The following courses are required for students in the Marine Science Program unless they are specifically exempted:

• MSCI 545 - Geological Oceanography
• MSCI 750 - Advanced Biological Oceanograph
• MSCI 781 - Physical Oceanography
• MSCI 782 - Chemical Oceanography

A number of courses exist in various departments and colleges that enable students to specialize in a particular area of emphasis in marine science.

Marine biology/Biological oceanography
Marine chemistry/Chemical oceanography
Marine geology/Geological oceanography
Physical oceanography/Atmospheric dynamics

The following are examples of courses acceptable for major credit.

• BIOL 534 - Animal Behavior
• BIOL 534L - Animal Behavior Laboratory
• BIOL 543 - Comparative Physiology
• BIOL 543L - Comparative Physiology Laboratory
• BIOL 570 - Principles of Ecology
• BIOL 570L - Principles of Ecology Laboratory
• BIOL 643 - Advanced Microbiology
• BIOL 651 - Limnology
• BIOL 722 - Aquatic Bacteriology
• BIOL 722L - Aquatic Bacteriology Laboratory
• BIOL 727 - Marine Phytoplankton
• BIOL 728 - Advanced Phycology
• BIOL 729 - The Biology of Fish
• BIOL 730 - The Biology of Fish Laboratory
• BIOL 731 - Advanced Invertebrate Zoology I
• BIOL 755 - Quantitative Ecology
• BIOL 759 - Physiological Ecology
• BIOL 760 - Electron Microscopy
• BIOL 760L - Electron Microscopy Laboratory
• CHEM 511 - Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 541 - Physical Chemistry
• CHEM 541L - Physical Chemistry Laboratory
• CHEM 542 - Physical Chemistry
• CHEM 542L - Physical Chemistry Laboratory
• CHEM 729 - Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry
• CHEM 741 - Chemical Thermodynamics
• EMCH 501 - Engineering Analysis I
• EMCH 502 - Engineering Analysis II
• EMCH 741 - Viscous and Turbulent Flow
• EMCH 751 - Advanced Heat Transfer
• EMCH 794 - Thermodynamics
• ECIV 751 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Theory I
• ECIV 752 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Theory II
• ECIV 755 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment.
• ECIV 765 - Erosion and Sediment Control
• GEOG 510 - Special Topics in Geography
• GEOG 531 - Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research
• GEOG 541 - Advanced Cartography
• GEOG 543 - Computer Mapping
• GEOG 545 - Synoptic Meteorology
• GEOG 546 - Applied Climatology
• GEOG 551 - Principles of Remote Sensing
• GEOG 554 - Spatial Programming
• GEOG 563 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 751 - Digital Techniques of Remote Sensing
• GEOG 763 - Seminar in Geographic Information Systems
• GEOL 508 - Palynology
• GEOL 516 - Sedimentology
• GEOL 518 - Surface to Subsurface Stratigraphy
• GEOL 520 - Isotope Geology and Geochronology
• GEOL 546 - Marine Geophysics
• GEOL 570 - Environmental Hydrogeology
• GEOL 713 - Environmental Aspects of Paleontology
• GEOL 722 - Aqueous Geochemistry
• GEOL 750 - Basin Analysis Seminar
• GEOL 751 - Carbonate Petrology
• LAWS 731 - Environmental Law
• LAWS 733 - Environmental Law Seminar
• MATH 520 - Ordinary Differential Equations
• MATH 521 - Boundary Value Problems and Partial Differential Equations
• MATH 526 - Numerical Linear Algebra
• MATH 527 - Numerical Analysis
• MATH 544 - Linear Algebra
• MATH 723 - Advanced Differential Equations
• MATH 724 - Numerical Differential Equations
• MATH 726 - Numerical Analysis I
• MATH 727 - Numerical Analysis II
• PHYS 503 - Mechanics
• PHYS 506 - Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics
• POLI 760 - American Government and Politics
• POLI 774 - The Public Policy Process
• POLI 777 - Policy Evaluation
• STAT 510 - Introduction to Applied Probability
• STAT 515 - Statistical Methods I
• STAT 516 - Statistical Methods II
• STAT 518 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods
• STAT 519 - Sampling
• STAT 700 - Applied Statistics I
• STAT 701 - Applied Statistics II