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Marine Biology (MARB)(0401T)
Advising by Department of Biology

Must earn "C" or better in each course

I. BASIC REQUIREMENTS

II. ADVANCED PROGRAM (>21 CREDITS)

A.  Biochemistry or Statistics (3 cr.):ONE course from any of the following: BCHM 461; BCHM 463; BIOM 301; STAT 400; STAT 464 or PSYC 200 (requires permission from PSYC department).

B.  Upper Level Courses (>18 cr.): Students must complete 18 credits from the list below with two courses having an upper level (300-400) laboratory (designated by :L). Theses credits can come from any of the listed areas as long as at least one course is taken in each of the specified non-elective areas. 

APPROVED LIST OF UPPER LEVEL COURSES
Marine Diversity & Evolution* Electives Electives Con't.
BSCI 370 Principles of Evolution (3) BCHM 462 Biochemistry II (3) BSCI 470 Evolutionary Mechanisms (4)
BSCI 392 Biology Of Extinct Animals (3) BSCI 230 Cell Biology & Physiology (4)** GEOL 331 Invert Paleontology (4:L)
BSCI 393 Biology Of Extinct Animals lab (1:L) BSCI 338 Selected Topic-BIOL (1-4)***  
BSCI 464 Microbial Ecology (3) BSCI 348 Selected topic-CBMG(1-4)*** Independent Study (Optional)***
BSCI 480 Arthropod Form & Function (4:L) BSCI 360 Prin. of Animal Behav. (3) BSCI 379 Research in CBMG (3)
BSCI 484 Marine & Estuarine Invert (4:L) BSCI 361 Principles of Ecology (4) BSCI 379H Honors Res. in CBMG  (1-2)
BSCI 485 Protozoology (4:L) BSCI 390 Vertebrate Zoology (3) BSCI 398H Honors Seminar in BIOL  (1)
Aquatic Ecology* BSCI 391 Vertebrate Zoology Lab (1:L) BSCI 399 Research in BIOL (1-2)
BSCI 362 Ecology of Marsh & Dune Veg (2) BSCI 394 Vertebrate form & Function (3) BSCI 399H Honors Res in BIOL  (1-2)
BSCI 373 Nat'l Hist. of Chesapeake Bay (3) BSCI 440 Mammalian Physiology (4)  
BSCI 374 Chesapeake Bay Lab (2:L) BSCI 442 Plant Physiology (4:L)  
BSCI 466 Experimental Aquatic Ecology (3) BSCI 443 Microbial Physiology (3)  
BSCI 467 Freshwater Biology (4:L) BSCI 460 Plant Ecology (3)  
BSCI 473 Marine Ecology (3) BSCI 461 Plant Ecology Lab. (2:L) *=At least one course from Area
Oceanographic/Watershed Processes* BSCI 462 Population Ecology (3) **=Can not be used as upper level lab
BSCI 338R Oceanography Lab (2:L) BSCI 463 Lab & Field Ecology (2:L) ***=Must be approved for specialization
BSCI 375 Biological Oceanography (3) BSCI 465 Behavioral Ecology (3)        By Biological Science Program. 
GEOL 451 Groundwater Geology (3)          See Schedule of Classes.
GEOL 452 Watershed & Wetld Hydrology (3)    
University of Maryland

COLLEGE OF LIFE SCIENCES*UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND* COLLEGE PARK, MD 20742
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