Oceanography is for explorers, for people interested in the ocean environment and in the physical processes that affect the coasts, seafloor, and water column. Oceanographers study volcanoes and sediment, water chemistry and atmospheric gasses, glacial ice and global warming, marine ecology, and habitat, earth and life through time, and the origins of the universe. Oceanography is a multidisciplinary science that applies the concepts of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and engineering to the ocean world. Fields of study include physical oceanography, meteorology, geophysics, geochemistry, glaciology, volcanology, marine biology, environmental geology, and more. The multidisciplinary approach is what makes oceanography exciting and challenging for students with broad scientific interests and curiosity about how the ocean system works. The exploration of oceanography is a hands-on discipline that is best realized by seeing the ocean environment through field experience.