Requirements

Five 4-credit courses. Two 2-credit MSCI courses may be substituted for one upper-level 4-credit course (maximum two 2-credit courses). 

• Required courses:

• BIO 106 - Introductory Biology II
• BIO 205 - Ecology

• And 12 credits of upper-level courses from this list (maximum two 2-credit courses):

• BIO 310 - Plant Systematics
• BIO 380 - Invertebrate Zoology
• BIO 390 - Animal Behavior
• BIO 420 - Parasitology
• BIO 435 - Conservation Biology
• BIO 440 - Evolution
• BIO 460 - Field Botany
• BIO 470 - Vertebrate Field Zoology
• BIO 475 - Special Topics in Biology (Chair approval)

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• Courses at Dauphin Island Sea Lab:

• MSCI 305 - Biology and Conservation of Marine Turtles
• MSCI 315 - Shark and Ray Biology
• MSCI 402 - Marine Restoration Ecology
• MSCI 404 - Marine Conservation Biology
• MSCI 410 - Marine Invertebrate Zoology
• MSCI 421 - Coastal Birds of Alabama
• MSCI 468 - Marine Behavioral Ecology
• MSCI 469 - Coral Reef Biology and Ecology
• MSCI 478 - Experimental Plankton Biology

• Other MSCI courses with ecology/organismal biology content & approval of the UM DISL liaison & BCMC Department Chair.