MS 501 - INTRO TO OCEANOGRAPHY

Semester Hours: 4

Physics, chemistry, biology, and geology of oceans. For graduate students and those preparing for graduate school or intending to enter marine sciences professionally.

MS 502 - MARINE BOTANY

Semester Hours: 4

Survey of marine algae, vascular, and nonvascular plants associated with marine environment. Distribution, identification, structure, ecology, and reproduction.

MS 503 - MAR INVERTERBRATE ZOO I

Semester Hours: 4

Local examples of principal groups of marine invertebrates. Reproduction, distribution, taxonomy, systematics, and ecology. Lecture, laboratory, and fieldwork. Opportunity to acquire collection of local fauna.

MS 505 - MARINE VERTEBRATE ZOO

Semester Hours: 4

Marine fishes, reptiles, and mammals. Comprehensive treatment of their systematics, zoogeography, and ecology. Lectures on nonregional basis. Field and laboratory work on vertebrate fauna of northern Gulf of Mexico. Most of course on fishes. Opportunity to assemble collection of vertebrate species.

MS 509 - MARINE ECOLOGY

Semester Hours: 4

Bioenergetics, community structure, population dynamics, predation, competition, and speciation in marine ecosystems. Lecture, laboratory, and fieldwork. Students admitted without previous marine courses. For engineers and other non-biologists interested in marine environment. Individual species as they relate to ecological principles exemplifying taxonomic and ecologic backgrounds.

MS 510 - MARSH ECOLOGY

Semester Hours: 4

Basic understanding of ecology of salt marsh. Habitat analysis, natural history studies, and population dynamics of selected vertebrates. Specific field problem terminated by a technical paper assigned to each student. For advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

MS 515 - COASTAL ORNITHOLOGY

Semester Hours: 4

Coastal and pelagic birds with emphasis on ecology, taxonomy, and distribution. Food habits, field identification, and population dynamics.

MS 520 - MARINE GEOLOGY

Semester Hours: 4

Sampling techniques, laboratory analysis of sediments, application of research process to problems in identifying sedimentary environments, topography, sediments, and history of world oceans. Beneficial for understanding sedimentary substrate on or in which a large percentage of marine organisms live. Lecture, laboratory, and fieldwork.

MS 525 - MARINE BIOL FOR TEACHERS

Semester Hours: 6

MS 599 - RESEARCH ON SPECIAL TOPICS

Semester Hours: 1-4

Enrollment by special arrangement in any subjects listed.

MS 691 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MARINE SCIEN

Semester Hours: 1-4