Marine Science Minor

Required Core Courses (7 crs.)

• BIOL 162 - Principles of Biology: Organismal Diversity Credits: 4
• ESSC 220 - Oceanography Credits: 3

Foundations of Marine Science (6 crs.)

• BIOL 190 - General Education Special Topics Credits: 3
• BIOL 205 - Marine Biology Credits: 3
• BIOL 245 - Marine Ecology Credits: 3
• ESSC 190 - General Education Special Topics Credits: 3
• ESSC 212 - Historical Geology Credits: 3
• ESSC 340 - Marine Geology Credits: 3

Advanced Marine Geoscience or Marine Biology (3 crs.)

• BIOL 315 - Marine Invertebrates Credits: 3
• BIOL 320 - Marine Botany Credits: 3
• BIOL 391 - Biology Internship I Credits: 1-3
• BIOL 392 - Biology Internship II Credits: 1-3
• BIOL 393 - Selected Topics in Biology Credits: 1-3
• BIOL 397 - Introduction to Research Credits: 3
• BIOL 398 - Research II Credits: 3
• BIOL 401 - Coral Reef Ecology Credits: 3
• BIOL 413 - Marine Ichthyology Credits: 3
• BIOL 417 - Herpetology Credits: 3
• BIOL 442 - Aquatic Ecology Credits: 3
• BIOL 444 - Conservation Biology Credits: 3
• BIO 547 - Wetland Ecology Credits: 3
• ESSC 397 - Introduction to Research Credits: 3
• ESSC 404 - Applied Weather and Climate Credits: 3
• ESSC 410 - Sedimentary Geology and Paleoenvironments Credits: 3
• ESSC 451 - Coastal Environmental Oceanography Credits: 3
• ESSC 490 - Selected Topics in Earth Science Credits: 1-3
• GEOG 203 - Climate, Energy, and Sustainability Credits: 3
• GEOG 332 - Field Methods in Oceanography Credits: 3
• GEOG 336 - Coastal Geomorphology Credits: 3
• GEOG 360 - Internship in Geography I Credits: 3
• GEOG 450 - Geography-Geology Field Studies Credits: 1-3

Marine Science Capstone (3 crs.)