Courses
FALL 2016 COURSES have been added for all five colleges (see linked course list below, by category). Be sure to check the 2nd page within each category.
Complete Course List PDF (3 categories) Updated April 5, 2016
OLD Complete Course List PDF (4 categories) for 2016 graduates only
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A minimum of six courses in three categories is required for the certificate.
Check the complete, categorized course list to see if your courses are approved for the certificate. This master list may include courses not currently offered. Some courses may have stipulations (like "with marine project only"), or may require prerequisites.
Note: You do not need to be working towards the certificte to take these courses.
Note to faculty members: Please contact marinesci@smith.edu if you would like to suggest a course that should be added to our list. Include the course number, title, semester(s) offered, and its relevance to marine science.
FALL 2016 FCCMS Capstone Course (no category-used to fulfill one of "any")
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2016
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL | 326 | 01 | Ocean Blues: World's Oceans | Jason Andras | TTH 01:15PM-02:30PM | Mount Holyoke College |
FALL 2016 Marine Ecology and Biodiversity Category
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2016
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL | 280F | 01 | Animal Behavior Dis. | Ethan Clotfelter | W 01:00PM-01:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 281 | 01 | Animal Behavior W/Lab | Ethan Clotfelter | TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 281F | 01 | Animal Behave W/Lab Dis | Ethan Clotfelter | W 01:00PM-01:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 281L | 01 | Animal Behavior Lab | Ethan Clotfelter | W 02:00PM-05:00PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 440 | 01 | Conservation Biology | Rachel Levin | TH 02:30PM-05:30PM | Amherst College |
| ENST | 210 | 01 | Ecology | Ethan Temeles | MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 280 | 01 | Animal Behavior | Ethan Clotfelter | TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| CS | 0216 | 1 | Animal Behavior I | Sarah Partan;Mark Feinstein | 09:00AM-11:50AM F | Hampshire College |
| BIOL | 223 | 01 | Ecology | Martha Hoopes;Louise Grosslein;Amy Mays | MWF 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 310 | 01 | Invertebrate Zoology | Stan Rachootin | MW 08:35AM-09:50AM;F 09:00AM-09:50AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 315 | 01 | Behavioral Ecology | Renae Brodie | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIO | 131 | 04 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSRV LAB | Denise Lello | Th 01:00-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 268 | 01 | MARINE ECOLOGY | Paulette Peckol | TTh 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
| BIO | 269 | 01 | MARINE ECOLOGY LABORATORY | Paulette Peckol | M 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 269 | 02 | MARINE ECOLOGY LABORATORY | Graham Kent | T 01:00-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 364 | 01 | PLANT ECOLOGY | Jesse Bellemare | TTh 10:30-11:50 | Smith College |
| BIO | 365 | 01 | PLANT ECOLOGY LABORATORY | Jesse Bellemare | Th 01:00-04:50 | Smith College |
| BIO | 130 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSERVATN | L. David Smith | TTh 10:30-11:50 | Smith College |
| BIO | 131 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | M 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 131 | 02 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | T 01:00-04:00 | Smith College |
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FALL 2016 Geology and Chemistry Category
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2016
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL | 109 | 01 | Climate Chg, Global Warm | Kinuyo Kanamaru | MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111 | 01 | Principles of Geology | Peter Crowley, David Jones | MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 301 | 01 | Hydrogeology | Anna Martini | MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM | Amherst College |
| NS | 0126 | 1 | Water in a Changing Climate | Christina Cianfrani | 01:00PM-02:20PM M,W | Hampshire College |
| NS | 0326 | 1 | Water in a Changing Climate | Christina Cianfrani | 01:00PM-02:20PM M,W | Hampshire College |
| GEOL | 107 | 01 | Environmental Geology | Steven Dunn | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 203 | 01 | Surface Processes | Alan Werner;Penny Taylor | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 210 | 01 | Plate Tectonics | Michelle Markley | MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEO | 361 | 01 | TECTONICS & EARTH HISTORY | Mark Brandriss | MWF 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| GEO | 101 | 01 | INTRO TO EARTH PROCESS & HIST | Amy Rhodes | MWF 10:00-10:50 | Smith College |
| CHM | 346 | 01 | ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEM | Cristina Suarez | TTh 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
| CHM | 346 | L01 | ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEM | T 01:00-04:50 | Smith College | |
| CHM | 346 | L02 | ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEM | Th 01:00-04:50 | Smith College | |
| GEO | 232 | 01 | SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY | Bosiljka Glumac | TTh 10:30-11:50 | Smith College |
| GEO | 232 | L01 | SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY | Bosiljka Glumac | T 01:00-03:50 | Smith College |
| GEO-SCI | 517 | 01 | Sedimentary Geochemistry | Steven Petsch | M W F 10:10AM 11:00AM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 103 | 01 | Intro Oceanography | R Leckie | TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 101 | 01 | The Earth | Michele Cooke-Andresen;Isaac Larsen | M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 445 | 01 | Sedimentology | Adriane Lam | TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 445 | 01LL | Sedimentology | M 1:25PM 4:25PM | UMass Amherst |
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FALL 2016 Resource Management and Policy Category
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2016
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS | 0261 | 1 | Oceans of change | Timothy Zimmerman | 10:30AM-11:50AM T,TH | Hampshire College |
| GEOG | 204 | 01 | Human Dimens/Environ Change | Girma Kebbede | TTH 11:30AM-12:45PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| ENV | 150 | 01 | MODELING OUR WORLD: INTRO GIS | John Loveless | MWF 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
| GEO | 150 | 01 | MODELING OUR WORLD: INTRO GIS | John Loveless | MWF 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
| ECO | 224 | 01 | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | Susan Sayre | TTh 01:00-02:20 | Smith College |
| ECON | 308 | 01 | Political Economy of the Envir | James Boyce | TU TH 2:30PM 3:20PM | UMass Amherst |
| ECON | 308 | 01AA | Political Economy of the Envir | F 9:05AM 9:55AM | UMass Amherst | |
| ECON | 308 | 01AB | Political Economy of the Envir | F 10:10AM 11:00AM | UMass Amherst | |
| ECON | 308 | 01AC | Political Economy of the Envir | F 11:15AM 12:05PM | UMass Amherst | |
| ECON | 308 | 01AD | Political Economy of the Envir | F 1:25PM 2:15PM | UMass Amherst | |
| NRC | 260 | 01 | Fish Consrvatn & Mgt | Andrew Danylchuk | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
| CE-ENGIN | 597F | 01 | ST-Desgn/FishPassage Facilties | Brett Towler | M W 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| RES-ECON | 263 | 01 | Natural Resource Economics | Daniel Lass;Samiul Haque | TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 576 | 01 | Water Resources Mgmt & Polcy | Timothy Randhir | TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOGRAPH | 597WG | 01 | ST-Water Geographies | Eve Vogel | M W 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |
SPRING 2016 Marine Ecology and Biodiversity Category
Semester:
Spring
Year:
2016
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL | 181 | 01 | Adaptation & Organism | Michael Hood, Rachel Levin, Ethan Temeles | MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181F | 01 | Adaptation & Organism | Michael Hood, Rachel Levin, Ethan Temeles | T 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 01 | Adaptation & Organism | Michael Hood, Rachel Levin, Ethan Temeles | T 02:30PM-05:30PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 03 | Adaptation & Organism | Michael Hood, Rachel Levin, Ethan Temeles | TH 02:30PM-05:30PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 04 | Adaptation & Organism | Michael Hood, Rachel Levin, Ethan Temeles | TH 08:00AM-11:00AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 251 | 01 | Paleontology | David Jones | MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 251L | 01 | Paleontology Lab | David Jones | M 02:00PM-05:00PM | Amherst College |
| NS | 0267 | 1 | Ecosystem Ecology | Seeta Sistla | 02:30PM-03:50PM M,W | Hampshire College |
| BIOL | 331 | 01 | Conservation Biology | Martha Hoopes | TTH 11:30AM-12:45PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 331L | 01 | Conservation Biology Lab | Martha Hoopes | W 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 331L | 02 | Conservation Biology Lab | Martha Hoopes | TH 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 337 | 01 | Symbiotic Interactions | Jason Andras | T 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIO | 154 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOLOGY & CONSERV | Jesse Bellemare | TTh 10:30-11:50 | Smith College |
| BIO | 155 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOL & CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | T 01:00-03:50 | Smith College |
| BIO | 155 | 02 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOL & CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | W 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 260 | 01 | INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY | L. David Smith | MWF 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| BIO | 261 | 01 | INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY LAB | L. David Smith | W 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 155 | 03 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOL & CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | Th 01:00-03:50 | Smith College |
| BIO | 154 | D01 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOLOGY & CONSERV | Jesse Bellemare | M 01:10-02:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 154 | D02 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOLOGY & CONSERV | Jesse Bellemare | T 01:00-01:50 | Smith College |
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SPRING 2016 Geology and Chemistry Category
Semester:
Spring
Year:
2016
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL | 105 | 01 | Oceanography | David Jones | MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111 | 01 | Principles of Geology | Tekla Harms | MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 01 | Principles of Geology Lab | Tekla Harms | W 02:00PM-04:00PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 02 | Principles of Geology Lab | Tekla Harms | TH 08:00AM-10:00AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 03 | Principles of Geology Lab | Tekla Harms | TH 02:30PM-04:30PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 121 | 01 | Surface Earth Dynamics | Anna Martini, Martin Medina Elizalde | MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 121L | 01 | Surface Earth Dyn Lab | Anna Martini | T 08:00AM-10:00AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 331 | 01 | Paleoclimatology | Martin Medina Elizalde | MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 103 | 01 | Oceanography | Alan Werner | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 202 | 01 | History of Earth | Michelle Markley | MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 326 | 01 | Global Climate Change | Kinuyo Kanamaru;Alan Werner | T 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEO | 108 | 01 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Sara Pruss | MW 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| GEO | 108 | D01 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Sara Pruss | M 01:10-02:30 | Smith College |
| GEO | 108 | D02 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Sara Pruss | W 01:10-02:30 | Smith College |
| GEO | 106 | 01 | EXTRAORD EVENT:EARTH, LIFE,CLM | Bosiljka Glumac | MWF 10:00-10:50 | Smith College |
| ENV | 108 | 01 | ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY | Andrew Berke | MWF 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| GEOLOGY | 201 | 01 | History Of The Earth | R Leckie | M W F 11:15AM 12:05PM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 201 | 01LL | History Of The Earth | W 1:25PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst | |
| GEOLOGY | 201 | 01LM | History Of The Earth | F 1:25PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst | |
| GEO-SCI | 591P | 01 | Sem-Paleoceanography | R Leckie;Robert Deconto | TU TH 10:00AM 12:00PM | UMass Amherst |
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SPRING 2016 Resource Management and Policy Category
Semester:
Spring
Year:
2016
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECON | 210 | 01 | Environ/Natural Res Econ | Katharine Sims | TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM; F 11:00AM-11:50AM | Amherst College |
| NS | 0268 | 1 | Introduction to GIS | Steven Roof | 10:30AM-11:50AM W,F;01:00PM-04:00PM F | Hampshire College |
| ECON | 203 | 01 | Environmental Economics | Jens Christiansen | TTH 08:35AM-09:50AM;M 03:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOG | 205 | 01 | Mapping and Spatial Analysis | Thomas Millette | TTH 10:00AM-11:15AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| POLIT | 247 | 01 | International Law | Andrew Reiter | TTH 01:15PM-02:30PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| ENVIRSCI | 214 | 01 | Ecosystms,Biodivrsty&GloblChng | Anne Averill | M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 409 | 01 | Nat Res Policy&Admin | Charles Schweik | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 590RE | 01 | Restoration Ecology | Roy Vandriesche | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 578 | 01 | Watershed Sci & Mgmt | Timothy Randhir | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
| CE-ENGIN | 561 | 01 | Open Channel Flow | David Ostendorf | TU TH 8:30AM 9:45AM | UMass Amherst |
| RES-ECON | 262 | 01 | Environmental Econ | John Stranlund;Lawrence De Geest | TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 563 | 01 | Wetlands,Wildlife Ecology&Mgmt | Scott Jackson | M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM | UMass Amherst |
FALL 2015 Coastal and Marine Sciences Capstone Course (no category-used to fulfill one of "any" )
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2015
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL | 326 | 01 | Ocean Blues: World's Oceans | Renae Brodie | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 326L | 01 | Ocean Blues Lab | Renae Brodie | M 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 326L | 02 | Ocean Blues Lab | Renae Brodie | W 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
FALL 2015 Marine Ecology and Biodiversity Courses
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2015
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL | 107 | 01 | Marine Environments | Martin Medina Elizalde | MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 230 | 01 | Ecology | Ethan Temeles | MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 280 | 01 | Animal Behavior | Ethan Clotfelter | TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 281 | 01 | Animal Behavior W/Lab | Ethan Clotfelter | TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 440 | 01 | Conservation Biology | Rachel Levin | TH 02:30PM-05:30PM | Amherst College |
| ENST | 210 | 01 | Ecology | Ethan Temeles | MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| CS | 0216 | 1 | Animal Behavior Theory | Mark Feinstein | 02:00PM-03:20PM T,TH | Hampshire College |
| BIOL | 223 | 01 | Ecology | Martha Hoopes | MWF 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 223L | 01 | Ecology Lab | Martha Hoopes;Louise Grosslein | M 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 223L | 02 | Ecology Lab | Louise Grosslein;Martha Hoopes | T 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 223L | 04 | Ecology Lab | Louise Grosslein;Martha Hoopes | TH 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIO | 155 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOL & CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | M 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 268 | 01 | MARINE ECOLOGY | Paulette Peckol | TTh 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
| BIO | 269 | 01 | MARINE ECOLOGY LABORATORY | Paulette Peckol | M 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 269 | 02 | MARINE ECOLOGY LABORATORY | Graham Kent | T 01:00-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 155 | 02 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOL & CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | T 01:00-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 155 | 03 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOL & CONSRV LAB | Denise Lello | W 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| GEO | 231 | 01 | INVERT PALEONT & HIST OF LIFE | Sara Pruss | MWF 11:00-12:10; W 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 154 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY,ECOLOGY & CONSERV | Virginia Hayssen | TTh 10:30-11:50 | Smith College |
| BIOLOGY | 280 | 01 | Evolut:Diversity Life-thruTime | Craig Albertson | M W F 12:20PM 1:10PM | UMass Amherst |