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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2013–2015 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Minors and Certificate Programs Minor in Marine Sciences (18 credits)  

Minor in Marine Sciences (18 credits)


Adviser: Gary Taghon; Marine and Coastal Sciences Building, Room 114D, 848-932-3249 (taghon@marine.rutgers.edu)

A semester of introductory geology, two semesters of biology, calculus, chemistry, and physics are recommended and/or required for many of the courses in the program.

Required course (4)

  11:628:320  Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (4)

Electives (14)

 At least 14 credits from the following. At least 3 credits must be from marine sciences (628) courses.

  01:450:417  Coastal Geomorphology (3)

  01:460:120/11:628:120  Introduction to Oceanography (3) or  01:460:204/11:628:204  The Water Planet (3) or 11:628:115  Oceanography and Schools (3) or 11:628:221  Human Interactions with the Coastal Ocean (3) or 11:628:125  Exploring the World's Oceans (3)

  01:460:303  Paleontology (4)

  01:460:330  Sedimentary Geology (4)

  01:460:340  Sedimentology (4)

  01:460:341  Stratigraphy (4)

  01:460:417  Environmental Geochemistry (3)

  01:460:451  Marine Geology (3)

  11:015:401  Colloquium: Earth Systems Science (3)

  11:374:428  Natural Resource Policy: Marine Fisheries (3)

  11:628:110,111,211  Topics in Marine Sciences (P/NC 3,3,3)

  11:628:201-203 and 205-210  Topics in Marine Sciences (1.5)

  11:628:300-310  Topics in Marine and Coastal Sciences (2-4 each)

  11:628:317  Aquaculture (3)

  11:628:321  Ichthyology (4)

  11:628:340  Identification of Marine Invertebrates (2)

  11:628:341  Hydrothermal Vents (3)

  11:628:342  Marine Conservation (3)

  11:628:352  Ocean, Coastal, and Estuarine Circulation (3)

  11:628:364  Oceanographic Methods and Data Analysis (3)

  11:628:401  Science in Shoreline Management (3)

  11:628:404  Fungi and Ecosystems (3)

  11:628:405  Molecular Oceanography (3)

  11:628:410  Biophysical Interactions: from Barnacles to Jellyfish (3)

  11:628:451  Physical Oceanography (4)

  11:628:452  Geophysical Data Analysis (3)

  11:628:462  Ocean Ecology (4)

  11:628:472  Chemical Oceanography (4)

  11:628:476  History of the Earth System (3)

  11:628:497,498  Special Problems in Marine and Coastal Sciences (BA,BA)

  11:670:323  Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere (3)

  11:670:324  Dynamics of the Oceans and Atmosphere (3)

  11:670:451  Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Atmosphere (3)

  11:670:458  Air-Sea Interactions (3)

  11:704:324  Invertebrate Zoology (4)

  11:704:406  Fishery Science (3)

  11:704:407  Research Methods in Fishery Science (3)

  11:704:421  Wetland Ecology (3)

  11:704:451  Ecosystems Ecology and Global Change (3)

 
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