The fisheries science
minor provides students with a broad introductory
training in the interdisciplinary study of fisheries as complex social ecological systems.
Adviser: Silke Severmann, Marine and Coastal Sciences Building, Room 303D, 848-932-3488 (silke@marine.rutgers.edu)
Undergraduate Program Website: https://marine.rutgers.edu/main/fisheries-minor-program
Required
courses (18 credits)
11:628:309 Fishery Science (3)
01:960:401 Basic Statistics for Research (3)
11:216:440 Practical Experience in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
(1)
11:628:462 Ocean Ecology (4) or 11:216:335 Limnology (4) or 11:628:320 Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (4)
11:628:321 Ichthyology (4) or 11:216:324 Invertebrate Zoology (4) or 11:216:325
Vertebrate Zoology (4)
11:374:314 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (3) or 01:220:102
Introduction to Microeconomics (3) or 11:373:121 Principles and Applications of
Microeconomics (3) or 11:374:428 Topics in Environmental and Resource Policy: Marine
Fisheries Policy (3) or 11:374:460 Environmental Law and Policy (3)
Elective, choose one of the following (3-4 credits)
11:216:217 Principles of Natural Resource Management (3)
11:216:317 Conservation Ecology (3)
11:216:320 Sustainable Environmental Management (3)
11:216:369 Analytical Methods in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
(3)
11:216:464 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4)
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3)
11:374:305 Globalization, Development, and Environment (3)
11:374:313 U.S. Environmental Policy (3)
11:374:462 International Environmental Law and Policy (3)
11:628:317 Aquaculture (3)
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences 
