The Minor in Marine Science & Policy
The Marine Science and Policy (MS&P) minor permits students to pursue interests in coastal and oceanic systems through an integrated sequence of courses in the natural and social sciences.
An introduction to marine sciences is obtained through completion of the two basis courses. Students then may choose to concentrate their further study principally on the scientific investigation of the oceans or on the policy aspects of ocean exploitation and management. Students should consult with one of the co-directors as early as possible in the course selection process.
Requirements
A. six courses, no more than three of which can be taken at other institutions, including three required courses as follows:
- GEO 108 Oceanography
- BIO 268 Marine Ecology (BIO 269 must be taken concurrently)
- A special studies or seminar course
chosen in consultation with the minor adviser
B. And three elective courses from the following areas, only two of which may be counted in a major:
Biological Sciences
- BIO 110 Conservation Biology Colloquium
- BIO 260/261 Invertebrate Diversity and required concurrent Laboratory 261
- BIO 364/365 Plant Ecology and required concurrent Laboratory
- BIO 366 Biogeography
- BIO 390 Topics in Environmental Biology: Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs- Past, Present and Future
- BIO 400 Special Studies
Geology
- GEO 231 Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleoecology
- GEO 232 Sedimentology
- GEO 270j Carbonate Systems and Coral Reefs of the Bahamas
- GEO 311 Environmental Geophysics
Social Sciences
- ECO 224 Environmental Economics
- GOV 254 Colloquium: Politics of the Global Environment
- GOV 306 Politics and the Environment
- GOV 404 Special Studies
