students majoring in Life Sciences and students with the fewest number of opportunities to take the course in the future will be given priority. If a student is not accepted into the course due to a lack of space they will automatically be accepted into the course the following year and will not have to repeat the Medical Exam or the Swim Test.

Course Structure

Week 1
On campus. Lectures from 8 - 10 am followed by Pools Sessions in 2 streams (if necessary) from 10.30 am - 1.30 pm or 2.30 - 5.30 pm.

Week 2
At Port Royal Marine Laboratory or if sufficient students request it, in-residence at the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory. Practical sessions (in open water or on dry land) from 8 – 11 am and 12 noon – 3 pm followed by lectures from 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm. If the course is at the DBML lectures may instead be held in the evenings after dinner.

Cost of Course

Item			Cost
Tuition (4 credits)			J$ 30,260
Diving Expenses*			J$ 9,000
Food and accommodation at DBML(if necessary)			J$ 10,000
	Total cost:
If week 2 is conducted at PRML			J$ 39,260
If week 2 is conducted at DBML			J$ 49,260
*	This fee includes the use of all snorkelling and SCUBA diving equipment, breathing air, transport to and from PRML (or Discovery Bay), boat use and other diving field trip expenses. It also includes your internationally recognized SEI Open Water Diver certification card.

 

Required Text

1. Scuba Diving by Denis Graver, 4th Edition. ISBN 0-7360-4539-2.
   This book is available in the University Bookshop. Please read it prior to the start of the course as the course is intensive with little time to read or study during the course.
2. SEI Sports diving tables, log book, and student workbook

Exemptions

You may be exempted from the medical exam and Swim Test if:

1. You successfully completed the medical exam and swim test in 2011;
2. You are a certified diver.

Contact

If you require any additional information, or have any questions, about this course, please contact:

Dr. Judith Mendes
judith.mendes@uwimona.edu.jm