Spring 2010 Courses for Graduate Students
(January 13 – May 8, 2010)
Plan ahead for Spring Semester 2010 at the Duke Marine Lab. This is the semester for the studious and adventurous, with immersion in marine science in Beaufort and extended travel opportunities with Duke faculty to study sea turtles in Trinidad, urban tropical ecology in Singapore, and marine mammals in Hawaii.
View schedule as a block listing here >
NEW! Courses in Development for spring 2010:
- Governance of Social-Ecological Systems (includes field trip to Baja)
- ENVIRON 298.89 Physical Oceanography
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 253L. Physiology of Marine Animals
C-L: ENVIRON 228L;
4 units (4 semester hours) fall & spring; 6 units (6 semester hours) summer I
Prerequisites: Biology 25L and Chemistry 12L or 22L
BIOLOGY 274L. Marine Invertebrate Zoology
C-L: ENVIRON 295L;
4 units (fall, spring, summer II) 6 units (summer I);
Prerequisite: Biology 25L
CELLBIO 243. Environmental Biochemistry:Respiratory Proteins and the Environment
C-L: ENVIRON 243;
1.0 course or 3 units;
Prerequisites: One semester of organic chemistry or consent of instructor.
ENVIRON 227. Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles (Trinidad)*
NS, STS
Spring 2010
Conservation and management of endangered sea turtles with 7-day field expedition to Trinidad.
ENVIRON 243. Respiratory Proteins and the Environment
3 units
Prerequisites: One semester of organic chemistry or consent of instructor.
Instructor: Bonaventura
ENVIRON 293. Analysis of Ocean Ecosystems
C-L: Marine Sciences
3 units (3 semester hours)
Prerequisite: one year of biology, one year of chemistry, or consent of instructor.
ENVIRON 298.62 Urban Tropical Ecology (Singapore)*
Spring 2010
Experiential field oriented seminar studying the human ecology, tropical diversity, disturbed habitats and invasive species of Singapore.
ENVIRON 298.89. Physical Oceanography
Prerequisites: one year of calculus, one year of physics, or permission of instructor.
Instructor: Hench
ENVIRON 324. Marine Conservation Biology (Hawaii)*
Spring 2010
Examine the challenges associated with managing and conserving protected, threatened and endangered marine species using the sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds of the main Hawaiian islands as case studies.
ENVIRON 328. Governance of Social-Ecological Systems (Baja)*
Spring 2010
Spring class with trip to Baja, Mexico
