BIOSM 1620 - Marine Environmental Science

Summer. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: two year-long high school courses in science, and completion of grades 10, 11 or 12. Offered in Maine at Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island.

M. Johnson.

This course focuses on issues in environmental science from a marine perspective. Basic scientific research methods, equipment, and group research projects are introduced. Laboratory exercises and fieldwork include work on Appledore Island’s intertidal zone and offshore oceanographic sampling exercises.