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2017-2018 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  Jun 22, 2024
 
2017-2018 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    MGSC 798 - Strategic Information Management

    Credits: 3

    Impacts of information and the information processing industry on the management of organizations; methods for managing information resources in support of competitive strategies.

    Prerequisites: MGSC 796

  
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    MGSC 871 - Global Sourcing: Strategies and Applications

    Credits: 3

    This course covers skills necessary to pursue sourcing and related careers in manufacturing, services, retailing, and government agencies, including discussion of cutting-edge negotiation and sourcing strategies pursued by exemplar firms.

    Prerequisites: DMSB 718

  
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    MGSC 872 - Project Management

    Credits: 3

    Management of projects including justification, planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling, and auditing. The course makes extensive use of project management information systems.

  
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    MGSC 873 - Service Operations Management

    Credits: 3

    Analysis of service operations, integrated about strategy, design, and delivery issues. Comparison of manufacturing and service operations, emphasizing consumer participation in the service process.

    Prerequisites: MGSC 791

  
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    MGSC 874 - Operations Strategy and Productive Systems Design

    Credits: 3

    Development and implementation of productive operations strategy and its relation to the overall organizational strategy; particular attention is given to the interface between product and process technology.

    Prerequisites: MGSC 791

  
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    MGSC 875 - Supply Chain Coordination and Control

    Credits: 3

    Design and management of systems that coordinate information and material flows within and between firms in a supply chain. Addresses planning basics, system alternatives, and advanced value stream synchronization.

    Prerequisites: DMSB 718 or MGSC 791

  
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    MGSC 876 - Supply Chain Management

    Credits: 3

    Management activities and models in the areas of sourcing, inventory management, and logistics that help frame, structure, and solve decisions that pertain to various aspects of supply chain management.

    Prerequisites: DMSB 718 or MGSC 791

    Note: Course Title change effective Spring 2012

  
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    MGSC 889 - Design of Advanced Business Information Structures

    Credits: 3

    A study of data structures and file management with specific attention to applied business problems. Special emphasis is placed on the structure and management of information for management decision-making systems.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 205 and CSCE 500

  
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    MGSC 890 - Telecommunications

    Credits: 3

    Technological concepts and techniques applied in video, data, and voice communications. Topics include local area networks, wide area networks, standards, management, and cost issues involved in telecommunications.

    Prerequisites: MGSC 796

  
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    MGSC 891 - Data Resource Management

    Credits: 3

    Overview of data resource management, including database technology and design, information architecture planning, and database administration. A design project is required.

  
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    MGSC 892 - Experimental Research Methods

    Credits: 3

    The structure and analysis of experimental and research designs with applications to business and economic problems.

    Cross-listed Course: MGMT 892

    Prerequisites: MGSC 692

  
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    MGSC 893 - Business Process Analysis, Design, and Implementation

    Credits: 3

    Study of the concepts, tools and issues associated with analyzing and improving modern business processes including quality mangement, process control, systems and technologies for process support, and case studies.

  
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    MGSC 894 - Advanced Topics in Management Science

    Credits: 3

    Topics will be selected from: nonlinear programming, stochastic programming, integer programming, spectral analysis, decision theory, Markov processes, Box-Jenkins methods, management information systems.

    Cross-listed Course: ECON 894

    Prerequisites: MGSC 694

  
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    MGSC 895 - Econometrics and Regression II

    Credits: 3

    Topics in generalized least squares, autocorrelation, distributed lag models, principle components, identification, and simultaneous estimating techniques.

    Cross-listed Course: ECON 895

    Prerequisites: MGSC 795

  
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    MGSC 896 - Intelligent Information Systems Design for Business Decision Making

    Credits: 3

    Selection, design, and application of a wide range of decision support systems and knowledge-based information technologies for supporting effective managerial decision making.

  
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    MGSC 897 - Global Supply Chain Operations Management GRADUATE CAPSTONE CONSULTING PROJECT

    Credits: 3

    This course entails a live project under faculty supervision in which student teams apply GSCOM concepts and techniques to solve practical significant problems and opportunities in real-world service and manufacturing firms.

    Corequisite: Prereq or Co-req: MGSC 893

    Prerequisites: Prereq or Co-req: MGSC 893

  
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    MGSC 898 - Management of Technology and Innovation

    Credits: 3

    The role of product and process innovation in competitiveness, intellectual property rights, organizing the technical effort, and techniques to enhance and pace technology development.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 751 and MGSC 791

  
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    MKTG 701 - Marketing Management

    Credits: 3

    Marketing function with emphasis on the procedures and techniques for analyzing, planning, and implementing marketing strategies and tactics related to product, pricing, communication, and distribution decisions.

  
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    MKTG 702 - Marketing Research

    Credits: 3

    Research methodology as applied to marketing problems; includes research problem definition, sample design, data collection procedures, valid and reliable measurement, data analysis techniques, and sales forecasting fundamentals.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 703 - Marketing Planning

    Credits: 3

    Tools and techniques for creating marketing plans.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 704 - Consumer Behavior

    Credits: 3

    Concepts, theories, and techniques applicable to obtaining a sophisticated understanding of consumer motives, attitudes, decision-making processes, and satisfaction determinants.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 705 - Marketing Communications

    Credits: 3

    Advertising, sales promotions, marketing-oriented public relations, event and sponsorship marketing, point-of-purchase communications, and other aspects of integrated marketing communications.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 706 - Sales and Sales Management

    Credits: 3

    The role and activities of sales in marketing, including concepts, practices, and procedures of sales force management.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 707 - Product and Branding Policies

    Credits: 3

    Product line and portfolio planning, stage-gate approach to new product development, product launch and product life cycle management, and branding strategies and procedures.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 708 - Customer Relationship Management and Data Mining

    Credits: 3

    Techniques, procedures, and software applications for database marketing, managing customer relations, and mining large databases.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 709 - Internet Marketing

    Credits: 3

    The Internet as both a marketing channel and communication medium, including E-commerce from a marketing perspective.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 710 - Strategic Marketing

    Credits: 3

    An integrative treatment of the role of marketing in strategic problem solving

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 712 - Topics in Marketing Thought and Practice

    Credits: 3

    Readings and research on selected topics in marketing. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 713 - Managing Customer Satisfaction

    Credits: 3

    This course explores the importance of customer satisfaction in today’s marketplace and the challenges of designing and implementing an actual customer satisfaction measurement process.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 710 or DMSB 716

  
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    MKTG 715 - Pricing Strategy and Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Economics and behavioral foundations of pricing strategy formulation and implementation.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 701 or DMSB 701, or equivalent

  
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    MKTG 716 - Listening to the Voice of the Market

    Credits: 3

    Building competencies that help managers acquire knowledge from clients and apply it in ways that enhance openness in building strategic responses.


    Prerequisites: DMSB 716 or MKTG 701 or special permission from the instructor

  
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    MKTG 717 - Marketing Spreadsheet Modeling

    Credits: 3

    Conceptual foundations and application of basic econometric and statistical models used in marketing analytics contexts.


    Prerequisites: DMSB 716 or MKTG 701 and DSMB 712 or MGSC 711

  
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    MKTG 718 - Social and Digital Media Strategies for Businesses

    Credits: 3

    Develop a social and digital media plan/solution to present to a client. Business enterprises and even non-business organizations are demanding new marketing hires and their marketing agencies have an acute understanding of how to develop and utilize online and social media as part of their integrated marketing plans. Both business-to-consumer and business-to-business enterprises are migrating to social media as a primary form of communication with customers and partners.

    Prerequisites: DMSB 716 and MKTG 701

  
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    MKTG 750 - Marketing Consulting Project

    Credits: 3

    Develop successful marketing strategies using data, research, and analysis to create impactful strategies for real business clients. Businesses and recruiters are increasingly demanding experience handling practical problems faced by a marketing manager from our MBA students. In this elective course, the students get that experience.


    Prerequisites: MKTG 701

  
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    MKTG 850 - Research Methods and Philosophies in Marketing

    Credits: 3

    Doctoral seminar covering research methods and philosophies that underpin knowledge generation in marketing.

  
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    MKTG 851 - Concepts and Theories in Consumer Research

    Credits: 3

    Doctoral seminar exploring concepts, theories, and research methods relevant to understanding consumer behavior.

  
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    MKTG 852 - Current Topics in Consumer Research

    Credits: 3

    Doctoral seminar involving intensive study and criticism of the current consumer research literature.

    Prerequisites: MKTG 851

  
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    MKTG 853 - Analytic Techniques for Marketing Decision Making

    Credits: 3

    Doctoral seminar investigating contemporary analytic techniques for testing marketing theories.

  
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    MKTG 854 - Latent Variable Estimation Techniques

    Credits: 3

    Doctoral seminar examining covariance structure methods for developing measures of unobservable constructs and testing structural models.

  
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    MKTG 855 - Conceptualization in Marketing

    Credits: 3

    A directed project for marketing Ph.D. students requiring literature synthesis of a selected topical area and formulation of original concepts and theoretical propositions.

    Prerequisites: permission of department

  
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    MKTG 856 - Empirical Testing of Theoretical Propositions in Marketing

    Credits: 3

    A directed project for marketing Ph.D. students requiring an empirical investigation and testing of theoretical propositions.

    Prerequisites: permission of department

  
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    MKTG 857 - Marketing Models

    Credits: 3

    Doctoral seminar covering advances in marketing science models, including brand choice, product development, media choice, and other models.

    Prerequisites: MGSC 792

  
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    MKTG 858 - Seminar in Marketing Strategy I

    Credits: 3

    Doctoral seminar investigating emerging paradigms and theory regarding the role of marketing within the firm and the effects of marketing mix variables on consumer behavior and firm performance.

  
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    MKTG 859 - Seminar in Marketing Strategy II

    Credits: 3

    Theoretical foundations of marketing strategy.

  
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    MSCI 501 - Principles of Geomorphology

    Credits: 3

    The process of earth denudation with emphasis on chemistry of weathering, stream and erosion hydraulics, quantitative analysis of land form evolution.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 501

    Prerequisites: GEOL 101 and 102

  
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    MSCI 502 - Principles of Coastal Geomorphology

    Credits: 4

    Geological and physical controls on the morphology, development and stability of coastlines. Analysis of waves and erosional processes, and coastal zone morphodynamics.

    Corequisite: Prereq or coreq: MATH 122 or 141

    Prerequisites: Prereq or coreq: MATH 122 or 141 (concurrent enrollment acceptable)

    Note: Several required field trips.

  
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    MSCI 505 - Senior Seminar

    Credits: 1

    Prerequisites: restricted to undergraduate Marine Science majors

  
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    MSCI 509 - MATLAB-Based Data Analysis in Ocean Science

    Credits: 3

    MATLAB-based course in processing, analysis, and visualization of large oceanographic data sets. Includes scalar and vector time series measured at fixed locations as well as shipboard surveys of oceanographic characteristics varying both in 3-D and in time. Methods and techniques are relevant to other geoscience disciplines.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 509

    Prerequisites: MATH 141 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 510 - Invertebrate Zoology

    Credits: 4

    Phylogenetic and comparative aspects of anatomy, physiology, reproduction, and embryology of the invertebrates.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 510

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301 or MSCI 311

    Note: Three lecture and one three-hour laboratory period per week.

  
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    MSCI 511 - Advanced Paleontology

    Credits: 3

    Systematic, ecologic, biogeographic, and evolutionary aspects of paleontology. Lectures, practical exercises, occasional field trips.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 511

    Prerequisites: GEOL 311

  
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    MSCI 515 - Marine Micropaleontology

    Credits: 4

    Marine microfossils: distribution, ecology, paleoecology, and biostratigraphy; use of microfossils in marine sediments to study oceanographic history. Three lectures and 2 laboratory hours per week.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 515

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 521 - Introduction to Geochemistry

    Credits: 3

    Investigation of low temperature chemical reactions controlling the geochemistry of the earth’s surface. Emphasis on CO2, carbonates, oxidation reduction, thermodynamics, isotopes, biogeochemistry.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 521

  
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    MSCI 524 - Environmental Radioisotope Geochemistry

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to radioactivity and the use of radionuclides to study environmental processes, including age-dating and biogeochemical cycling in aquatic systems. Two lectures per week.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 524

    Prerequisites: CHEM 111, CHEM 112, MATH 141

  
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    MSCI 525 - Marine Plants

    Credits: 4

    Diversity, distribution, physiology, ecology, evolution, and economic importance of marine algal, seagrass, and mangrove communities. Three lectures and 3 laboratory hours per week. Scheduled field trips are required.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 525

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301 or MSCI 311

  
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    MSCI 535 - Fishery Management

    Credits: 3

    Management and conservation of aquatic and marine resources, with emphasis on fisheries. Data procurement and analysis; commercial and recreational fisheries; sociological, political, legal, and environmental factors that affect fishery management; and fish biodiversity.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301

  
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    MSCI 536 - Ichthyology

    Credits: 4

    Phylogeny, morphology, behavior, and ecology of fishes. Three lecture and 3 laboratory hours plus three field trips to be arranged.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 536

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301 or MSCI 311 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 537 - Aquaculture

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the practical and scientific aspects of the commercial culture of freshwater and marine organisms. Three lecture hours per week. One all-day field trip required.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 537

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301 or MSCI 311

  
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    MSCI 538 - Behavior of Marine Organisms

    Credits: 4

    The identification of behavioral adaptations of estuarine and marine organisms: their ecology, physiology, development, and evolutionary history; field observations.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 538

    Prerequisites: MSCI 311 or BIOL 101 and 102 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 545 - Geological Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    A comprehensive study of the origin and development of the major structural features of the ocean basins and the continental margins. Discussion of the techniques used in obtaining geologic data and the interpretation of sedimentary processes, vulcanism, and the stratigraphy of the ocean basins.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 545

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor required for undergraduates only

  
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    MSCI 550 - Sedimentary Simulations and Sequence Stratigraphy

    Credits: 4

    Problems of sequence stratigraphy resolved with graphic computer simulations. Sedimentary fill of basins by carbonates and/or clastics tracked as a function of rate of sediment accumulation, tectonic behavior and sea level. Includes laboratory.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 550

    Prerequisites: GEOL 301 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 552 - Population Genetics

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to the principles of population genetics, with emphasis on the origin, maintenance, and significance of genetic variation in natural populations.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 552

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301, MSCI 311, and BIOL 303

  
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    MSCI 553 - Marine Sediments

    Credits: 3

    Marine sedimentary environments; physical/biological factors which control the formation and distribution of modern marine sediments.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 553

    Prerequisites: GEOL 516 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 555 - Conservation and Health in Marine Systems

    Credits: 3

    Introduces the field of conservation and explores the intersection between conservation and environmental health with a particular focus on coastal and marine case studies.

    Cross-listed Course: ENHS 555

  
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    MSCI 557 - Coastal Processes

    Credits: 3

    Physical and geological processes controlling the formation and evolution of beach, barrier, and nearshore environments, including discussion of coastal management issues.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 557

  
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    MSCI 566 - Ecosystem Analysis

    Credits: 3

    The formulation and simulation of compartment models of marine and terrestrial ecosystems with complex nutrient cycling, food chains, and energy flow. Analog and digital simulation techniques. Ecosystem stability and sensitivity. Organization, structure, and diversity of an ecosystem.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 568 - Introduction to Micrometeorology

    Credits: 3

    Small-scale processes in the atmospheric boundary layers, including energy budget, radiation, soil heat transfer, humidity, viscous flows, turbulence, momentum and heat exchanges, evaporation, and marine atmospheric boundary layer.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 568

    Prerequisites: PHYS 201 and MATH 141, or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 574 - Marine Conservation Biology

    Credits: 3

    Exploration of how human activities affect marine natural populations, species, communities and ecosystems, including threats to biodiversity; approaches to marine conservation; and ecological and evolutionary repsonses to anthropogenic disturbance.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301

  
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    MSCI 575 - Marine Ecology

    Credits: 3

    Structure, dynamics, and interactions between populations and communities in marine ecosystems. Three lecture hours per week. Attendance at designated departmental seminars is required.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 575

    Prerequisites: CHEM 111 and BIOL 301 or MSCI 311)

  
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    MSCI 575L - Marine Ecology Laboratory

    Credits: 1

    Laboratory and field exercises in coastal environments. Three hours per week plus field trips.

    Corequisite: Prereq or coreq: MSCI 575

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 575L

    Prerequisites: Prereq or coreq: MSCI 575

  
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    MSCI 576 - Marine Fisheries Ecology

    Credits: 3

    Interdisciplinary examination of the distribution, reproduction, survival, and historical variation of the principal commercial marine fisheries.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301

  
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    MSCI 577 - Ecology of Coral Reefs

    Credits: 4

    Structure, productivity, and biodiversity of coral reefs, emphasizing their sensitivity, stability, and sustainability. Taught as an extended field experience with daily lectures and guided research activities.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 577

    Prerequisites: BIOL 301 or MSCI 311 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 578 - Physiological and Pollution Ecology of Marine Organisms

    Credits: 3

    Functional adaptation of marine plants and animals to ecological stresses including pollution. Three lecture hours per week.

    Prerequisites: MSCI 311 or equivalent

  
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    MSCI 579 - Air-Sea Interaction

    Credits: 3

    The physical mechanism responsible for interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere and the influence of air-sea interaction on atmospheric and oceanic dynamics and thermodynamics on a wide variety of spatial/temporal scales.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 579

  
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    MSCI 580 - Satellite Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    This course provides knowledge of various techniques used in satellite remote sensing of the oceans. Key skills will be developed in satellite data processing, image analysis, and hands-on research.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 580

  
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    MSCI 581 - Estuarine Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    Estuarine kinematics and dynamics; classification of estuaries; estuarine circulation and mixing.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 581

    Prerequisites: MSCI 312 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 582 - Marine Hydrodynamics

    Credits: 3

    Basic principles of fluid statics and dynamics. Conservation of mass, momentum, and energy; viscosity, vorticity, and boundary layers with examples from the marine environment. Applications to and analysis of ocean currents and waves.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 582

    Prerequisites: differential equations, PHYS 201 or 211, or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 583 - Geology and Geochemistry of Salt Marshes

    Credits: 3

    Geological and geochemical processes in salt marshes. Methods of geological research in marshes including instrumental techniques, sampling design, and data analysis. Two lectures per week plus four weekends of project oriented fieldwork and/or equivalent

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 583

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 585 - Coastal Tropical Oceanography

    Credits: 4

    Descriptive oceanography of mangrove and coral reef coasts with emphasis on physical processes. Taught as an extended field experience with daily lectures and guided research activities.

    Prerequisites: MSCI 312 or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 590 - Beach-Dune Interactions

    Credits: 3

    Influence of wind on coastal systems, with emphasis on nearshore currents, sediment transport and bedforms, aeolian transport, and dunes.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOG 590

  
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    MSCI 599 - Topics in Marine Science

    Credits: 1-3

    Current developments in marine science selected to meet faculty and student interests. Course content varies and will be announced by suffix and title in schedule of courses.

  
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    MSCI 624 - Aquatic Chemistry

    Credits: 3

    Study of the chemical reactions and processes affecting the distribution of chemical species in natural systems. Three lecture hours per week.

    Corequisite: Prereq or coreq: CHEM 321, MATH 142, or consent of instructor

    Cross-listed Course: CHEM 624

    Prerequisites: Prereq or coreq: CHEM 321, MATH 142, or consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 627 - Marine Phytoplankton

    Credits: 3

    Examines the physiology and ecology of phytoplankton, including environmental controls on community composition, primary productivity, and detection and characterization of water quality (eutrophication) and harmful algal blooms.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 627

    Prerequisites: MSCI 102 or MSCI 450/BIOL 450

  
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    MSCI 711 - Paleoclimatology

    Credits: 3

    An overview of Earth’s climate history during Cenozoic. Emphasis will be placed on Pleistocene glacial-interglacial climate variability and understanding the proxies used to reconstruct past climate changes.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 711

  
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    MSCI 716 - Eustasy and Global Variations in Sequence Stratigraphy

    Credits: 3

    Relationship of sequence stratigraphy to sea level variations, tectonics and sedimentation. Construction and analyses of paleogeographic maps, regional cross-sections, and chronostratigraphic charts.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 716

  
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    MSCI 717 - Organic Geochemistry

    Credits: 3

    Sources, transport, and fate of organic matter in natural environments including soils, riverine, estuarine, coastal and open ocean sediments and waters.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 717

    Prerequisites: GEOL/MSCI 521

  
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    MSCI 750 - Advanced Biological Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 750

    Prerequisites: BIOL/MSCI 450 or consent of instructor

    Note: Three lecture hours per week.

  
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    MSCI 752 - Marine Biogeochemistry

    Credits: 3

    Biological, geological, and physical processes that influence the cyling of major bioactive elements (C, O, N, P, S) in marine waters and sediments.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 752

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 754 - Oceanographic Techniques

    Credits: 1

  
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    MSCI 758 - Seminar in Marine Science

    Credits: 1-3

    Prerequisites: permission of the instructor

  
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    MSCI 767 - Ecological Modeling and Environmental Planning

    Credits: 4

    Concepts in systems of models and computer simulations in examining environmental interactions, predicting environmental impact, and facilitating the process of environmental planning. Lab practice in analog and digital simulation and data interpretation.

    Cross-listed Course: ENHS 767, BIOL 768

    Prerequisites: MATH 121 or equivalent, ecology, ENHS 660 or permission of instructor

  
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    MSCI 769 - Reproductive Ecology

    Credits: 3

    Theoretical aspects and examples of the variety of reproductive and life history patterns found in animals and plants as adaptations to various environmental constraints.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 769

    Prerequisites: BIOL 570 or consent of instructor

    Note: Three lecture hours per week.

  
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    MSCI 777 - Current Topics in Marine Ecology for Teachers

    Credits: 3

    Primarily for teachers. Marine science materials with emphasis on coastal environments.

    Note: Field exercises.

  
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    MSCI 778 - Current Topics in Marine Ecology for Teachers

    Credits: 3

    Primarily for teachers. Marine science materials with emphasis on coastal environments.

    Note: Field exercises.

  
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    MSCI 781 - Physical Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    Geographic and hydrodynamic aspects of oceanography, with emphasis on estuaries. Physical properties of sea water and theories and methods involved in ocean currents, air-sea interaction, waves, and tides.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 781

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 782 - Chemical Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    Chemical characteristics of sea water, distribution of properties, and chemical processes in the oceans, with emphasis on estuaries.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 782

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 783 - Oceanographic Time Series Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Techniques in the analysis of oceanographic data sequences, including filtering techniques, fast Fourier transformers, and empirical orthogonal functions.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 783

    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor

  
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    MSCI 784 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    Equations governing the large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, rotational influence, shallow water equations, vorticity, quasi-geostrophic dynamics, Rossby waves, energy and enstrophy, and geostrophic turbulence.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 784

    Prerequisites: MATH 241 or ECIV 360 or GEOL/MSCI 582 or GEOL/MSCI 781

  
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    MSCI 785 - Atmospheric Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    Elementary applications of the basic equations, scale analysis, planetary boundary layer, atmospheric oscillations, synoptic and mesoscale systems, hydrodynamic instability, cyclogenesis, frontogenesis, energy cycle, momentum budget, and tropical motion systems.

    Cross-listed Course: GEOL 785

  
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    MSCI 790 - Directed Individual Studies in Marine Science

    Credits: 1-6

    Directed research topics to be individually assigned and supervised by graduate faculty.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    MSCI 795 - Issues in Coastal Environmental Health

    Credits: 3

    Problems associated with coastal population growth and development. Emphasis is on the working group approach to ameliorating impacts on ecosystem and human health.

    Cross-listed Course: ENHS 795

 

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