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Aquaculture B.S.

The Aquaculture B.S. provides training similar to that in the Marine Sciences B.S. except with greater focus on the practical aspects of raising shellfish, finfish and other organisms.

PLEASE NOTE: This page does not contain listings for required General Education courses or reflect total credit hours required for the chosen program. Students must work with advisors to ensure correct scheduling of courses and credit hours.  SBS = Semester by the Sea.

Please contact the School of Marine Sciences office for complete information.

This page is under construction and will be completed soon.  

Curriculum for the Aquaculture B.S.

Department Code	Course Number	Course Name	Credits
BIO	100	Basic Biology	4
Choose One of the following Courses:
BMB	207/209	Fundamentals of Chemistry w/Lab	4
CHY	122 and	Molecular Basis of Chemical Change	3
CHY	124	Molecular Basis of Chemical Change Lab	1
CMJ	103	Fundamentals of Public Communications	3
Choose One of the following COS Courses:
COS	101/102/103	Intro. to Hardware/Internet/Spreadsheets	3
COS	110	Intro to PC's Using the Mac	3
COS	211	Principles of Data Processing	3
COS	220	Intro. to C++ Programming	3
ENG	101	College Composition	3
ENG	317	Business & Technical Writing	3
FSN	440	Utilization of Aquatic Food Resources	3
INT	110	Modern Economic Problems	3
INT	460	Environmental Aspects of Aquaculture	3
MAT	126	Calculus I	4
MAT	232	Principles of Statistical Inference	3
NFA	117	Issues and Opportunities (P/F)	1
REP	254	Intro. to Resource Business Management	3
SMS	100	Introduction to Ocean Science	3
SMS	201	Biology of Marine Organisms	3
SMS	203	Integrative Marine Science Seminar	2
SMS	211	Introduction to Aquaculture	3
SMS	220	Introduction to Marine Resources	2
SMS	309	Techniques in Shellfish Aquaculture	2
SMS	400	Capstone Research in Marine Sciences	3
SMS	401	Critical Issues in Aquaculture	1
SMS	404	Capstone Seminar in Marine Sciences	1
SMS	409	Shellfish Aquaculture	3
SMS	420	Fish Aquaculture I	3
SMS	421	Fish Aquaculture II	3
SMS	422	Biology of Fishes	3
SMS	425	Applied Population Genetics	3
SMS	449	Engineering in Aquaculture	3
SMS	467	Fish Nutrition and Feeding	3
REQUIRED Gen Ed. Courses
		Western Cultural Tradition
		Social Contexts and Institutions
		Cultural Diversity & Int'l Perspectives
		Population & the Environment (INT105, SMS 100, SMS108 & SMS 482)
		Artistic and Creative Expression
		Ethics (3 cr. minimum): this requirement is separate from HVSC above, but students can choose a course that meets both the Ethics & a Human Values & Social Context requirement and count the credits towards both.
Career Enhancement Courses	(at least 15 credits)
BRE	225	Materials in Bio-Resource Engineering	3
BRE	298	Special Topics in Bio-Resource Engineering	Arr.
BRT	110	Principles of Machine Fabrication	2
BRT	362	Fluid Power Technology	3
BRT	365	Water Supply and Waste Management	3
BRT	369	Processing Technology	3
CIE	110	Materials	3
Aquaculture Technology
FTY	480	Applied Geographic Information Systems	3
INT	105	Environmental Policy	3
INT	330	Waste Management	3
INT	460	Environmental Aspects of Aquaculture	3
NRC	324	Environmental Protection Law and Policy	3
PHY	107	Technical Physics I	4
PHY	108	Technical Physics II	4
REP	371	Intro. to Natural Resource Econ. & Policy	3
REP	458	Principles of Resource Business Mgt.	3
REP	459	Resource Based Business Finance	3
REP	465	Food and Fiber Marketing	3
REP	468	Quantitative Analysis and Forecasting	3
SIE	271	Geographic Information Systems	3
Aquaculture Science
BIO	210	Introductory Marine Biology	4
BIO	329	Vertebrate Biology	3
BIO	333	Comparative Anatomy	4
BIO	336	Developmental Biology	4
BIO	353	Invertebrate Zoology	4
BIO	373	Biology of Algae	4
BIO	377	Animal Physiology	3
BIO	438	Morphogenesis and Differentiation	3
BIO	450	Histology	4
BIO	467	Wetland and Aquatic Biology	4
BIO	471	Fishery Biology Laboratory	1
BIO	472	Fishery Biology	3
BIO	480	Cell Biology	4
BIO	485	Comparative Animal Physiology	4
BMB	221	Organic Chemistry	3
BMB	221L	Organic Chemistry Lab	1
BMB	280	Intro. to Molecular & Cellular Biology	3
BMB	300	General Microbiology	3
BMB	305	General Microbiology Lab	1
BMB	322	Biochemistry /Lab	4
BRE	234	Engineering of Biological Systems	3
FSN	330	Introduction to Food Science AND	3
FSN	340	Food Processing Laboratory	3
FSN	438	Food Microbiology	4
PHY	111	General Physics I	4
PHY	112	General Physics Ii	4
SMS	302	Oceanography I	4
SMS	402	Oceanography II	4
SMS	300	Marine Ecology	3
SMS	422	Biology of Fishes	3
SMS	475	Field Marine Ecology	4
Free Electives (8-10 credits
BIO	205	Field Natural History of Maine	4
BIO	319	General Ecology	3
HTY	485	The Sea and Civilization I	3
HTY	486	The Sea and Civilization II	3
INT	323	Introduction to Conservation Biology	3
NRC	100	Introduction to Natural Resources	3
WLE	200	Ecology	3
WLE	230	Intro. to Wildlife Conservation	3
		Total Credit Hours (min. of 120 to graduate)	______

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