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MAST - Marine Studies Minor

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Requirements

Program Requirements

The marine studies minor consists of six courses—two foundational courses offered at Trinity (Group A) and four required core courses offered by one of the approved off-campus programs (Group B). Two courses from Group A must be successfully completed prior to enrollment in one of the off-campus programs. Because a number of the courses (*) listed below are not offered in every academic year, it is recommended that students begin the course requirements for the marine studies minor no later than their sophomore year. The required core courses offered in the Williams-Mystic, SEA Semester, and Duke Marine Lab programs are listed as Group B.

Group A. Foundational courses

  • *BIOL 141. Global Perspectives on Biodiversity and Conservation

  • BIOL 182L. Evolution of Life

  • *BIOL 222L. Invertebrate Zoology

  • *BIOL 233. Conservation Biology

  • CHEM 111L. Introductory Chemistry I

  • ENVS 149L. Introduction to Environmental Science

  • *ENVS 230. Environmental Chemistry

  • *HIST 238. Caribbean History

  • *HIST 272. Pacific World

  • *HIST 282. Maritime Archaeology of the Atlantic World

  • PHYS 101L. Principles of Physics I

  • *PBPL 302. Law and Environmental Policy

Group B. Required core courses (choose one program)

Williams-Mystic Program

  • Maritime history

  • Literature of the sea

  • Marine ecology or oceanographic processes

  • Marine policy seminar

SEA Semester Program

  • Marine environmental history

  • Maritime history and culture

  • Nautical science

  • Maritime studies

  • An alternative selection of courses in any given SEA semester

Duke University Marine Lab Program

  • Students must complete a full fall or spring semester program consisting of 4 courses offered by Duke University Marine Lab Faculty, inclusive of a Research Independent Study course mentored by a Duke University Marine Lab Faculty. Specific courses offered in a given semester are subject to change but may include courses offered at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, NC and travel courses offered through the Duke University Marine Lab.

Integrating exercise for this minor is one of the following courses at the selected off-campus program:

Williams-Mystic Program

  • Marine policy seminar

SEA Semester Program

  • Maritime history and culture Maritime studies Directed research

Duke University Marine Lab Program

  • Research Independent Study

For more information, students should contact the minor coordinator Professor Amber Pitt.