- Ecology
- Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental Science
- Env. Molecular Bio/Biotech
- Fisheries
- Oceanography



Env. Chemistry : Approved Course List

1. One Fundamental and One Advanced Course in Env. Chemistry or Geochemistry (600 level, 3-4 credits each)

Course
Title
Instructor
Campus
Level
MEES 626
Env. Geochemistry 1 (3 credits)
Schijf
CBL/IVN
Fund
MEES 627
Env. Geochemistry 2 (3 credits)
Harvey/Cornwell
IVN
Fund
MEES 698Q
Biogeochemistry
Castro
AL/IVN
Fund
ENCE 633
Chemistry of Natural Waters (3 credits)
Torrents
UMCP
Fund
CHEM 723
Marine Geochemistry (3 credits)
Helz
UMCP
Fund
METO 620
Physics & Chem of the Atmosphere 1
Dickerson/Hudson
UMCP
Adv
METO 621
Physics & Chem of the Atmosphere 2
Dickerson/Hudson
UMCP
Adv
MEES 711
Modeling Phys & Chem Processes in Nat. Wat.
Baker
CBL
Adv
ENCE 688T
Transformation of Org Compounds in the Env.
Torrents
UMCP
Adv
ENCE 688O
Env. Behavior of Organic Pollutants
Torrents
UMCP
Adv
CHEM 678
Atmospheric Chemistry
Ondov
UMCP
Adv
CHEM 632
Applied Water Chemistry (3 credits)
Kananen
UMES
Adv
CHEM 621
Adv. Environmenal Chemistry (4 credits)
Kananen
UMES
Adv


2. One course in Physical Transport Processes (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course
Title
Instructor
Campus
GEOL 451
Groundwater Geology (3 credits)
Prestegaard
UMCP
GEOL 452
Watershed & Wetland Hydrology (3 credits)
Prestegaard
UMCP
GEOL 652
Adv. Watershed & Wetland Hydrology (4 credits)
Prestegaard
UMCP
METO 610
Dynamics of Atmosphere and Ocean (3 credits)
Zhang
UMCP
METO 431
Meteorology for Scientists & Engineers 1
Thompson
UMCP
METO 432
Meteorology for Scientists & Engineers 2
Thompson
UMCP
METO 670
Physical Oceanography
Carton
UMCP
MEES 661
Physics of Est. & Marine Environments
Staff
HPL/IVN
PHYS 621
Atmospheric Physics 1
UMBC
PHYS 622
Atmospheric Physics 2
UMBC


3. One course in Aquatic Toxicology/Ecology (600 level, 3-4 credits)

Course
Title
Instructor
Campus
BIOL 601
Environmental Microbiology (4 credits)
UMES
ENVS 639
Sources/Effects of Env. Pollutants (3 credits)
UMES
MEES 621
Biological Oceanography (3 credits)
Hood
HPL/IVN
MEES 641
Environmental Toxicology (3 credits)
Nelson
UMCP
MEES 743
Aquatic Toxicology (3 credits)
Mitchelmore
CBL/IVN
MEES 611
Estuarine Systems Ecology (3 credits)
Kemp
HPL/IVN
MEES 631
Fish Ecology
Miller/Secor
CBL/IVN
MEES 698A
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Crump/Suzuki
IVN


4. One course or seminar in Environmental Management or Policy

Course
Title
Instructor
Campus
ENVS 684
Natural Resource Management (3 credits)
UMES
MEES 698A
Sci. for Env. Management (3 credits)
Boesch/Dennison
HPL/IVN
MEES 698I
Land Margin Interactions
Castro
AL/IVN
MEES 682
Fisheries Science & Management
CBL/IVN
METO 685
Global Climate Change: Past & Present
Faquher
UMCP


5. A course in Statistics/Applied Mathematics (600 level for Ph.D. or 400 level for M.S.)

Course
Title
Instructor
Campus
BIOM 601
Biostatistics 1 (4 credits)
UMCP
BIOM 602
Biostatistics 2 (3 credits)
UMCP
CSDP 604
Computer Methods in Statistics(3 credits)
Yousif
UMES
BIOM 603
Biostatistics 2
UMCP
ENCE 688D
Num. Modeling for Water Resources & Env. Eng.
Brubaker
UMCP
PHYS 741
Inverse Methods and Data Analysis
UMBC
PHYS 732
Computational Fluid Dynamics
UMBC
ENAE 684
Computational Fluid Dynamics 1
Baeder
UMCP
EDMS 646
Quantitative Research Methods 2
Hendrickson
UMCP


6. One graduate-level seminar for each year in residence (min. of 2 for M.S. and 4 for Ph.D.)

7. One or more courses in Physical Chemistry are strongly encouraged (2-4 credits each)

8. Courses in Experimental Design and Analysis and in Scientific Writing are also recommended

Course
Title
Instructor
Campus
MEES 608D
Scientific Writing & Communication
Kennedy
HPL/IVN
MEES 608R
Scientific Presentation
Sowers
COMB