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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
This course may be taken for credit more than once, but only four hours will count toward satisfying departmental degree requirements. Prerequisites: Minimum of two hours from any of BIOL 387/388/487/488, cumulative GPA equal to or greater than 3.5 and permission of instructor. In consultation with a supervisory committee composed of three faculty members, students will develop a research plan to explore a unique biological or marine phenomenon. Appropriate activities include, but are not limited to, data collection, data analysis and manuscript/presentation preparation. Students are expected to work 45 hours per credit hour per semester. Graded outcomes must include both a formal scientific paper and presentation. Departmental and College paperwork must be completed prior to registration and awarding of credit.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
This course may be taken for credit more than once, but only four hours will count toward satisfying departmental degree requirements. Prerequisites: Minimum of two hours from any of BIOL 387/388/487/488, cumulative GPA equal to or greater than 3.5 and permission of instructor. In consultation with a supervisory committee composed of three faculty members, students will develop a research plan to explore a unique biological or marine phenomenon. Appropriate activities include, but are not limited to, data collection, data analysis and manuscript/presentation preparation. Students are expected to work 45 hours per credit hour per semester. Graded outcomes must include both a formal scientific paper and presentation. Departmental and College paperwork must be completed prior to registration and awarding of credit.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture per week. An advanced course that examines the biological processes in oceanic and coastal waters. Emphasis is on empirical and theoretical concepts of marine ecosystem dynamics, primary and secondary production and detrital cycling.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture per week. Examines the role of the oceans in the major global biogeochemical cycles of carbon, sulfur, nutrients, gases and trace elements. Studies include reaction rates, chemical speciation, equilibria, solubility, oxidation-reduction, absorption, complexation and their effects on the composition of seawater and the transfer of substances at the Earth's surface.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture per week. This course is 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.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture per week. Course is an in depth examination of the geographic and hydrodynamic aspects of oceanography, with emphasis on estuaries, along with the physical properties of seawater and theories and methods involved in ocean currents, air-sea interaction, waves and tides.
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1.00 Credits
One hour per week. Seminar will be held on marine related topics changing each semester. Each student will be required to give at least one seminar. May be repeated for credit and will be taken on a Pass/Fail basis
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture per week. Course will focus on estuarine ecology, including estuarine kinematics and dynamics; classification of estuaries; estuarine circulation and mixing.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture per week. Course will include the biology, ecology and physiology of marine animals, including invertebrates and vertebrates, with a discussion of adaptations and evolution in a marine environment. MSC 540. Advanced Marine Mammal Biology (3) Three hours lecture per week. This course is a comprehensive study of marine mammal taxa with primary focus on cetacea and sirenia. Topics will include evolutionary history, taxonomy, anatomic and physiologic adaptations to the marine environment, population dynamics, behavioral ecology, conservation and legal issues. The role of marine mammals as biomonitors of environmental health is included.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture per week. This course focuses on the bacteria, archaea, protists and viruses that play fundamental roles in marine systems. The organisms and their processes as they relate to biogeochemical cycling, food webs, pollutants and human health will be discussed. Biodiversity and evolution, as they relate to ecological considerations will also be addressed. Peer-reviewed research and review articles will form the basis of the readings.
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