Marine Science Minor Option

Minors, Certificates

(Minor in Marine Sci)

Adviser: Silke Severmann; Marine and Coastal Sciences Building, Room 303D, 848-932-3488 (silke@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 (3)

Electives (14)

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

01:375:444 Water Chemistry (3)

01:450:213 The Global Climate System (3)

01:450:313  Climate Change (3)

01:450:370  Climate Change and Society (3)

01:460:100  Planet Earth (3) OR 01:460:101  Introductory Geology (4)

01:460:212  Earth and Life Through Time (3)

01:460:300  Introduction to Sedimentary Geology (4)

01:460:303  Paleontology (4)

01:460:414  Hydrologic Processes (3)

01:460:417  Environmental Geochemistry (3)

01:460:451  Marine Geology (3)

01:460:480  Major Events in Earth History (3)

11:216:324  Invertebrate Zoology (4)

11:216:421  Wetland Ecology (3)

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

11:628:120  Introduction to Oceanography (3)

11:628:204  The Water Planet

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

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

11:628:317  Aquaculture (3)

11:216:309  Fishery Science (3)

11:628:321  Ichthyology (4)

11:628:341  Hydrothermal Vents (3)

11:628:342  Marine Conservation (3)

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

11:628:402 The Role of Polar Regions in the Earth System (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 the Ocean: Water Column Ecosystems (3)

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

11:628:472  Chemical Oceanography (3)

11:628:474 Coastal Biogeochemical Cycles in a Changing World (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 Atmosphere (3)

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

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