Marine Biology and Coastal Sciences (M.S.)
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| AQUA 551 | Advanced Aquatic Biological Processes | 3 |
| BIOL 570 | Ecology | 3 |
| EAES 505 | Environmental Geoscience | 3 |
| or EAES 526 | Geochemistry | |
| EAES 533 | Water Resource Management | 3 |
| or EAES 560 | Environmental Law | |
| BIOL 592 | Graduate Colloquium | 1 |
| or EAES 790 | Colloquium in Environmental Management | |
| Graduate Electives | ||
| Select 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| Population Genetics | ||
| Plant Physiology | ||
| Advanced Herpetology | ||
| Advanced Entomology | ||
| Advanced Comparative Animal Physiology | ||
| Microbial Physiology | ||
| Physiological Plant Ecology | ||
| Wetland Ecology | ||
| Shoreline Ecology | ||
| Behavioral Ecology | ||
| Biology of Extreme Habitats | ||
| Physiological Ecology of Animals | ||
| Evolutionary Mechanisms | ||
| Selected Advanced Topics in Biology | ||
| Selected Advanced Topics in Physiology | ||
| Selected Advanced Topics in Ecology | ||
| Molecular Ecology | ||
| Conservation Biology: The Preservation of Biological Diversity | ||
| Advanced Physical Geology | ||
| Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Organic Geochemistry | ||
| Applied Groundwater Modeling | ||
| Paleoecology | ||
| Advanced Marine Geology | ||
| Pro Seminar | ||
| Culminating Activity | ||
| Graduate Research | ||
| AQUA 599 | Graduate Research in Aquatic and Coastal Sciences | 4 |
| Graduate Thesis | ||
| AQUA 698 | Master's Thesis | 6 |
| Submit the completed Thesis original and one copy to the Graduate Office. See Thesis Guidelines for details. | ||
| Total Credits | 32 | |