Marine Science, Minor

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Required Credit Hours: 18

Core Requirements:

Distributed as follows:

Two Required Courses (Six Credits):

Group 1:
MSCI 330 - Introduction to Marine Science (3) or
BIOL 230 - Introduction to Marine Science (3) or
GEOL 330 - Introduction to Marine Science (3)
Group 2:
MSCI 331 - Field Studies in Coastal Marine Environments (3) or
* MSCI 332 Coastal Marine Habitats in North Wales (2 cr) and MSCI 333/334 Coastal Environments in South Central Alaska: Copper River and Prince William Sound may be used to fulfill the Field Course requirement. Other field courses of appropriate length and scope may be used to fulfill the field course requirement with permission from the Program Co-Directors.
ENSP 440 - Special Topics in Environmental Science and Policy. (1-4) or
BIOL 404 or GEOL 407 - when these courses are cross-listed with MSCI 331

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.

BIOL 404 - Fundamentals of Exotoxicology (3)
BIOL 404 - Ichthyology (3)
BIOL 427 - Wetland Ecosystems (4)
BIOL 457 - Invertebrate Biology (4)
BIOL 460 - Marine Ecology (3)
ENSP 440 - Estuaries (3)
ENSP 440 - Sustainable Commerce in the Sea or BUAD 492 (3)
GEOL 423 - Paleontology (3) or BIOL 317
MSCI 332 - Coastal Marine Habitats in North Wales (3) (unless used to satisfy the field course requirement)
MSCI 333 - Coastal Environments in South Central Alaska: An Introduction (1) and
MSCI 334 - Coastal Environments in South Central Alaska: Field Course (2) (unless used to satisfy the field course requirement)
MSCI 391 - Marine Science Mash-up (1)
MSCI 398 - Marine Science Seminar (1-3) – Topics vary from year to year. Seminars can be repeated for credit if the topic is different.
Additional MSCI 401 Fundamentals of Marine Science courses (listed below) not used to satisfy the Fundamentals requirement for the Marine Science Minor may be counted as an elective.
MSCI 401A - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Physical Oceanography (2)
MSCI 401B - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Chemical Oceanography (2)
MSCI 401C - Fundamentals of Marine Geology (2)
MSCI 401D - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Biological Oceanography (2)
MSCI 401E - Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Pathobiology (2)
MSCI 401R - Fundamentals of Marine Science Recitation (1)
MSCI 404 - Microbial Processes in a Changing Coastal Environment (2)
MSCI 460 - Oceans and Climate. (2)
MSCI 464 - Marine Conservation Biology (2)
MSCI 498 - Advanced Marine Invertebrate Zoology (3)

Fundamentals of Marine Science Courses (Six Credits):

This requirement can be met in two ways.

(1)

Select three 400 level courses selected from the six courses listed below (six credits) (3 courses at 2 credits each). The recitation section can be repeated for credit - once to meet the Physical Science requirement and once to meet the Biological Science requirement, and that there is a recitation section corresponding to each of the Fundamentals of Marine Science courses.

or (2)

Select two 400-level courses from the six courses listed below and the appropriate recitation section (six credits) (2 courses + corresponding recitation sections = 3 credits each). Students must select one course from the Biological topics (MSCI 401 D, E or F) and one course from the Physical Sciences topics (MSCI 401 A, B or C).

MSCI 401A - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Physical Oceanography (2)
MSCI 401B - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Chemical Oceanography (2)
MSCI 401C - Fundamentals of Marine Geology (2)
MSCI 401D - Fundamentals of Marine Science, Biological Oceanography (2)
MSCI 401E - Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Pathobiology (2)
MSCI 401R - Fundamentals of Marine Science Recitation (1) (The recitation section (MSCI 401R) must be taken as a co-requisite with each of the MSCI 401 courses.)