Master of Marine Studies

The MMarineSt is an 18 month, 180-point programme. Students choose Option 1 or 2 and may begin their studies by enrolling in Semester One or Two for Option 1.

Option 1:

90 points of coursework (6 courses) and 90 point research thesis MARINE 794A/B.

Option 1A (for students starting in Semester One)

Semester One (year one)

• MARINE 701 - Current Issues in Marine Science, and
• MARINE 702 - Field Techniques in Marine Science

and two courses from:

• BIOSCI 724 - Marine Ecology
• BIOSCI 725 - Ecological Physiology
• BIOSCI 738 - Advanced Biological Data Analysis
• BIOSCI 739 - Dialogues in Biology
• EARTHSCI 720 Geochemistry of Our World
• ENVSCI 714 - Environmental Pollution
• FOODSCI 703 - Food Processing
• GEOG 746 - Applied Coastal Geomorphology

Semester Two (year one)

• BIOSCI 727 - Aquaculture
• MARINE 707 Applied Estuarine Ecology
  
  
• MARINE 794A - Thesis in Marine Studies

Final semester

• MARINE 794B Thesis in Marine Studies

Option 1B (for students starting in Semester Two)

Semester Two (year one)

• BIOSCI 727 - Aquaculture
• MARINE 707 Applied Estuarine Ecology
  
  

and two courses from

• BIOSCI 729 - Evolutionary Biology (Not offered in 2024)
• BIOSCI 749 - Ecology of Microbial Interactions
• ENVMGT 742 - Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
  
  
• FOODSCI 708 - Advanced Food Science
• GEOG 748 - Current Issues in Coastal Management

Semester One (year two)

• MARINE 701 - Current Issues in Marine Science and
• MARINE 702 - Field Techniques in Marine Science
• MARINE 794A - Thesis in Marine Studies

Final semester

• MARINE 794B - Thesis in Marine Studies

Option 2

120 points of coursework (8 courses) and 60 point dissertation MARINE 792.

Semester One

• MARINE 701 - Current Issues in Marine Science and
• MARINE 702 - Field Techniques in Marine Science

and two courses from:

• BIOSCI 724 - Marine Ecology
• BIOSCI 725 - Ecological Physiology
• BIOSCI 738 - Advanced Biological Data Analysis
• BIOSCI 739 - Dialogues in Biology
• EARTHSCI 720 - Geochemistry of Our World
• ENVSCI 714 - Environmental Pollution
• FOODSCI 703 - Food Processing
• GEOG 746 - Applied Coastal Geomorphology

Semester Two

• BIOSCI 727 - Aquaculture
• MARINE 707 Applied Estuarine Ecology
  
  

and two courses from

• BIOSCI 729 - Evolutionary Biology (Not offered in 2024)
• BIOSCI 749 - Ecology of Microbial Interactions
• ENVMGT 742 - Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
  
  
• ENVMGT 744 - Resource Management
• FOODSCI 708 - Advanced Food Science
• GEOG 748 - Current Issues in Coastal Management

Final semester

• MARINE 792 - Dissertation