The university promotes an integrated approach to marine science education and research to prepare students for a variety of rewarding academic and professional careers. This major, offered cooperatively with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, allows students to tailor a curriculum that suits their interests and career goals.

The curriculum provides students with the core scientific and quantitative skills necessary for success. Lower-division courses build a strong foundation in basic sciences and math while upper-division courses provide opportunity for specialization. Students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) complete an upper-division core that concentrates on biological and ecological marine science essentials while also giving students a critical understanding of how statistics and economics are integrated into marine science and resource management.

Students work closely with a faculty advisor to create an individualized curriculum plan of at least 18 approved elective credits and 15-16 planned credits. These can include courses on resource management, human dimensions, conservation, quantitative population assessment and others. Students must complete their plans along with the approval of a faculty advisor before reaching 70 credits.

Coursework for the Major

The major requires 120 credits and at least 30 credits of upper-division coursework in the major must be completed at UF.

Required Coursework

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
BSC 2010 & 2010L	Integrated Principles of Biology 1 and Integrated Principles of Biology Laboratory	4
BSC 2011 & 2011L	Integrated Principles of Biology 2 and Integrated Principles of Biology Laboratory 2	4
CHM 2045 & 2045L	General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry Laboratory	4
CHM 2046 & 2046L	General Chemistry 2 and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory	4
FAS 4202C	Biology of Fishes	4
OCE 1001	Introduction to Oceanography	3
STA 2023	Introduction to Statistics 1	3
Select one:		3
FAS 4270	Marine Ecological Processes
ZOO 4926	Special Topics in Zoology (Marine Ecology)
FAS 4932	Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Biology and Ecology of Algae)	3
Select one:		3
FNR 3410C	Natural Resource Sampling
STA 3024	Introduction to Statistics 2
STA 4210	Regression Analysis
STA 4222	Sample Survey Design
FNR 4660	Natural Resource Policy and Economics	3
GLY 3083C	Fundamentals of Marine Sciences	3
MAC 2311	Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1	4
PHY 2004 & 2004L	Applied Physics 1 and Laboratory for Physics 2004	4
ZOO 4205C	Invertebrate Biodiversity	4
Approved marine sciences electives		18
Planned electives, sufficient to reach a total of 60 upper-division credits		15-16
Total Credits		86-87

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