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Biology/Marine Science Courses

A wide diversity of courses in freshwater biology, ecology, and systematics is offered within the Department of Biological Sciences. Several aquatic-related courses are available in other departments such as Geology (Isotope Geology, Hydrogeology, Aqueous Geochemistry, Paleoecology, Environmental Geology), Civil Engineering (Hydrology, Aquatic Environmental Chemistry), Geography (Drainage Basin Dynamics, Remote Sensing, Image Processing and GIS), and the Law School (Environmental Law).  The Dauphin Island Sea Lab provides year-round individual and classroom instruction in Marine Science at the graduate level. Students in residence have an opportunity to interact with faculty and students from other graduate programs from the state, the nation, and from abroad. For a listing of upcoming course offerings, visit www.as.ua.edu/Biology/escourseschedule.htm

BSC 512/513 Limnology and Limnology Lab
BSC 514 Dendrology
BSC 516 Aquatic Vascular Plants
BSC 517 Environmental Modeling
BSC 520 Principles of Systematic Zoology
BSC 521 Geomicrobiology
BSC 522 Climate Dynamics
BSC 523 Freshwater Ecosystems
BSC 528 Ichthyology
BSC 534 Plant Taxonomy
BSC 550 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
BSC 556/557 Microbial Ecology
BSC 567 Bahamas Field Course in Stream Restoration
BSC 572 Mycology
BSC 575 General Entomology
BSC 576 Aquatic Insects
BSC 582 Conservation Biology
BSC 587 Biogeography
BSC 590 Stream Ecology
BSC 592 Aquatic Biogeochemistry
BSC 612 Aquatic Secondary Production
BSC 613 Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology
BSC 651 Population Biology
BSC 652 Community Ecology
BSC 564 Phycology
BSC 695 Microbial Diversity
BSC 695 Professional Ethics

Marine Science at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab

MS 501 Phytoplankton Ecology and Physiology
MS 502 Marine Vertebrate Biology
MS 505 Marine Biogeochemical Processes
MS 507 Marine Botany
MS 508 Estuarine Science
MS 511 Marsh Ecology
MS 512 Marine Ecology
MS 515 Coastal Ornithology
MS 522 Field Marine Science
MS 523 Coastal Zone Management
MS 528 Introduction to Oceanography
MS 538 Marine Zoogeography
MS 539 Oceanology of the Gulf of Mexico
MS 541 Benthic Community Structure
MS 542 Scientific Data Management