Course List

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Spring 2026 course schedule

Course #	Course Title	Instructor	Class Time	Location
MAR 115	Intro to Climate Sciences	M. Labrie	TuTh 2:00PM-3:15PM	TBA
MAR 120	How to Build a Habitable Planet	A. Mnich	TuTh 3:30PM-4:45PM	TBA
MAR 500	Graduate Internship	M. Labrie	TBA	TBA
MAR 512	FVCOM: Algorithms and Training	C. Chen	TBA	Online
MAR 530	Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management	G. Fay	Tu 2:00PM-3:15PM F 10:00AM-11:15AM	SMASTE-101
MAR 545 01B	Biological Oceanography Lecture	J. Turner	MoWeFr 9:00AM-9:50AM Mo 2:00PM-4:45PM	SYNCONLINE and SENG-318
MAR 545 01L1	Biological Oceanography Lab		MoWeFr 9:00AM-9:50AM	SYNCONLINE and SENG-318
MAR 549	Introduction to Tagging (12901)	L. Brewster	MoTh 11:30AM-12:45PM	SMASTE-101
MAR 561	Mesoscale and Submesoscale Oceanography: Eddies, Fronts, and Filaments	A. Tandon	TuTh 11:30AM-12:45PM	SMASTE-235
MAR 580	Special Topics: Stock Assessment Practicum	G. Fay	TBA	TBA
MAR 599	Special Topics: Marine Hydrodynamics & Propuls	G. Cowles	TuTh 9:30:AM-10:45AM	TBA
MAR 599	Special Topics: Oceans and People: Marine Social	M. Cronin	Tu 3:30PM-6:00PM	SMASTE-101
MAR 610	Ocean Turbulence	D. Macdonald	MoWe 2:00PM-3:15PM	TBA
MAR 622	Interdisciplinary Case Studies in Fisheries	S. Cadrin	Tu 11:00AM-1:30PM	SMASTE-101
MAR 625	Conservation World Fisheries	P. He	Th 1:00PM-3:30PM	SMASTE-102
MAR 675	Scientific Writing	G. Cowles	MW 10:00AM-11:15PM	SMASTE-101
MAR 700	Graduate Seminar: Estuarine and Ocean Sciences	C. Ward	We 12:30PM - 1:30PM	SMASTE-101, SMASTE-102, SMASTE-103
MAR 700	Graduate Seminar: Fisheries Oceanography	A. Delargy, S. Li, and C. Rillahan	We 3:00PM - 4:00PM	SMASTE-101, SMASTE-102, SMASTE-103

Non-MAR Courses

Course	Instructor	Class Time	Location
POL 663 - Oceans Policy	Chad McGuire	TBA	Online
POL 661 - Environmental Law	Chad McGuire	TBA	Online

Notes

Any eligible student, in consultation with his/her advisor, may register for research credits under MAR 600: Master's Thesis Research, MAR 603: Pre-dissertation Research (before Comprehensive Exam), or MAR 701: Doctoral Dissertation Research (after Comprehensive Exam), which are offered every semester.
*Online courses may require special permission and/or additional fees/tuition that are not normally covered by TA and RA tuition waiver arrangements.
Students should consult with their advisor about which courses to take each semester since advisors determine the courses that count toward the completion of a degree.

Fall 2025 course schedule

Course	Course	Instructor	Class Time	Location
MAR 110	Natural Hazards and the Oceans	Labrie, Micheline	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	TBA
MAR 115	Intro to Climate Sciences	Sundermeyer, Miles	TBA	Online
MAR 120	How to Build a Habitable Planet	Mnich, Alanna	TuTh 3:30-4:45	TBA (main campus)
MAR 499	Research Internship Marine Science (lab)	Mnich, Alanna	Tu 6:30PM-8:30PM	SMASTE
MAR 410/510	Intro to Chem Oceanography	Altabet, Mark	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	SMASTW-204
MAR 511	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	Chen, Changsheng	MoWe 11:15AM-12:30PM	SMASTE-247 and TBA
MAR 540	Intro Fisheries Science	Brewster, Lauran	MoWe 9:30AM-10:45AM	SMASTE-101
MAR 541	Fish Behavior and Fishing Gear	He, Pingguo	Tu 1:00PM-3:00PM	SMASTE-101 and synchronous online
MAR 543	Fishery Stock Identification	Cadrin, Steven X.	MoWe 1:30PM - 2:45PM	SMASTE-247
MAR 555	Intro Phys Oceanography [Lecture]	Sundermeyer, Miles	TuTh 3:30PM-4:45PM	SMASTE-101 and synchronous online
MAR 565	Pollutant Transport in the Environment	Macdonald, Daniel	MoWe 3:30PM-4:45PM	TBA
MAR 580	Special Topics: Advanced Population Modeling	Fay, Gavin	TuTh 2:00PM-3:15PM	SMASTE-247 and synchronous online
MAR 700-1	Graduate Seminar: Estuarine and Ocean Sciences	Tandon, Amit	We 12:30PM - 1:30PM	SMASTE-101, SMASTE-102, SMASTE-103
MAR 700-2	Graduate Seminar: Fisheries Oceanography	Brewster, Lauran	We 3:00PM - 4:00PM	SMASTE-101, SMASTE-102, SMASTE-103

Non-MAR Courses

Course	Instructor	Class Time	Location
POL 663 - Oceans Policy	Chad McGuire	TBA	Online

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