{"id":4640,"date":"2018-10-15T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/?page_id=4640"},"modified":"2021-12-09T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:12:07","slug":"majorpost2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/academic-programs\/undergraduate\/majorpost2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Major in Marine Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>For students declaring in or after Fall 2018<\/h3>\n<p><span><b>Core Introductory Courses<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Oceanography (EE144), including discussion\/lab section for Marine Science majors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Marine Biology (BI260)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>Biology<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Biology 1 (BI107) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Biology 2 (BI108)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>Chemistry<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>CH101 and CH102 (for science majors and premedical students,\u00a0<i>recommended track for Marine Science majors<\/i>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span><b>OR\u00a0<\/b>CH109 and CH110 (for biochemistry and molecular biology majors)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span><b>OR\u00a0<\/b>CH111 and CH112 (for chemistry majors and well-prepared science and pre-medical students)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span><b>OR\u00a0<\/b>CH171 and CH172 (this is a terminal sequence)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span><b>OR<\/b>\u00a0CH171 and CH174 (this sequence allows students to also take CH273).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>Math and Statistics<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Calculus I (MA123 or MA121)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span>Basic Statistics and Probability (MA213)\u00a0<b>OR<\/b>\u00a0MA 115.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Choose one:\n<ul>\n<li>Second semester of Calculus (MA124 or MA122)<\/li>\n<li>OR second semester of Statistics (MA214 or MA116)<\/li>\n<li>OR computer science (CS 105, CS 108, or CS 111)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>Physics <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>General Physics (PY211)\u00a0<b>OR<\/b>\u00a0PY 105.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>Marine Breadth Requirement.<\/b>\u00a0Three courses chosen from the following options:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is recommended that you take a variety of courses to cover the breadth of Marine Science: Biological Oceanography (BO), Marine Biology (MB), Physical Oceanography (PO), Chemical Oceanography (CO), Marine Geology &amp; Geophysics (MG), and Marine Spatial Dynamics (MSD).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>FALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 310: Climate and the Environment (PO)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 505: Geographic Information Systems (MSD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>SPRING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">BI 303: Evolutionary Ecology (MB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">BI 509: Metapopulation Ecology (BO, MB)**<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">BI 519: Theoretical Evolution Ecology (BO, MB)**<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">BI 550: Marine Genomics (MB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">BI 500: Biology of Sharks (MB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">BI 586: Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics (BO, MB)**<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 142: Introduction to Beaches and Shoreline Processes<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 351: Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography (PO, MG)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 422: Aquatic Optics and Remote Sensing (CO, MSD)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 423: Marine Biogeochemistry (BO, CO)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 507: Dynamical Oceanography (PO)**<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 533: Quantitative Geomorphology (MG)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">EE 576: Aquatic Geochemistry (CO)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">**Offered in alternate years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Participation in the\u00a0Marine Semester.<\/strong>\u00a0For detailed information, click<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/academic-programs\/bump-marine-semester\/\" title=\"Marine Semester\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAS Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completion through the fourth semester of a foreign language<\/li>\n<li>WR 120 and WR 150<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>University Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BU Hub &#8211; 26 units are required. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\">www.bu.edu\/hub<\/a> for details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Credit Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students are required to complete 128 credits total in order to graduate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For students declaring in or after Fall 2018 Core Introductory Courses Oceanography (EE144), including discussion\/lab section for Marine Science majors. Marine Biology (BI260) Biology Biology 1 (BI107) Biology 2 (BI108) Chemistry CH101 and CH102 (for science majors and premedical students,\u00a0recommended track for Marine Science majors) OR\u00a0CH109 and CH110 (for biochemistry and molecular biology majors) OR\u00a0CH111 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2970,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4640"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5154,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4640\/revisions\/5154"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}