Course Description

The goal of this course is to expose graduate students to a breadth of research in the multidisciplinary field of Marine Sciences including marine policy, ethics, sustainability, and education. Each week, an invited speaker will deliver a seminar of their research and participate in a question-and-answer session. Students will also have the opportunity to interact directly with the speakers outside of the class period.

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Athena Title

Seminars in Marine Sciences

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

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Grading System

S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to describe components of an effective presentation.
• Students will be able to describe the goals and significance of work presented by speakers.
• Students will be able to describe the major research findings or project outcomes from work presented by speakers.

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Topical Outline

• Recent advances in biological oceanography
• Current topics in molecular microbial ecology
• The genomics revolution and biological oceanography
• How to review a scientific paper

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Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Frischer, Marc   Ohnemus, Dan

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Public CV

Select a file to download:   Frischer_PublicCV.pdf

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