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 Webpage: https://marine.rutgers.edu/main/marine-sciences-minor

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.

  01:460:120/11:628:120  Introduction to Oceanography (3) or  01:460:204/11:628:204  The Water Planet (3) or 11:628:125  Exploring the World's Oceans (3)

  01:460:330  Sedimentary Geology (4)

  01:460:303  Paleontology (4)

  01:460:417  Environmental Geochemistry (3)

  01:460:451  Marine Geology (3)

  11:216:324  Invertebrate Zoology (4)

  11:216:421  Wetland Ecology (3)

  11:216:451  Global Change Ecology (3)

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

  11:628:221  Human Interactions the Coastal Ocean (3)

  11:628:317  Aquaculture (3)

  11:216:309  Fishery Science (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)

  11:628:363 or 364  Oceanographic Methods and Data Analysis (3)

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

  11:628:405  Molecular Microbial 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)

  11:628:461  Biology of Living in Ocean: Water Column Ecosystems (3)

  11:628:462  Biology of Living in Ocean: Boundary Ecosystems (3)

  11:628:472  Chemical Oceanography (3)

  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)

  11:776:400  Fungi in the Environment (3)