UNDERGRADUATE PREPARATION
I. Core Courses:
All students considering applying to a graduate program in Marine
Science/Oceanography should take the following general courses
as an undergraduate:
| Courses: |
Example (+Semester
Credits): |
| 1 year of General Biology |
Fundamentals of Biology (3
cr) and
Fundamentals of Botany (3 cr) or
Fundamentals of Zoology (3 cr)
|
| 1 year of General Chemistry |
General Chemistry I + Lab
(3 + 1 cr)
General Chemistry II + Lab (3 + 1 cr)
|
| 1 year of General Physics |
General Physics I + Lab (3
+ 1 cr)
General Physics II + Lab (3 + 1 cr)
|
| 1 year of General Geology |
Physical Geology (3 cr)
Earth History
|
| 1 year of General Calculus |
Elementary Calculus I (3 cr)
Elementary Calculus II (3 cr)
|
II. Specialization Courses:
In addition to the general courses, students should take 15-18 credit hours of the following specialization courses in one of the basic
sciences list below:
| Biology |
Chemistry |
Geology |
Physics |
Genetics Cell Biology
Prin of EcologyAnimal
PhysiologyOrg Chem
Fund. of Botany
MycologyMarine
BotanyIntro to Micro
App & Envir Micro
Comp Vert Anatomy
Invert Zoology
Mar Animal Ecol
Icthyology
Biol of the Echin |
Intro Inorg ChemElem
Anal Chem
Organ Chem I
Org Chem ILab
Org Chem II Lab
Elem Phys Chem
I
Elem Phys Chem
II
Intro Biochem
Intro Biochem Lab
Meth Chem Inves
Biomolecules
Adv. Inorg Chem
Radiochem
Instrum Ana |
Invert Paleontol
Struc Geol
Depos Syst
Marine Geol
Mineralogy
Sedimentol
Geochemistry
Strat/Pet Geol
Surficial Geol
Economic Geol
Petrology
Anal Tech Geol
Geomorphology
Geophysics |
Modern Physics
Intermediate Physics Lab
Advanced Physics Lab
Mechanics I and II
Electricity and Magnetism I and II
Quantum Mechanics
Physics Seminar
Undergraduate Research
Calculus III
Differential Equations |
III. Additional Suggested Courses for
Marine Resource Assessment Applicants
- 2 semesters of Statistics
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