“Understanding how bacterial competition shapes the evolution, structure, and function of marine microbial communities”
MASC 446 / BIOL 452 Marine Microbial Symbioses (3 credit hours)
Course Description
This course covers host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions found in marine ecosystems. Course material includes both beneficial and parasitic relationships among viruses, microbes, and animals. The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how these diverse and sometimes surprising symbioses have important ecological and human health impacts.
Pre-requisite
MASC446 has no specific pre-requisite courses; however, this class is limited to junior and senior undergraduate science majors and graduate students.
Target Audience
This course is for upper-level science majors and graduate students who are interested in biology, microbiology, the marine environment, and how these disciplines intersect through complex interactions that have important ecological and human health impacts.
MASC 442 / BIOL 457 Marine Biology (3 credit hours)
Course Description
A survey of plants and animals that live in the sea: characteristics of marine habitats, organisms, and the ecosystems will be emphasized.
Pre-requisite
BIOL 201 or 475.
Target Audience
This course is for upper-level science majors and graduate students who are interested in biology and the marine environment.