Marine Life: Marine Organisms and Their Environments
Our first class is Monday, January 3,
2005, at 09:00 in Lecture Hall 2
The weekly schedule and book list can
be found at the bottom of this page.
Download a pdf file of the Academic Faire Handout
by clicking here.
Marine Life: Marine Organisms and Their Environments
Winter, Spring/Group Contract
Faculty: Erik Thuesen, Steve Norton
Enrollment: 50
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, transfer students
welcome; at least two quarters of college chemistry and two quarters of biological
sciences with labs; an ability to work easily with numbers and equations; experience
using a personal computer. We will give a short exam the
first day of class to verify these prerequisites.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: Up to $150 per quarter for overnight field
trips. We will go to Friday Harbor Labs Feb. 7-11th. This trip will cost approximately
$150.00.
Internship Possibilities: No
This program focuses on marine organisms, the sea as a habitat, relationships
between organisms and the physical/chemical properties of their environments,
and their adaptations to those environments. Students will study marine organisms,
elements of biological, chemical and physical oceanography and field sampling
methods, with associated statistics and laboratory techniques. Throughout the
program, students will focus on the identification of marine organisms and aspects
of the ecology of selected species. Physiological adaptations to diverse marine
environments and ecological relationships will be also be emphasized. The class
will study physical features of marine waters, nutrients, biological productivity
and regional topics in marine science. Concepts will be applied via faculty-designed
experiments and student-designed research projects. Data analysis will be facilitated
through the use of Excel spreadsheets and elementary bio-statistics.
Credit awarded in marine biology*, oceanography*, marine ecology* and research*.
Although circumstances may change, we anticipate that all credit will be designated
upper-division science for those students completing both quarters of the program.
Total: 16* credits each quarter.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2006-07.
Tentative Weekly Schedule *Subject to Change*
Monday
9:00-12:00 (LH2) Recitation/Presentations
Tuesday
8:30-11:00 (LH4) Lecture
13:00-15:00 (Lab 2 2207) Seminar/Workshop
Wednesday
8:00-10:00 (LH2) Lecture
10:30-13:00 Computer Applications Laboratory
Thursday
9:00-17:00 (Lab 1 3041/3046) Laboratory
Text books
Biological oceanography. Charles Miller, ISBN: 0632055367 Blackwell
Marine Biogeochemistry, Libes. Chapters 1-3 (0n reserve).
Marine biology: an ecological approach. Nybakken & Bertness, ISBN:
0805345825 Cummings
Handbook of biological investigation. Ambrose & Ambrose, ISBN:
0887252168 Hunter