Claudia Benitez-Nelson, Director

Overview

The Marine Science Program is an interdisciplinary educational program offering curricula that lead to the Bachelor of Science. It is one of the premier marine science educational programs in the nation, with prominent research affiliations, competitively awarded research grants, and an interdisciplinary academic curriculum.

Marine Science includes many areas of study, all concerned with increasing our knowledge of the oceans and coastal regions. Students in marine science may choose to specialize in biological, chemical, geological, or physical oceanography or coastal resource management/marine affairs.

Programs and Courses

Programs

• Marine Science Minor
• Marine Science, B.S.

Courses

• MSCI 101 - The Ocean Environment
• MSCI 102 - The Living Ocean
• MSCI 210 - Oceans and Society
• MSCI 210L - Oceans and Society Laboratory
• MSCI 215 - Coastal Environments of the Southeastern U.S
• MSCI 215L - Coastal Environments of the Southeastern U.S. (Laboratory)
• MSCI 305 - Ocean Data Analysis
• MSCI 311 - Biology of Marine Organisms
• MSCI 312 - Physical and Chemical Oceanography
• MSCI 313 - The Chemistry of the Sea
• MSCI 314 - Physical Oceanography
• MSCI 335 - Processes of Global Environmental Change
• MSCI 390 - Policy and Marine Science
• MSCI 399 - Independent Study
• MSCI 450 - Principles of Biological Oceanography
• MSCI 460 - Field and Laboratory Investigations in Marine Science
• MSCI 496 - Undergraduate Research
• MSCI 497 - Undergraduate Research
• MSCI 498 - Undergraduate Research
• MSCI 499 - Undergraduate Research
• MSCI 501 - Principles of Geomorphology
• MSCI 502 - Principles of Coastal Geomorphology
• MSCI 503 - Environmental Microbiology
• MSCI 505 - Senior Seminar
• MSCI 509 - MATLAB-Based Data Analysis in Ocean Science
• MSCI 510 - Invertebrate Zoology
• MSCI 511 - Advanced Paleontology
• MSCI 515 - Marine Micropaleontology
• MSCI 521 - Introduction to Geochemistry
• MSCI 524 - Environmental Radioisotope Geochemistry
• MSCI 525 - Marine Plants
• MSCI 535 - Fishery Management
• MSCI 536 - Ichthyology
• MSCI 537 - Aquaculture
• MSCI 538 - Behavior of Marine Organisms
• MSCI 545 - Geological Oceanography
• MSCI 550 - Sedimentary Simulations and Sequence Stratigraphy
• MSCI 552 - Population Genetics
• MSCI 553 - Marine Sediments
• MSCI 555 - Conservation and Health in Marine Systems
• MSCI 557 - Coastal Processes
• MSCI 566 - Ecosystem Analysis
• MSCI 568 - Introduction to Micrometeorology
• MSCI 574 - Marine Conservation Biology
• MSCI 575 - Marine Ecology
• MSCI 575L - Marine Ecology Laboratory
• MSCI 576 - Marine Fisheries Ecology
• MSCI 577 - Ecology of Coral Reefs
• MSCI 578 - Physiological and Pollution Ecology of Marine Organisms
• MSCI 579 - Air-Sea Interaction
• MSCI 580 - Satellite Oceanography
• MSCI 581 - Estuarine Oceanography
• MSCI 582 - Marine Hydrodynamics
• MSCI 583 - Geology and Geochemistry of Salt Marshes
• MSCI 585 - Coastal Tropical Oceanography
• MSCI 590 - Beach-Dune Interactions
• MSCI 599 - Topics in Marine Science
• MSCI 624 - Aquatic Chemistry
• MSCI 627 - Marine Phytoplankton