Today we get to know #DornsifeTrojan Erin Tharp! She is a senior majoring in environmental studies (uscenvironmentalstudies) with a minor in marine biology (uscbiosci). She tells us about her most memorable classes at USC and advice for students. Scroll for photos of her summer research 🤿 studying sea cucumbers at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center, 🥾 hiking in L.A. and with her teammates on the 🤽‍♀️ USC women's water polo team. 🔗 Read more about her scientific research at the link in our bio. 🏡 Hometown: Newport Beach, CA 📚 A surprising academic experience: The class that surprised me most was Scott Applebaum’s marine biology class because we learned how to code using the R programming language. I struggled most weeks, but slowly got the hang of it. Learning how to code in R came in extremely handy as I used it to analyze my data this past summer for research on sea cucumbers through the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the us...