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MARINE BIOLOGY -- IN
TURLOCK?
The Department of Biological Sciences at
California State University Stanislaus offers both the
Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science in
Biological Sciences as undergraduate degrees. Within
either of these degree programs, the department offers
concentrations in Botany, Ecology and Field Biology, Entomology,
Environmental Sciences, Genetics, Marine Biology
Microbiology and Zoology. Students wishing to have a
specific concentration will need to complete a minimum of
16 upper-division specified units within the area of the
concentration as well as the requirements for the major.
The courses specified for each concentration typically
count within the major, so students completing a
concentration ordinarily do not need to take additional
courses. The specified courses/requirements for the Marine
Biology Concentration are:
Zoology 4420 Invertebrate
Zoology I, 4 units (or MSCI 3240)
Zoology 4430
Invertebrate Zoology II, 4 units (or MSCI 3250)
Biology 4630
Marine Ecology, 4 units (or MSCI 3030)
Botany 3130 Morphology of Plants, Algae,
and Fungi 4 units (or
MSCI 3310)
One term of residence at Moss
Landing Marine Laboratories or another marine
station
So--how do these requirements for the Marine Biology
Concentration fit within the B.A. or B.S. in Biological
Sciences? Zoology 4420 counts as the upper division
Zoology course requirement, and also fulfills the
diversity requirement. Zoology 4430 counts as 4 of the 10
(B.A.) or 14 (B.S.) electives required in the Biological
Sciences. Biology 4630 fulfills the ecology requirement.
Botany 3130 fulfills the upper division Botany course
requirement. MSCI 3240, 3250, 3030 and 3310 are courses
taught at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories that can be
substituted for the courses taught through the Department
of Biological Sciences at CSU Stanislaus. Normally,
students take most of the required courses at Stanislaus,
while they are also fulfilling other degree requirements,
since MLML does not offer General Education courses,
lower division chemistry, math, and physics courses, or
non-marine-oriented biology courses. The semester in
residence at MLML is usually taken when a student is a
senior. Most students in the Marine Biology Concentration
take one of the above required courses for the
concentration, plus elective units to help fulfill the 10
or 14 required elective units while they are in residence
at MLML. Some of the commonly-taken MLML courses include
Marine Botany (MSCI 3310, above), Marine Ecology (MSCI
3030 above), Marine Birds and Mammals, Marine
Ichthyology, and Marine Science Diving.
In addition to the required courses above, there are
several additional opportunities for students to get
marine-oriented experiences while they are undergraduates
at CSU Stanislaus. For example, during Stanislaus' winter term, Dr. Roe
often teaches courses relating to various topics in
marine biology, including Biology 4720-Topics in Rocky Intertidal
Biology and Biol 4740-Deep-Sea Biology. Finally, we use the MLML
facilities upon occasion during most of the winter
term marine courses and in Biology 4630.
So, yes, indeed, there is Marine
Biology in Turlock!
If you wish to receive our Department of
Biological Sciences brochure, additional information on
the Marine Biology concentration, and application
information, please e-mail your home address to our
Biology secretary, isabel@science.csustan.edu
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