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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Marine Sciences Major

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Roberto Brenes	Assistant Professor of Biology
Susan E. Lewis	Professor of Biology

Carroll University offers access to majors in marine biology and oceanography via a cooperative arrangement with Hawaii Pacific University (HPU). The objective of the Marine Science Program at HPU is to help students gain a scientific understanding of the world’s oceans and the life they contain, and a sense of appreciation for their beauty and fragility. Students are given a theoretical framework in the basic and applied sciences as well as ample opportunities to get hands-on experience conducting laboratory and field observations and experiments. Lecture and laboratory facilities are located on the Hawaii Loa Campus of Hawaii Pacific University. The campus is only a twenty-minute drive from Kaneohe Bay, a large natural embayment protected from the open ocean by the only true barrier reef in the Hawaiian Islands. This bay serves as one of the finest natural laboratories in the world for studying the marine sciences, and its protected nature allows HPU students to do field work in almost any type of weather.

Students desiring to major in marine biology or oceanography will spend two years at Carroll University taking basic science and liberal arts courses. After the two years, students transfer to Hawaii Pacific University and complete the requirements for a Marine Biology/Oceanography degree from Hawaii Pacific University.

Marine Biology or Oceanography Major

Science and Mathematics

Science and mathematics courses taken at Carroll University

BIO 120 - General Biology I 4 Hour(s)
BIO 120L - General Biology I Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
BIO 125 - General Biology II 4 Hour(s)
BIO 125L - General Biology II Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
CHE 109 - Principles of Chemistry I 4 Hour(s)
CHE 109L - Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
CHE 110 - Principles of Chemistry II 4 Hour(s)
CHE 110L - Principles of Chemistry II - Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
ENV 105 - Earth Science 4 Hour(s)
ENV 105L - Earth Science Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
CMP 112 - Computational Thinking I 4 Hour(s)
CMP 114 - Computational Thinking II - Statistical Analysis Emphasis 4 Hour(s)
MAT 160 - Calculus I 4 Hour(s)
MAT 161 - Calculus II 4 Hour(s)
PHY 101 - Introductory Physics I 4 Hour(s)
PHY 101L - Introductory Physics Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
or
PHY 203 - General Physics I 4 Hour(s)
PHY 203L - General Physics I Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
PHY 102 - Introductory Physics II 4 Hour(s)
PHY 102L - Introductory Physics Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
or
PHY 204 - General Physics II 4 Hour(s)
PHY 204L - General Physics II Laboratory 0 Hour(s)

Additional Courses

Additional Courses to fulfill HPUs General Education Curriculum (contact a Marine Biology advisor for a listing of all approved general education courses)

Communication Skills:

ENG 170 - Writing Seminar 4 Hour(s)

Plus 1 Additional Course

Example:

SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I 4 Hour(s) or
COM 101 - Principles of Communication 4 Hour(s)

Global Systems:

1 Course

Example:

ECO 105 - History of Economic Thought 4 Hour(s) or
HIS 104 - Europe and the Modern World 4 Hour(s)

Research and Epistemology:

Requirements are completed at HPU

Values and Choices:

3 Courses

Examples:

ENV 292 - Environmental Ethics 4 Hour(s)
PHI 101 - Introduction to Philosophy 4 Hour(s)

World Cultures:

CCS 100 - Cultural Seminar 4 Hour(s)

Plus 2 Additional Courses

Example:

ART 103 - Prehistoric to Renaissance- Art History Survey 4 Hour(s)
REL 102 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible 4 Hour(s)

Bachelor of Science Requirements

The requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree are:

CMP 112 - Computational Thinking I 4 Hour(s)
CMP 114 - Computational Thinking II - Statistical Analysis Emphasis 4 Hour(s) or
MAT 140 - Calculus and Its Applications 4 Hour(s) or higher
CSC 110 - Problem Solving through Programming 4 Hour(s) or higher
ENG 170 - Writing Seminar 4 Hour(s)
Degree requirements cannot be waived.

Note:

Each major may have specific course sequencing requirements. For specific requirements, see “Required Support Courses” within each major

Sample Program at Carroll University

Freshman

Fall

CCS 100 - Cultural Seminar 4 Hour(s)
BIO 120 - General Biology I 4 Hour(s)
COM 101 - Principles of Communication 4 Hour(s)
MAT 130 - Elementary Functions 4 Hour(s)

Spring

ENG 170 - Writing Seminar 4 Hour(s)
BIO 125 - General Biology II 4 Hour(s)
ART 103 - Prehistoric to Renaissance- Art History Survey 4 Hour(s)
MAT 160 - Calculus I 4 Hour(s)

Sophomore

Fall

CHE 109 - Principles of Chemistry I 4 Hour(s)
MAT 161 - Calculus II 4 Hour(s)
CMP 112 - Computational Thinking I 4 Hour(s)
HIS 104 - Europe and the Modern World 4 Hour(s)

Spring

CHE 110 - Principles of Chemistry II 4 Hour(s)
ENV 105 - Earth Science 4 Hour(s) (Oceanography majors only)
CMP 114 - Computational Thinking II - Statistical Analysis Emphasis 4 Hour(s)
SOC 110 - Cultural Anthropology 4 Hour(s)

Sample Program for Marine Biology at Hawaii Pacific University

Summer at CU or HPU Before Junior Year

PHY 101 - Introductory Physics I 4 Hour(s)
PHY 101L - Introductory Physics Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
PHY 102 - Introductory Physics II 4 Hour(s)
PHY 102L - Introductory Physics Laboratory 0 Hour(s) or
HPU Physics I and HPU Physics II

Fall and Spring Junior Year

Oceanographic Field Techniques
Ecology
General Oceanography I and II
Argument, Research, Writing
Marine Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology
Plus Elective

Senior Year

Marine Ecology
Evolutionary Genetics
Plant Biology
Marine Invertebrate Zoology
Seminar: Marine Biology Seminar
The World Problematique
Fundamental Organic Chemistry
Comparative Animal Physiology
Biometry
Plus Elective

Sample Program for Oceanography at Hawaii Pacific University

Summer at CU or HPU Before Junior Year

PHY 203 - General Physics I 4 Hour(s)
PHY 203L - General Physics I Laboratory 0 Hour(s)
PHY 204 - General Physics II 4 Hour(s)
PHY 204L - General Physics II Laboratory 0 Hour(s) or
HPU Physics I and HPU Physics II

Fall and Spring Junior Year

Oceanographic Field Techniques
Ecology
General Oceanography I and II
Argument, Research, Writing
Marine Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology
Plus Elective

Senior Year

Marine Ecology
Evolutionary Genetics
Plant Biology
Marine Invertebrate Zoology
Seminar: Marine Biology Seminar
The World Problematique
Fundamental Organic Chemistry
Comparative Animal Physiology
Biometry
Plus Elective

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