2002-2004 Undergraduate Catalog Requirements:

Recommended Course Work

General

Non-Biology Science Core Requirements

  • Chemistry, 16 hours (CH 301, 302, 204, 610A, 610B, 210C) 
  • Physics, 8 hours including laboratory 
  • Mathematics, one year of calculus (M 408C and 408D) and BIO 318M 
  • Geology, 6-8 hours (GEO 303 or 401, 404C,405, or 416M)
  • Biology Core Courses

    Major Track Sequence Courses (Austin campus)

    Selected Courses for Marine & Freshwater Biology Degree

    Course Number

    Course Title

    Location

    BIO 327, 127L
    General Phycology and Phycology Lab
    Austin
    BIO 328/128L 
    Introductory Plant Physiology
    Austin
    BIO 375
    Conservation Biology
    Austin
    BIO 370 
    Evolution
    Austin
    BIO 361T 
    Comparative Animal Physiology
    Austin
    BIO 369L
    Herpetology
    Austin
    BIO 321L
    Aquatic Entomology
    Austin
    GEO 422K
    Paleobiology
    Austin
    MNS 367K
    Oceanography: Human Exploration & Exploitation of the Sea
    Austin
    MNS 353 
    (Special Topics)
    Biology of Sharks, Skates, and Rays
    Austin
    MNS 353 
    (Special Topics)
    Marine Fish Physiology
    Austin
    MNS 354F
    Marine Geology
    Austin
    MNS 440 
    (BIO 456L)
    Limnology and Oceanography
    Austin
    MNS 354E 
    or BIO 364
    Aquatic Microbiology or Microbial Ecology
    MSI or
    Austin 
    MNS 352C
    Estuarine Ecology
    MSI
    MNS 352D
    Marine Botany 
    MSI
    MNS 354 
    or BIO 448L
    Marine Invertebrates or Invertebrate Biology
    MSI or 
    Austin
    MNS 354C 
    or BIO 354L
    Biology of Fishes or Ichthyology
    MSI or 
    Austin
    MNS 354D
    Selected Studies in Mariculture
    MSI
    MNS 354Q
    Marine Environmental Science
    MSI
    MNS 354T
    Biological Oceanography
    MSI
    MNS 170, 
    270, 370
    Special Studies in Marine Science (new research courses)
    MSI

    Summer Courses at the Marine Science Institute

  • Summer 2006
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    Scholarship Opportunities

    National

    State

    The University of Texas

    College of Natural Sciences