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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)