Fall 2009 Courses for Undergraduate Students
(August 24 - December 11, 2009)
The Marine Laboratory fall semester program is designed for Duke and non-Duke undergraduates and graduate students who have adequate preparation in the natural and social sciences.
Undergraduates may enroll in up to five and a half course credits during the fall semester. Students interested in taking more than five and a half course credits must get permission from their academic dean.
Enrollment information is available here >BIOLOGY 118. Genetics and Molecular Biology.
NS, STS;
1.0 course (3 semester hours);
Prerequisite: Biology 25L or equivalent; Chemistry 22L or equivalent.
BIOLOGY 127. Marine Megafauna
NS, STS; C-L: ENVIRON 127
1.0 course (3 semester hours);
Prerequisite: Biology 25L or equivalent.
***taught on the Durham campus in Fall 2009***
BIOLOGY 150L. Physiology of Marine Animals
C-L: ENVIRON 150L
NS, R, W;
1.0 course (4 semester hours) fall & spring; 1.5 course (6 semester hours) summer I
BIOLOGY 207AL. Experimental Tropical Marine Ecology (Panama)*
Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
A week-long experimental field course in Panama to study Tropical Marine Ecology during Fall and Spring Break.
BIOLOGY 207BL. Marine Ecology of the Pacific (San Francisco)*
Fall 2009
Fall break trip to San Francisco to study the marine ecology of the California coast.
ENVIRON 175. Marine Policy
EI, SS, STS; C-L: POLSCI 264, PUBPOL 297;
1.0 course or 3 units (3 semester hours);
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor required.
ENVIRON 181. Science and Nature Writing
ALP, STS, W; C-L: ENGLISH 173;
1.0 course (3 semester hours)
ENVIRON 298.46. Green by Design. Implementing Environmental Sustainability
SS, STS;
1.0 course or 3 units (3 semester hours);
Undergraduate prerequisites: Introductory Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science and Policy.
PHY 53L. General Physics
NS;
1.0 course (4 semester hours);
Prerequisites: Mathematics 31, 32, or 25L, 26L, or equivalent;
