Graduate Course Information
Graduate students in the life sciences should examine courses from several graduate programs in the College of Science and Technology (The student's Graduate Advisory Committee may also approve up to nine hours of work from other colleges.)
This page contains the complete list of graduate courses offered in the Department of Life Sciences. Each entry in this course list includes the following information:
- Course Number
- Course Title
- Credit Hours
- Link to Syllabus (pdf file)
- Link to Course Web Site (if available)
- Tentative Two-Year Course Schedule (NOTE: The schedules on this page are for general planning purposes only and are subject to change.)
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Information about current and future course offerings under the Selected Topics and Special Topics titles (course numbers 4590 or 5590) is found on the Selected Topics / Special Topics Page.
The most current information about the present (or upcoming) semester's schedule of courses is available on the Current On-Line Course Schedule.
The Current Graduate Catalog contains a description of each graduate program, as well as a description of each graduate course (including its prerequisites and/or co-requisites).
Information about undergraduate course offerings in the Department of Life Sciences is found on the Undergraduate Course Information Page.
Important Notes:
Laboratory Safety Seminar (SMTE 0091) is a co-requisite course for all courses in the Department of Life Sciences that have a laboratory component.
Students in any courses that involve Scientific Diving must comply with the guidelines established by the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Diving Control Board.
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The Biomedical Sciences Program does not offer a graduate degree, but it offers graduate courses in support of other graduate degree programs.
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| Fisheries & Mariculture Program (MARI)
Graduate Course List
(5000-Sequence)
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| Course
| Course Title
| Credit
| Web
| Odd-Numbered Years
| Even-Numbered Years
|
| Number
| Click title for most recent syllabus (pdf)
| (SCH)
| Link
| Spring
| Summer
| Fall
| Spring
| Summer
| Fall
|
| MARI 5102
| Graduate Research Seminar
| 1
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| Available any semester: student should contact the Chair of his/her Graduate Advisory Committee to enroll.
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| MARI 5312
| Mariculture Techniques
| 3
| Web
|
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| Odd Fall
|
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| Even Fall
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| MARI 5314
| Aquatic Animal Nutrition
| 3
| Web
|
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| Odd Fall
|
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| Even Fall
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| MARI 5315
| Diseases and Parasites of Aquatic Organisms
| 3
| Web
| Odd Spring
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| Even Spring
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| MARI 5322
| Aquaculture Economics
| 3
| Web
| Odd Spring
|
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| Even Spring
|
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| MARI 5370
| Mariculture
| 3
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| Odd Fall
|
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| Even Fall
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| MARI 5398
| Internship (9 SCH required; offered in 3-SCH blocks)
| 3
|
| Available any semester: student should contact the Chair of his/her Graduate Advisory Committee to enroll.
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| MARI 5399
| Mariculture Research (6 SCH required; offered in 3-SCH blocks)
| 3
|
| Available any semester: student should contact the Chair of his/her Graduate Advisory Committee to enroll.
|
| MARI 5421
| Chemistry of Natural Waters
| 4
| Web
|
|
| Odd Fall
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| Even Fall
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| MARI 5432
| Aquatic System Design
| 4
| Web
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| Odd Summer
|
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| Even Summer
|
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| MARI 5436
| Marine Ecological Processes
| 4
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| Odd Spring
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| MARI 5590
| Selected Topics
| 1-5
| Web
| Topics vary each semester. Click here for current/future topics.
|
| MARI 5596
| Directed Independent Study
| 1-5
|
| Available any semester: requires administration-approved individual student-faculty Directed Independent Study Contract.
|
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| Marine Biology Program (MARB)
Graduate Course List
(6000-Sequence)
|
| Course
| Course Title
| Credit
| Web
| Odd-Numbered Years
| Even-Numbered Years
|
| Number
| Click title for most recent syllabus (pdf)
| (SCH)
| Link
| Spring
| Summer
| Fall
| Spring
| Summer
| Fall
|
| MARB 6102
| Graduate Research Seminar
| 1
|
|
|
| Odd Fall
|
|
| Even Fall
|
| MARB 6310
| Physiological Adaptations in Animals
| 3
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| Odd Fall
|
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|
|
| MARB 6392
| Dissertation Proposal
| 3
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| Available any semester: student should contact the Chair of his/her Graduate Advisory Committee to enroll.
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| MARB 6393
| Dissertation Research
| 3
|
| Available any semester: student should contact the Chair of his/her Graduate Advisory Committee to enroll.
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| MARB 6394
| Dissertation Submission
| 3
|
| Available any semester: student should contact the Chair of his/her Graduate Advisory Committee to enroll.
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| MARB 6436
| Marine Ecology
| 4
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| Odd Fall
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| MARB 6590
| Special Topics
| 1-5
| Web
| Topics vary each semester. Click here for current/future topics.
|
| MARB 6596
| Directed Independent Study
| 1-5
|
| Available any semester: requires administration-approved individual student-faculty Directed Independent Study Contract.
|
| MARB 6940
| Dissertation Project Research
| 1-9
|
| Available any semester: student should contact the Chair of his/her Graduate Advisory Committee to enroll.
|
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Graduate courses from other graduate programs.
Other programs that do not grant graduate degrees, but offer graduate courses in support of other graduate degree programs:
