Course list for the Marine Science Single Major

Information valid for students commencing 2014

Marine Science (Major)

(This major is available at St Lucia only)

Prerequisites required for progression in this major:

Course Code Units Course Title
[ BIOL1020 2 Genes, Cells & Evolution
[ or
[ CHEM1221 2 General, Organic & Biological Chemistry
BIOL1030 2 Global Challenges in Biology
ERTH1000 2 Planet Earth: The Big Picture


Major requirements (#14)

#6 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2006 2 Biostatistics & Experimental Design
BIOL3023 2 Tropical Marine Ecosystems
MARS2014 2 Marine Science

and #2 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2010 2 Ecology
BIOL2015 2 Ecology Field Studies
BIOL2202 2 Genetics
BIOL2203 2 Plant Biology
BIOL2204 2 Zoology
ERTH2002 2 Palaeobiology
ERTH2003 2 Sedimentary Petrology & Stratigraphy
ERTH2050 2 Field Geology
GEOM2000 2 Introduction to Remote Sensing of Environment
GEOM2001 2 Geographical Information Systems
GEOS2100 2 Environmental Systems
GEOS2101 2 Climatology & Hydrology
GEOS2103 2 Biogeography & Geomorphology
MICR2000 2 Microbiology & Immunology

and #6 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3206 2 Australian Marine Vertebrates
BIOL3211 2 Marine Invertebrates
BIOL3215 2 Marine Ecology
BIOL3228 2 Advances in Marine Biology and Biotechnology
ENVM3200 2 Coastal Processes & Management
ENVM3202 2 Coral Reef Processes & Management
ERTH3110 2 Marine Geology and Palaeoceanography
ERTH3212 2 Geology of Coral Reefs
MARS3012 2 Physical-biological Oceanography