Courses
FALL 2017 COURSES (listed below)
Be sure to check the 2nd page within each category (most UMass classes are on 2nd page).
Complete Course List PDF (updated March 31, 2017)
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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 which 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 any of these marine-related 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 2017 BOLD (courses with high concentration of marine material)
Ocean Blues (BIOL 326) at Mount Holyoke College can be used be used to fulfill one of the "any" courses.
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL | 105 | 01 | Oceanography | David Jones | MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 326 | 01 | Ocean Blues: World's Oceans | Jason Andras | MW 02:40PM-03:55PM | Mount Holyoke 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 |
| BIOLOGY | 542 | 01 | Ichthyology | Alan Richmond | M W F 10:10AM 11:00AM | UMass Amherst |
| BIOLOGY | 542 | 01LL | Ichthyology | W 1:25PM 4:25PM | UMass Amherst | |
| BIOLOGY | 542 | 01LM | Ichthyology | TH 8:15AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst | |
| GEOLOGY | 103 | 01 | Intro Oceanography | Stephen Burns | TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM | UMass Amherst |
| MICROBIO | 494SI | 01 | A Sea of Microbes | James Holden | M W F 12:20PM 1:10PM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 103H | 01 | Intro Oceanography, Honors | Isla Castaneda | TU 1:00PM 2:15PM; TH 1:00PM 2:15PM | UMass Amherst |
FALL 2017 Marine Ecology and Biodiversity category
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Sarah Goodwin | TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| ENST | 210 | 01 | Ecology | Ethan Temeles | MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 251 | 01 | Paleontology | David Jones | TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM | Amherst College |
| CS | 0216 | 1 | Animal Behavior 1 | Mark Feinstein | 01:00PM-02:20PM W;01:00PM-02:20PM F | Hampshire College |
| BIOL | 315 | 01 | Behavioral Ecology | Renae Brodie | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 223 | 01 | Ecology | Martha Hoopes | MWF 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEO | 231 | 01 | INVERT PALEONT & HIST OF LIFE | Sara Pruss | MWF 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| GEO | 231 | L01 | INVERT PALEONT & HIST OF LIFE | Sara Pruss | W 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 130 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSERVATN | Virginia Hayssen | 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 | Denise Lello | T 01:00-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 131 | 03 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSRV LAB | Denise Lello | Th 01:00-03:50 | 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 |
| GEO | 231 | L02 | INVERT PALEONT & HIST OF LIFE | Sara Pruss | M 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
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FALL 2017 Geology and Chemistry category
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL | 105 | 01 | Oceanography | David Jones | MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 109 | 01 | Climate Chg, Global Warm | Kinuyo Kanamaru | MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111 | 01 | Principles of Geology | Peter Crowley, Tekla Harms | MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 01 | Principles of Geology Lab | Peter Crowley, Tekla Harms | W 02:00PM-04:00PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 02 | Principles of Geology Lab | Peter Crowley, Tekla Harms | T 08:00AM-10:00AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 03 | Principles of Geology Lab | Peter Crowley, Tekla Harms | TH 02:30PM-04:30PM | Amherst College |
| NS | 0195 | 1 | Pollution and Our Environment | Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena | 12:30PM-01:50PM TU;12:30PM-01:50PM TH;02:00PM-04:30PM TH | Hampshire College |
| GEOL | 107 | 01 | Environmental Geology | Steven Dunn | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 203 | 01 | Surface Processes | Alan Werner;Vivian Leung | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 203L | 01 | Surface Processes Lab | Alan Werner;Vivian Leung | W 01:15PM-04:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEO | 101 | 01 | INTRO TO EARTH PROCESS & HIST | Amy Rhodes | MWF 10:00-10:50 | Smith College |
| GEO | 232 | 01 | SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY | Bosiljka Glumac | TTh 10:30-11:50 | Smith College |
| GEO | 232 | L01 | SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY | Bosiljka Glumac | Th 01:00-03:50 | Smith College |
| GEO | 361 | 01 | TECTONICS & EARTH HISTORY | John Loveless | MWF 10:00-10:50 | Smith College |
| GEO | 104 | 01 | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE | Ambarish Karmalkar | TTh 01:00-02:20 | Smith College |
| CHM | 346 | 01 | ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEM | Cristina Suarez | TTh 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
| CHM | 346 | L02 | ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEM | Mohini Kulp | Th 01:00-04:50 | Smith College |
| GEOGRAPH | 354 | 01 | Climatology | Michael Rawlins | M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 103H | 01 | Intro Oceanography, Honors | Isla Castaneda | TU 1:00PM 2:15PM; TH 1:00PM 2:15PM | UMass Amherst |
| GEO-SCI | 595D | 01 | S-Physical Oceanography | Robert Deconto | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
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FALL 2017 Resource Management and Policy category
Any remote sensing or GIS course (even those not listed here) can be used to meet the resource management and policy course requirement.
Semester:
Fall
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEO | 150 | 01 | MODELING OUR WORLD: INTRO GIS | John Loveless | MWF 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| ECO | 224 | 01 | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | Susan Sayre | TTh 01:00-02:20 | Smith College |
| ENV | 150 | 01 | MODELING OUR WORLD: INTRO GIS | John Loveless | MWF 11:00-12:10 | 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 | |
| NRC | 260 | 01 | Fish Conservation & Management | Andrew Danylchuk | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 570 | 01 | Ecology of Fish | Andrew Danylchuk | TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| RES-ECON | 263 | 01 | Natural Resource Economics | John Stranlund | TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOGRAPH | 397WG | 01 | ST-Water Geographies | Eve Vogel | M W 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 570 | 01LL | Ecology of Fish | F 9:05AM 12:05PM | UMass Amherst |
SPRING 2017 BOLD Courses (with high concentration of marine material)
Semester:
Spring
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS | 0259 | 1 | Marine Mammals | Laela Sayigh | 06:00PM-09:00PM W | Hampshire College |
| GEOL | 103 | 01 | Oceanography | Alan Werner | MW 08:35AM-09:50AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEO | 108 | 01 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Luke Faggetter | MW 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| GEO | 108 | D01 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Luke Faggetter | M 01:10-02:30 | Smith College |
| GEO | 108 | D02 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Luke Faggetter | W 01:10-02:30 | 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 | 390 | 01 | SEM: EVIROMENTL-CORAL REEF | Paulette Peckol | T 01:00-02:50 | Smith College |
| NRC | 571 | 01 | Fisheries Sci & Mgt | Peter Jordaan | M 10:10AM 11:00AM; W F 10:10AM 11:00AM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOLOGY | 103 | 01 | Intro Oceanography | Jonathan Woodruff | TU TH 8:30AM 9:45AM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 571 | 99LL | Fisheries Sci & Mgt | M 11:15AM 1:10PM | UMass Amherst | |
| GEOGRAPH | 593A | 01 | S- Aquatic Remote Sensing | Qian Yu | TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |
Spring 2017 Marine Ecology and Conservation Category
Semester:
Spring
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL | 181 | 01 | Adaptation & Organism | Julia Emerson, Michael Hood, Ethan Temeles | MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181F | 01 | Adapt/Organism Dis | Julia Emerson, Michael Hood, Ethan Temeles | T 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 01 | Adapt/Organism Lab | Julia Emerson, Michael Hood, Ethan Temeles | T 02:30PM-05:30PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 02 | Adapt/Organism Lab | Julia Emerson, Michael Hood, Rachel Levin | W 02:00PM-05:00PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 03 | Adapt/Organism Lab | Julia Emerson, Michael Hood, Rachel Levin | TH 01:00PM-04:00PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 04 | Adapt/Organism Lab | Julia Emerson, Michael Hood, Rachel Levin | TH 08:00AM-11:00AM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 181L | 05 | Adapt/Organism Lab | Julia Emerson, Michael Hood, Rachel Levin | F 02:00PM-05:00PM | Amherst College |
| BIOL | 454 | 01 | Tropical Biology Seminar | Ethan Clotfelter, Rachel Levin | TH 02:30PM-05:30PM | Amherst College |
| NS | 0267 | 1 | Ecosystem Ecology | Seeta Sistla | 02:30PM-03:50PM M;02:30PM-03:50PM W;03:50PM-05:30PM W;03:50PM-05:30PM W | Hampshire College |
| CS | 0220 | 1 | Animal Behavior II | Laela Sayigh;Mark Feinstein | 09:00AM-11:50AM F | Hampshire College |
| CS | 0259 | 1 | Marine Mammals | Laela Sayigh | 06:00PM-09:00PM W | Hampshire College |
| ENVST | 335 | 01 | Wetlands Ecology & Management | Katherine Ballantine | T 01:15PM-05:05PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 224 | 01 | Paleontology-Stratigraphy | Mark McMenamin | TTH 08:35AM-09:50AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| BIOL | 337 | 01 | Symbiotic Interactions | Jason Andras | MW 01:15PM-02:30PM | Mount Holyoke 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 | 130 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSERVATN | Robert Dorit; Denise Lello | MWF 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
| BIO | 131 | 01 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | T 01:00-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 131 | 02 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOL, CONSRV LAB | Marney Pratt | W 01:10-04:00 | Smith College |
| BIO | 366 | 01 | BIOGEOGRAPHY | Paulette Peckol | TTh 09:00-10:20 | Smith College |
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Spring 2017 Geology and Chemistry Category
Semester:
Spring
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL | 331L | 01 | Paleoclimatology | Kinuyo Kanamaru | M 02:00PM-04:30PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 109 | 01 | Climate Chg, Global Warm | Kinuyo Kanamaru | MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111 | 01 | Principles of Geology | Peter Crowley | MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 01 | Principles of Geology Lab | Peter Crowley | W 02:00PM-04:00PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 02 | Principles of Geology Lab | Peter Crowley | TH 08:00AM-10:00AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 111L | 03 | Principles of Geology Lab | Peter Crowley | TH 02:30PM-04:30PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 121 | 01 | Surface Earth Dynamics | David Jones, Anna Martini | MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 121L | 01 | Surface Earth Dyn Lab | David Jones, Anna Martini | T 08:00AM-10:00AM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 311 | 01 | Sediment & Stratigraph | David Jones | MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 311L | 01 | Sediment & Stratigraph-Lab | David Jones | T 02:30PM-05:30PM | Amherst College |
| GEOL | 331 | 01 | Paleoclimatology | Kinuyo Kanamaru | MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM | Amherst College |
| NS | 0366 | 1 | Environmental Chemistry | Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena | 12:30PM-01:50PM TU;12:30PM-01:50PM TH;02:00PM-05:00PM TH | Hampshire College |
| GEOL | 103 | 01 | Oceanography | Alan Werner | MW 08:35AM-09:50AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 202 | 01 | History of Earth | Michelle Markley | TTH 11:30AM-12:45PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEOL | 240 | 01 | Geological Resources/Environ. | Steven Dunn | MW 11:00AM-12:15PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| GEO | 108 | 01 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Luke Faggetter | MW 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
| GEO | 108 | D01 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Luke Faggetter | M 01:10-02:30 | Smith College |
| GEO | 108 | D02 | OCEANOGRAPHY | Luke Faggetter | W 01:10-02:30 | Smith College |
| GEO | 106 | 01 | EXTRAORD EVENT:EARTH, LIFE,CLM | Mark Brandriss | TTh 10:30-11:50 | Smith College |
| ENV | 108 | 01 | ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY | Andrew Berke | MW 11:00-12:10; F 11:00-12:10 | Smith College |
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Spring 2017 Resource Management and Policy Category
Semester:
Spring
Year:
2017
| Subj Abbr | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Meeting Times |
Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | 0157 | 1 | Sustainable Water Resources | Christina Cianfrani | 10:30AM-11:50AM TU;10:30AM-11:50AM TH | Hampshire College |
| NS | 0357 | 1 | Sustainable Water Resources | Christina Cianfrani | 10:30AM-11:50AM TU;10:30AM-11:50AM TH | Hampshire College |
| NS | 0365 | 1 | Env Resources Div 3 Seminar | Christina Cianfrani | 12:30PM-03:20PM TU | Hampshire College |
| GEOG | 205 | 01 | Mapping and Spatial Analysis | Thomas Millette | TTH 08:35AM-09:50AM | Mount Holyoke College |
| POLIT | 247 | 01 | International Law | Andrew Reiter | MW 01:15PM-02:30PM | Mount Holyoke College |
| ENVST | 241 | 01 | Environmental Issues | Timothy Farnham | F 01:15PM-04:05PM | 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 | 585 | 01 | Introduction to GIS | Forrest Bowlick | TH 11:30AM 12:45PM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 585 | 01LL | Introduction to GIS | F 10:10AM 1:10PM | UMass Amherst | |
| NRC | 585 | 01LM | Introduction to GIS | F 1:25PM 4:25PM | UMass Amherst | |
| NRC | 571 | 01 | Fisheries Sci & Mgt | Peter Jordaan | M 10:10AM 11:00AM; W F 10:10AM 11:00AM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 578 | 01 | Watershed Sci & Mgmt | Timothy Randhir | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
| CE-ENGIN | 561 | 01 | OpenChannelFlow&CoastalHydraul | 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 |
| GEOGRAPH | 668 | 01 | GIS and Spatial Analysis | Qian Yu | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM | UMass Amherst |
| GEOGRAPH | 668 | 01LL | GIS and Spatial Analysis | Qian Yu | 1:00AM 1:00AM | UMass Amherst |
| NRC | 571 | 99LL | Fisheries Sci & Mgt | M 11:15AM 1:10PM | UMass Amherst | |
| NRC | 585 | 01LN | Introduction to GIS | TH 4:00PM 7:00PM | UMass Amherst | |
| GEOGRAPH | 593A | 01 | S- Aquatic Remote Sensing | Qian Yu | TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM | UMass Amherst |