 Students participated in classroom workshops on history and artifact identification & conservation as well as in underwater archaeological projects on the wrecks of the Civil War blockade runners "Georgiana", "Mary Bowers" and "Constance" as well as paleontological projects in the Cooper River and refuse sites in the Ashley River.The College of Marine Arts awarded five doctorates in Marine Histories (DMH or MHD).They were issued for a combination of research and "jure dignitatis".