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These descriptions provide basic information about the courses. Actual course content and format are updated regularly and may also be modified to meet students’ specific needs. MSCI 693 to MSCI 695 are cross-listed courses taught by staff of the College of William and Mary’s School of Law on the Williamsburg campus.

School of Marine Science

Courses

• MSCI 501A - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Physical Oceanography
• MSCI 501B - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Chemical Oceanography
• MSCI 501C - Fundamentals of Marine Geology
• MSCI 501D - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Biological Oceanography
• MSCI 501E - Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology and Pathobiology
• MSCI 501F - Fundamentals of Marine Fisheries Science
• MSCI 503 - Interdisciplinary Research in Estuarine and Coastal Systems
• MSCI 504 - Fundamentals of Statistical Methods and Data Analysis
• MSCI 506 - Scientific Communication Skills
• MSCI 515A - Biological Sciences Seminar
• MSCI 515B - EAAH Dept Seminar
• MSCI 515C - Fisheries Science Seminar
• MSCI 515D - Physical Sciences Seminar
• MSCI 520 - Principles of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics
• MSCI 522 - Principles of Geological Oceanography
• MSCI 524 - Principles of Chemical Oceanography
• MSCI 526 - Principles of Marine Ecology
• MSCI 527 - Coastal Botany
• MSCI 528 - Marine Fisheries Science
• MSCI 529 - Fish Physiology
• MSCI 545 - Marine Sedimentation
• MSCI 548 - Technical and Continuing Education in Marine Science
• MSCI 550 - Rivers: Processes and Problems
• MSCI 553 - Introduction to Benthic Boundary Layers and Sediment Transport
• MSCI 554 - Principles of Numerical Computing
• MSCI 559 - Parasitology
• MSCI 560 - Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology
• MSCI 562 - Water Pollution
• MSCI 563 - Environmental Chemistry
• MSCI 564 - Aquatic Toxicology
• MSCI 565 - Principles of Pathobiology
• MSCI 566 - Diseases of Marine Organisms
• MSCI 567 - Comparative Immunology
• MSCI 573 - Environmental Microbiology
• MSCI 575 - Aquatic Microbial Ecology
• MSCI 576 - Evolutionary Ecology
• MSCI 579 - Wetlands Ecology
• MSCI 580 - Asian Environmental Issues of the 21st Century
• MSCI 583 - Molecular Genetic Data Analysis, Bioinformatics
• MSCI 599 - Thesis
• MSCI 610 - Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems
• MSCI 611 - Estuarine Hydrodynamics I
• MSCI 612 - Estuarine Hydrodynamics II
• MSCI 615 - Hydrodynamic Modeling of Estuarine and Coastal Waters
• MSCI 617 - Estuarine Water Quality Models
• MSCI 621 - Coastal Morphodynamic Processes
• MSCI 623 - Isotope Geochronology
• MSCI 624 - Ocean Waves: Theory, Measurement and Analysis
• MSCI 625 - Multivariate Analysis and Time Series
• MSCI 626 - Advanced Quantitative Methods for Marine Scientists
• MSCI 627 - Marine Organic Geochemistry
• MSCI 627L - Marine Organic Geochemistry Lab
• MSCI 630 - Advanced Aquatic Chemistry
• MSCI 638 - Fish Histology and Histo-pathology
• MSCI 640 - Quantitative Ecotoxicology
• MSCI 641 - Identifying, Quantifying and Communicating Environmental Risk
• MSCI 642 - Practical Environmental Statistics
• MSCI 648 - An Introduction to Mathematical Biology
• MSCI 649 - Modeling Biological and Ecological Systems
• MSCI 650 - Estuarine Ecology
• MSCI 652 - Marine Plankton Ecology
• MSCI 653 - Marine Benthos
• MSCI 655 - Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry
• MSCI 656 - Seagrass Ecosystems
• MSCI 658 - Larval Ecology
• MSCI 659 - Phytoplankton Ecology
• MSCI 660 - Zooplankton Ecology
• MSCI 664 - Marine Conservation Biology
• MSCI 666 - Ichthyology
• MSCI 667 - Experimental and Quantitative Ecology
• MSCI 668 - Malacology
• MSCI 669 - Linear and Generalized Linear Models in Ecology
• MSCI 670 - Stock Assessment Methods
• MSCI 671 - Fisheries Population Dynamics
• MSCI 672 - Ecology of Fishes
• MSCI 673 - Marine Molecular Genetics
• MSCI 674 - Marine Molecular Genetics Laboratory
• MSCI 684 - Coastal and Marine Policy Implementation: The Art & Science of Governance
• MSCI 685 - Practical Application of Marine Resource Management Techniques
• MSCI 687 - Environmental Policy
• MSCI 689 - Public Policy for Science & Professions
• MSCI 693 - Environmental Law
• MSCI 694 - Land Use Control
• MSCI 695 - Administrative Law
• MSCI 697 - Problems in Marine Science
• MSCI 698 - Special Topics in Marine Science
• MSCI 699 - Dissertation