School of Diving Information for Academics at the Florida Keys Community College in Key West, FL
School of Diving
Welcome to the
James E. Lockwood, Jr. School of Diving & Underwater Technology
NEW: Scuba Diving is now offered in the Middle & Upper Keys with Capt. Tracy Brenner!
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The School of Diving is one of the largest facilities dedicated to diving technology education. Our campus consisits of modern classrooms with computers, showers and lockers, adjacent pool facilities, a hyperbaric facility, temperature and humidity controlled dive locker, a compressed air production facility with two high pressure and two low pressure compressors, a nitrox blending station, scuba repair and testing facility, all located near our open water lagoon. Our lagoon is the repository for the timbers of the Spanish Galleon "Atocha".
We consider diving a science and not merely a physical education course. Our goal is to have our students to apply diving in other academic diciplines such as marine biology, underwater archaeology, mariculture, underwater journalism and photography and other research areas. You can also specialize in diving science and complete an Associate in Diving Business and Technology. If you choose a degree in diving you can specialize in five different focus areas. The five areas are Recreational, Commercial/Work Diving, Research Diving, Hyberbaric Medicine and Public Safety Diving. Students that have finished a degree in diving are now working in all aspects of diving.
You can also participate in our college dive club and explore the reefs with friends. Explore the courses coming up next term and enroll in one the many classes coming up. If you have any questions feel free to contact us.
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