The Master’s Degree in Marine Ecosystems focuses on the major ecological impacts, processes, and management regimes tied to marine, coastal, and near-shore ecosystems. It covers laws, programs, policy initiatives, marine organisms, and their relationships to the environment, including how people interact with coastal and marine ecosystems.
The degree is delivered via distance learning. The program structure is 70% textbooks and 30% project, and it includes research methodology plus a final project or thesis. It requires 36 to 54 academic credits above a Bachelor’s program and uses Marine Ecosystems Online alongside other additional subjects.
Modules
- Marine Ecosystems Online
- Research methodology and final project or thesis
- 501MAE - Marine Life
- 502MAE - Water & Air Quality
- 503MAE - Marine Zoology
- 504MAE - Marine Ecosystems
- 505MAE - Watershed & Fisheries Management
- 506MAE - Coastal & Marine Ecosystems
- 507MAE - Marine Science
- 508MAE - Marine Biology
- 509MAE - Aquatic Toxicants
- 510MAE - Marine Ecology