Administered by Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences
Effective Fall, 2003
This option provides the biology major with the opportunity to specialize in marine biology while obtaining a foundation in the fundamental principles of biological science. Program specific courses in marine biology are offered at the Marine Science Center, Wallops Island, Va., a field station supported by the department.
Biology:
50.114 Concepts in Biology I
50.115 Concepts in Biology II
50.211 Invertebrate Zoology or 55.221 Marine Invertebrates
50.242 Biology of Microorganisms
50.271 Cell Biology
50.332 Genetics
50.351 Ecology or 55.260 Marine Ecology
50.380 Biology Seminar
Choose one of the following physiology lecture courses:
50.472 Animal Cell Physiology
50.474 Vertebrate Systems Physiology
50.477 Plant Physiology
50.478 Microbial Physiology
Marine Biology:
55.241 Marine Biology
Electives (6 semester hours):
55.250 Wetland Ecology
55.298 Physiology of Marine Invertebrates
55.300 Behavior of Marine Organisms
55.320 Marine Microbiology
55.330 Tropical Invertebrates
55.342 Marine Botany
55.343 Marine Ichthyology
55.345 Marine Ornithology
55.394 Comparative Physiology of Marine Organisms
55.431 Ecology of Marine Plankton
55.432 Marine Evolutionary Ecology
55.441 Biology of Molluscs
55.464 Biological Oceanography
55.470 Research Diver Methods
55.490 Marine Aquaculture
55.491 Coral Reef Ecology
55.492 Marine Mammals
55.493 Behavioral Ecology