CSP Programs

Our Programs

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.

Pidgeon Point Lighthouse, Pescadero California