{"id":949,"date":"2010-01-27T15:27:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T20:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/?page_id=949"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:47:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:47:50","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/academic-programs\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courses taken by both undergraduate and graduate students in Marine Science may be offered through the Biology Department, the Department of Earth and Environment, or the Marine Program. To see how these courses fit within the Marine Science Major and Minor, and for the most up to date course listings, please visit the CAS Bulletin<\/a>. Please see below for detailed information on Introductory Marine Science courses, Marine Breadth courses, and Marine Semester courses.<\/p>\n

Summer<\/h6>
\n

CAS EE 144<\/a>: Intro to Oceanography<\/p>\n

CAS BI 260<\/a>: Marine Biology<\/p>\n

CAS MR 533<\/a>: Scientific Diving<\/p>\n

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Fall-Standard Classes<\/h6>
<\/p>\n

CAS EE 144<\/a>: Intro to Oceanography<\/p>\n

CAS EE 310<\/a>: Climate and the Environment<\/p>\n

CAS EE 505<\/a>: Geographic Information Systems<\/p>\n

Fall – Marine Semester Classes<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Block 1<\/h6>
<\/p>\n

(EE543<\/a>) Estuaries and Nearshore Systems<\/p>\n

(EE 544<\/a>) Coastal Sedimentology<\/p>\n

(BI546<\/a>) Marine Megafaunal Ecology<\/p>\n

(MR 533)<\/a>\u00a0Scientific Diving<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Block 2<\/h6>
<\/p>\n

(BI\/EE523<\/a>) Marine Urban Ecology<\/p>\n

(EE\/BI591)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Bio-optical Oceanography<\/p>\n

(EE542<\/a>) Coastal Ecosystems<\/p>\n

(BI 531<\/a>)\u00a0Ichthyology<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Block 3<\/h6>
<\/p>\n

(BI\/EE578<\/a>) Marine Geographic Information Systems<\/p>\n

(ES\/BI593<\/a>) Marine Physiology and Climate Change<\/p>\n

(BI 541<\/a>) Coral Reef Restoration and Resilience<\/p>\n

(BI\/EE 562<\/a>) Tropical Seagrass Ecology<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Block 4<\/h6>
<\/p>\n

(BI548<\/a>)\u00a0Marine Microbe Microscopy<\/span><\/p>\n

(BI 511<\/a>) Ecology of Coral Reef Fishes<\/p>\n

(BI569<\/a>) Tropical Marine Invertebrates<\/p>\n

(MR 521<\/a>) Quantitative Fisheries Analysis<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Spring<\/h6>
<\/p>\n

CAS BI 260<\/a>: Marine Biology<\/p>\n

CAS BI 303<\/a>: Evolutionary Ecology<\/p>\n

CAS BI 413<\/a>: Microbial Ecology<\/p>\n

CAS BI 509<\/a>: Metapopulation Ecology **<\/p>\n

CAS BI 519<\/a>: Theoretical Evolution Ecology**<\/p>\n

CAS BI 550<\/a>: Marine Genomics<\/p>\n

CAS BI 500<\/a>: Biology of Sharks<\/p>\n

CAS BI 586<\/a>: Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics**<\/p>\n

CAS EE 142<\/a>: Beach & Shoreline Processes<\/p>\n

CAS EE 351<\/a>: Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography<\/p>\n

CAS EE 360<\/a>: Introduction to Physical Oceanography<\/p>\n

CAS EE 371:<\/a> Introduction to Geochemistry<\/p>\n

CAS EE 422<\/a>: Aquatic Optics and Remote Sensing<\/p>\n

CAS EE 423<\/a>: Marine Biogeochemistry<\/p>\n

CAS EE 507<\/a>: Dynamical Oceanography**<\/p>\n

CAS EE 533<\/a>: Quantitative Geomorphology<\/p>\n

CAS AR 518<\/a>: Zooarchaeology
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

**Offered in alternate years<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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