This course is designed to prepare participants with knowledge and skills necessary towards earning qualification as an Indiana University Scientific Diver.  Course provides comprehensive principles for safe and efficient diving during scientific investigations and surveys.  Topics include OSHA and IU standards for scientific diving, research techniques, and diving skill development.  Underwater techniques for data collection in several academic areas and personal diving skills will be emphasized during open water training.  The week will consist of two days of online synchronous lectures, and three days of open water diving (students must complete at least two days of open water dives).  

Indiana University’s Academic Diving Program will provide students with all the necessary scuba equipment to be successful in the field, but students will be responsible for providing their own exposure suits, boots, etc.

The cost of this project is 1 credit hour of tuition plus a Course fee of $175.44. Students will enroll in SPH K-492 Research in Underwater Science.

Please contact Sam Haskell (sihaskel@indiana.edu) for further course or diving information.