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Requirements for the Minor
Required Credit Hours: 18
Core Requirements: Distributed as follows:
  1. Two required courses (six credits):
    1. Introduction to Marine Science (3 credits) MSCI 330, BIOL 330, GEOL 330 (currently Introduction to Oceanography, with this proposal we are requesting a name change to Introduction to Marine Science)
    2. Field Studies in Coastal Marine Environments (3 credits) MSCI 498, GEOL 407, ENST 404, BIOL 404
  2. Three Marine Science Fundamentals courses selected from the six courses listed below (six credits) (Students will need to submit the form requesting permission to enroll in graduate courses for undergraduate credit [pdf]  as outlined in the College catalog, or as streamlined based on discussions with the relevant personnel.) (3 courses @ 2 credits each.)
    1. Fundamentals of Marine Science, Physical Oceanography (2 credits) MSCI 501A
    2. Fundamentals of Marine Science, Chemical Oceanography (2 credits) MSCI 501B
    3. Fundamentals of Marine Geology (2 credits) MSCI 501C OR Marine Geology GEOL 306 (3 credits)
    4. Fundamentals of Marine Science, Biological Oceanography (2 credits) MSCI 501D
    5. Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Pathobiology (2 credits) MSCI 501E
    6. Fundamentals of Marine Fisheries Science (2 credits) MSCI 501F
  3. Six credit hours in elective courses. Existing courses that can be used to meet this requirement are listed below. Additional courses may be added to the list with approval from the Marine Science Minor Advisory Committee.
    1. Invertebrate Biology (4 cr) BIOL 316
    2. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (3 cr) BIOL 404/MSCI 560
    3. Wetland Ecology (4 cr) BIOL 427/BIOL627/MSCI 579
    4. Marine Geology (3 cr) GEOL 306 (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)
    5. Paleontology (3 cr) GEOL 423/BIOL 317
    6. Estuaries (3 cr) ENST 440
    7. Marine Science Seminars (1 credit each, currently taught as GEOL 407 or ENSP 249 courses) – Topics vary from year to year. Seminars can be repeated for credit if the topic is different.
    8. Coastal Marine Habitats in North Wales (2 cr) MSCI 498
    9. Advanced Marine Invertebrate Zoology, a Field Course (3 cr) MSCI 498
    10. Coastal Botany (2 or 3 cr) MSCI 527
    11. Water Pollution (2 cr) MSCI 562
    12. Environmental Chemistry (3 cr) MSCI 563
    13. Principles of Pathobiology (3 cr) MSCI 565
    14. Aquatic Microbial Ecology (3 cr) MSCI 575
    15. Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems (2 or 3 cr) MSCI 610
    16. Seagrass Ecology (1 or 2 cr) MSCI 656
    17. Zooplankton Ecology (4 cr) MSCI 660
    18. Marine Conservation Biology (3 cr) MSCI 664
    19. Malacology (3 cr) MSCI 668
    20. Sustainable Commerce in the Sea (3 cr) BUAD 492/ENSP 440
    21. Additional MSCI 501 Fundamentals of Marine Science courses not used to satisfy the Fundamentals requirement for the Marine Science Minor