Marine Science, Minor

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Required Credit Hours: 18

Core Requirements:

Distributed as follows:

Two Required Courses (Six Credits):

MSCI 330 - Introduction to Marine Science (3) or
BIOL 230 - Introduction to Marine Science (3) or
GEOL 330 - Introduction to Marine Science (3)
MSCI 331 - Field Studies in Coastal Marine Environments (3) or
BIOL 404 - Special Topics in Biology (1-4) or
ENSP 404 or
* GEOL 407 - Special Topics in Geology (1-3)

Elective Courses (Six Credits):

Existing courses that can be used to meet this requirement are listed below. Additional courses may be used to satisfy this requirement with approval from the Marine Science Minor Advisory Committee.

Course information for courses listed above 500 can be found in the Graduate Catalog.

MSCI 398 - Marine Science Seminar (1) – Topics vary from year to year. Seminars can be repeated for credit if the topic is different.
MSCI 460 - Oceans and Climate. (2)
BIOL 427 - Wetland Ecosystems (4) or
BIOL 627 or
MSCI 579
BIOL 457 - Invertebrate Biology (4)
BIOL 404 - Special Topics in Biology (1-4) or
MSCI 560
BIOL 460 - Advanced Seminar in Biology (3) (formerly BIOL 404)
GEOL 306 - Marine Geology (3)
(Only one of Marine Geology or Fundamentals of Marine Geology can be used for the marine science minor; the one course selected can count towards the fundamentals of marine science or the elective requirement, but not both)
GEOL 423 - Paleontology (3) or
BIOL 317 - Paleontology (3)
ENSP 440 - Special Topics in Environmental Science and Policy. (1-4)
MSCI 332 - Coastal Marine Habitats in North Wales (3)
MSCI 498 - Special Topics in Marine Science (1-3)
Coastal Botany (2 or 3 cr) MSCI 527
Water Pollution (2 cr) MSCI 562
Environmental Chemistry (3 cr) MSCI 563
Principles of Pathobiology (3 cr) MSCI 565
Aquatic Microbial Ecology (3 cr) MSCI 575
Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems (2 or 3 cr) MSCI 610
Seagrass Ecology (1 or 2 cr) MSCI 656
Zooplankton Ecology (4 cr) MSCI 660
Marine Conservation Biology (3 cr) MSCI 664
Malacology (3 cr) MSCI 668n. Water Pollution (2 cr) MSCI 562
Environmental Chemistry (3 cr) MSCI 563
Principles of Pathobiology (3 cr) MSCI 565
Aquatic Microbial Ecology (3 cr) MSCI 575
Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems (2 or 3 cr) MSCI 610
Seagrass Ecology (1 or 2 cr) MSCI 656
Zooplankton Ecology (4 cr) MSCI 660
Marine Conservation Biology (3 cr) MSCI 664
Malacology (3 cr) MSCI 668
BUAD 492 - Special Topics (0-3) or
ENSP 440
Additional MSCI 501 Fundamentals of Marine Science courses not used to satisfy the Fundamentals requirement for the Marine Science Minor

Marine Science Fundamentals Courses:

Select three Marine Science Fundamentals courses selected from the six courses listed below (six credits) (3 courses @ 2 credits each.) Students will need to complete the form required for undergraduate enrollment in graduate courses (see the College Catalog for details).