ObjectivesThe Marine Biology Program is an integral part of the Biology department at Dalhousie. Students obtain a basic grounding in Biology in their first two years, and use their third and fourth years to study in greater depth the diversity, ecology, physiology, and other aspects of marine animals and plants. Marine Biology students often also take classes in the biology, chemistry or physics of the ocean, offered through the Oceanography department.
Practical experienceThere is a co-op componenet associated with this program.
Academic titleBachelor of Science in Marine Biology
Course description20-credit BSc Major in Marine Biology
Classes required in Major
1000 level
• BIOL 1010.03 or 1020.03 (C- or better)
• BIOL 1011.03 or 1021.03 (C- or better)
• CHEM 1041.03/1042.03 (or 1011.03/1012.03)
• COMM 1501.03 or COMM 1502.03 (recommended for students not fully familiar with microcomputers)
• MATH 1000.03 or MATH 1215.03
• STAT 1060.03
OR
• DISP (SCIE 1500X/Y, 1501X/Y, 1502X/Y, 1503X/Y, 1504X/Y or 1510X/Y) (C- or better)
Minimum of four (4) full credits, or an equivalent number of half credits, to be selected from Marine Biology (MARI) classes or any "marine emphasis" field class offered by our summer field class Institute, SEASIDE, or any other recognized field class institute/station in Canada or overseas.
MARI 3003.03: Dynamics of Biological Oceanography.
MARI 3067.03: Ecology and Evolution of Fishes.
MARI 3074.03/3076.03: Physiology of Marine Animals, Part I and II.
MARI 3212.03: Biology of the Algae.
MARI 3301.03: Invertebrate Biology.
MARI 3600.03: Aquaculture.
MARI 3623.03: Applied Coastal Ecology.
MARI 3626.03: Field Studies of Marine Mammals.
MARI 3632.03: Applied Field Methods in Fish Ecology.
MARI 3664.03: Intertidal Ecology and Diversity.
MARI 3680.03: Scientific Diving Methods for Marine Ecology.
MARI 3761.03: Marine Ecology.
MARI 4060.03: Marine Mammalogy.
MARI 4075.03: Nutrition in Aquaculture.
MARI 4335.03: Environmental Impacts in Marine Ecosystems.
MARI 4369.03: Fisheries Oceanography.
MARI 4370.03: Deep Sea Biology.
MARI 4661.03: Introduction to Biological Oceanography.
MARI 4662.03: Biology of Phytoplankton.
MARI 4664.03: History of Marine Sciences.
MARI 4666.03: Benthic Ecology.
MARI 4800X/Y.06: Special Topics in Marine Biology.
MARI 4900X/Y.06: Honours Research and Thesis.
MARI 4901.03: Honours Research and Thesis I.
MARI 4902.03: Honours Research Thesis II.
Honours Qualifying Examination.
MARI 8891.00: Co-op Workterm I.
MARI 8892.00: Co-op Workterm 2.
MARI 8893.00: Co-op Workterm 3.
MARI 8894.00: Co-op Workterm 4.
BIOC 1040.06: Biological Chemistry and Metabolism for Students of Pharmacy.
BIOC 1420.03: Introductory Biochemistry for Nursing Students.
BIOC 2300.03: Introduction to Biochemistry.
BIOC 2610.03: Introductory Biochemistry Lab.
BIOC 3200.03: Biological Chemistry.
BIOC 3300.03: Intermediary Metabolism.
BIOC 3400.03: Nucleic Acid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
BIOC 4001.03: Special Topics in Biochemistry.
BIOC 4010.03: Bioinformatics.
BIOC 4027.03: Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer.
BIOC 4302.03: Biochemistry of Lipids.
BIOC 4305.03: Mechanisms of Signal Transduction.
BIOC 4403.03: Genes and Genomes.
BIOC 4404.03: Gene Expression.
BIOC 4501.03: Medical Biotechnology I.
BIOC 4603.03: Advanced Laboratory in Biochemical Techniques.
BIOC 4604.03: Research Project I.
BIOC 4605.03: Research Project II.
BIOC 4700.03: Proteins.
BIOC 4701.03: Enzymes.
BIOC 4702.03: Biophysical Characterization of Macromolecules.
BIOC 4804.03: Introduction to Pharmacology I.
BIOC 4806.03: Introduction to Pharmacology II.
BIOC 4807.03: Introduction to Pharmacology III.
BIOC 4811.03: Biochemistry of Clinical Disorders I.
BIOC 4812.03: Biochemistry of Clinical Disorders II.