A foundational diving certification that transitions students from land to the underwater world. You will master scuba theory and equipment safety, practice essential skills in confined water, and complete four open water dives to explore the house reef and gain your lifetime license to dive.

Hands-on field sessions where students master underwater identification and surveying. You will learn to catalog unique natural markings for population tracking, use standardized color charts to monitor coral bleaching, and measure reef composition using benthic line transects.

Practical workshops on the "behind-the-scenes" of marine science. Students will practice transcribing raw field observations into digital sheets, plotting survey data to visualize biological trends over time, and mastering metadata standards for professional archiving.

Career-focused sessions designed to build essential workplace skills. You will practice presenting complex reef data to audiences, managing field teams during dive missions, and coordinating project safety protocols—all key abilities for scholarship and job applications.