Our Programs

Coastal Climate Resilience Professional Development Course

Gain expertise from top sustainability and resilience professionals in the professional development course in Coastal Climate Resilience.

This course is designed for those actively working in the field of coastal climate resilience with an aim to have participants apply learnings in real time.  Students in the Coastal Climate Resilience course learn to navigate coastal adaptation and sustainability projects from policies to practice for a resilient future. This course is designed for practitioners in the United States and is tailored to cover US funding and policy. We are not accepting international applicants at this time, however, we are taking note of interest and may develop a course tailored for international practitioners in the future. Please fill out the interest form above to note your interest in future offerings.

Our multisector network of instructors share a dedication to implementing practical solutions to coastal resilience projects. Through cohort-based instruction and activities grounded in science, practitioners will learn to navigate coastal adaptation and sustainability projects from policies to practice for a resilient future. The course will help practitioners build a framework of opportunities, innovations, and practical solutions in coastal climate resilience. 

Hacking 4 Oceans 

Entrepreneurship + Ocean/Coastal Conservation Course

Learn Lean Launchpad and other Lean Design techniques for startup success to tackle complex problems critical to saving our oceans and coasts with an interdisciplinary team of students from across campus. Offered each year in Spring and open to graduate and undergraduate students across all UC campuses.

Blue Pioneers Accelerator Program

Accelerating Innovation and Leading Change in Ocean Management

This program empowers innovators and changemakers to tackle complex problems in marine conservation and ocean management in China, the Pacific, and around the world.

Marine Network 

Monterey Area Research Institutions’ Network for Education

MARINE provides professional development opportunities to prepare future ocean leaders for interdisciplinary, real world problem-solving. MARINE is a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz Coastal Science & Policy Program and seven Monterey Bay area academic campuses.