Bachelor of Science Honours in Marine Biology

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• Objectives
  The 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.
• Academic title
  Bachelor of Science Honours in Marine Biology
• Course description
  20-credit BSc Honours in Marine Biology
  
   Departmental Requirements
  
  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, but not required).
  •     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)
  
  2000 level
             
  •     BIOL 2003.03
  •     BIOL 2004.03
  •     BIOL 2020.03
  •     BIOL 2030.03
  •     BIOL 2040.03
  •     BIOL 2060.03
  •     OCEA 2000.06 or 2001.03/2002.03
  •     STAT 2080.03
  
  3000 and 4000 level
             
  •     MARI 3067.03
  •     MARI 3071X/Y.06 or 3074.03/3076.03 or BIOL 3050.03
  •     MARI 3212.03 or 3221.03 (strongly recommended but not required)
  •     MARI 3301.03
  •     MARI 3761.03
  •     MARI 3626.03 or 4060.03 (recommended but not required)
  •     MARI 4900X/Y.06 or 4901.03/4902.03
  
  In addition to the required Biology credits (3.0) and Marine Biology credits (3.5 - 4.5), students must select 1.5 - 2.5 more full credits from the list of Marine Biology (MARI) classes or BIOL classes with some marine emphasis to fulfill the university requirement of a minimum of 9 credits beyond the 1000 level in the Honours subject.
  
  Classes in Biology taken to satisfy the Marine Biology requirement cannot be counted towards the 2 full credits which are to be taken in a single subject outside the Honours subject.
  
  Other Biology classes with some marine emphasis: BIOL 3042.03, 3101.03, 3102.03, 3326.03, 3615.03, 4061.03, 4063.03, 4074.03, 4661.03
  
  

  • 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.
  • BIOC 4835.03: Human Genetics.
  • BIOC 8891.00: Co-op work term 1.
  • BIOC 8892.00: Co-op work term 2.
  • BIOC 8893.00: Co-op work term 3.
  • BIOC 8894.00: Co-op work term 4.
  • SCIE 1111.03: Elements of Writing.
  • SCIE 2800.00: Science Co-op Seminar Series.

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