Minor in Marine Sciences (18 credits)

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

Undergraduate Program Website: http://marine.rutgers.edu/main/IMCS-Academics/Undergraduate-Marine-Sciences-Minor.html

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)

  01:460:211  Fundamentals of Sedimentary Geology (4)

  01:460:303  Paleontology (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)

  11:216:324  Invertebrate Zoology (4)

  11:216:406  Fishery Science (3)

  11:216:407  Research Methods in Fishery Science (3)

  11:216:421  Wetland Ecology (3)

  11:216:451  Ecosystems Ecology and Global Change (3)

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