1005- Introduction to Oceanography(3)
An honors course, OCS 1006, is also available. The world’s oceans, their origin and evolution; interactions between physical, geological, chemical and biological processes the marine environment; use and abuse of oceans.

1006- Honors: Introduction to Oceanography(3)
Same as OCS 1005 with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Interaction of physical, geological, chemical, and biological processes of the in the ocean; effect of human activities.

2008 - Introduction to Marine Sciences: Life Processes (4)
Does not satisfy major field course requirement for students in natural science curricula. Also offered as BIOL 208 at Southern University in Baton Rouge. Life and environmental processes in marine and aquatic settings; their influence on coastal Louisiana.

2009 – Introduction to Marine Sciences: Geological and Physical (3)
3 hrs. lecture; 1 hr. lab. Does not satisfy major field requirements for students in natural sciences curriculum. Geological and physical processes in marine and aquatic environments; their influence on coastal Louisiana.

2010 – Introduction to Waves and Beaches (3)
Introduction to the physical and geological coastal oceanographic processes that shape the coastal zone; various coastal environment types; and coastal processes and human interaction with these environments.

2095 - Introduction to Marine Sciences (4) SU only
Prereq.: introductory science course. Four weeks at LUMCON coastal laboratories. Physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes in the oceans andcoastal environments and their interactions; interrelationships of man and the marine environment.

4001 - Special Tops in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences (1-6) Su only
May be taken for a max. of 9 sem. Hrs. of credit when topics vary.

4010 - Marine Science for Teachers - (4) Su only
Four-week short course offered at various locations by LUMCON. Credit not available to a degree in marine sciences. Survey of the marine sciences; secondary and elementary schools levels.

4012- Biology of Marine Invertebrates(3)
Prereq.: 8 sem. hrs. of introductory zoology or biology with laboratory. Evolution, life history, ecology, and management of marine fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

4021 - Weather Analysis and Satellite Meteorology (3) F
Diagnostic studies of surface and upper-air observational data using isoplething charts and satellite images to represent the state of the atmosphere over both land and sea; the use of satellite technology in weather forecasting including cloud identification, wind direction, storm development, and air quality.

4024 - Coastal Morphodynamics
Prereq.: MATH 1020, 1021, 1022, or 1023. Basic morphodynamic processes operative along coasts; emphasis on modern coastal process-response systems.

4030- Techniques of research presentation (1) F,S
Pass- fail grading. May be taken for max of hrs. of credit when topics vary. Guidelines for effective scientific seminar presentations.

4040- Environmental Pollution Transport Processes
Prereq.: CHEM 1201, MATH 1550, and PHYS 2001. Application of fluid-earth physical principles to characterize pollutant dispersion and transport processes in atmospheric, oceanic, and terrestrial environments , particularly across the coastal zone.

4041 - Salt Marsh Ecology (4) Su only
Prereq.: general plant biology and 10 semester hours of biology. Four weeks at Gulf Coastal Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Botanical aspects of local marshes; plant identification, composition, structure, distribution, and development of coastal marshes; biological and physical interrelationships; primary productivity and relation of marshes to estuaries and associated fauna.


4090- Marine Microbiology
Prereq.: BIOL 2051 or equivalent. Also offered as BIOL 4090. Characterization and ecology of estuarine and open-ocean microorganisms; role of marine bacteria in organic and inorganic cycling processes and food web dynamics; microbial contribution to geomicrobiology, antibiosis and productivity in the sea; indicator species; microbial activities in corrosion, fouling, and seafood-related spoilage and contamination.

4095 - Marine Field Ecology (4) F-0
Prereq.: general biology, invertebrate of vertebrate zoology, introductory chemistry, and consent of instructor. Five weeks at LUMCON coastal laboratory. Relationships of marine and estuarine organisms to environmental factors; interactions among organisms; ecological processes of energy and materials flow; field studies of communities and ecosystems of the Louisiana coastal zone.

4126 - Chemical Oceanography (3) S
Consent of instructor. 3 hrs. Lecture/seminar. Also offered as GEOL 4081. Controls on the mass balance and distribution of major elements, trace elements, heavy metals, dissolved gases, and nutrients in estuarine and open-ocean systems.

4128 – Wetland Hydrology and Hydrodynamics (3) F
Preq: MATH 1550, 1552, GEOL 1001 or equivalent. Basic surface water and ground water hydrology in wetland environments with an emphasis on hydrologic principles, application of hydrologic techniques to wetlands, and understanding of hydrodynamics in these ecosystems.

4164 - Deltaic Processes and Products (3)
Prereq.; consent of instructor. River delta formation and associated sedimentary processes with special emphasis on the Mississippi river delta and adjoining coastal, shelf-edge, and slope regions; comparisons of the Mississippi delta with other modern deltas.

4165- Environmental Chemistry of Wetlands(3) F,E
Prereq.: CHEM 2060 or equivalent. Transformations of pollutants and toxic substances that affect the solubility , bioavailability, fixation, and degradatoin of organic and inorganic substances in wetlands; emphasis on biological and physiochemical properties of wetlands that enhance this degradation and fixation.

4170 - Physical Oceanography (3) S
Prereq.: CE 2200 and graduate standing or consent of instructor. Physics of the ocean; with emphasis on dynamical problems; physical properties of sea water, marine instrumentation, flow dynamics in the earth’s rotating coordinate system, water waves, general circulation.

4210- Geological Oceanography(3)
Preq.: two-semester introductory course in geology. Principles of marine geology; sediments and sedimentation in the marine environment from the near shore zone to the abyssal plain; geological effects of bottom currents; sea-level history; geophysical techniques; continental drift and sea-floor spreading; tectonic history of the oceanic crust.

4308 - Plants in Coastal Environments (3) V
Prereq.: one-semester course in biology or ecology; or consent of instructor. 3 hrs lecture; weekend field trips as needed. Also offered as BIOL 4308. Ecology of Louisiana’s major coastal plant communities; emphasis on influence of environmental factors controlling plant distribution and productivity; physiological, morphological, and anatomical mechanisms aiding plant survival; man’s impact on Louisiana’s coastal plant communities.

4372- Estuarine Ecology(4)
Prereq.: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. 3 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Preparation of field trips; synthesis of presentation of data collected on field trips to coastal areas. Ecological processes in estuaries, shallow coastal waters, and associated coastal environments; training and field use of equipment required for estuarine research.

4410- Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis(3) F
Prereq.: MATH 1552 and knowledge of a programming language, or consent of instructor. Mathematical description and analysis of ecological systems; emphasis on systems approach using matter and energy flow models for quantifying and analyzing interdependence and dynamics in ecosystems; linear flow models, dynamic nonlinear models, optimization models, stochastic models, and computer techniques for modeling, validation, sensitivity analysis, and parameter optimization.

4465- Seminar in Coastal Zone Management (1-4) Spring
Prereq.;Also offered as Law 5803. Nonlaw students encouraged to participate. Written and oral presentations required; special projects relating to the primary field of interest permitted. Resources allocation and environmental quality issues in coastal estuarine zones of the U. S.; evaluating alternative solutions to topical coastal zone issues; preparing legal devices for meeting the issues, such as legislation regulations, contract provisions, and deed restrictions; traditional law courses in water law, environmental law, natural-resources law, and land-use planning.

4500 Fisheries Acoustics (3)
Prereq.: 8 sem. hrs. of introductory biology or zoology with laboratory; 6 sem. hrs. of physics. 1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab and field work. Theory and application of acoustics in the study and assessment of living marine resources.

4550 Biological Oceanography (3) S-O
Prereq.: two-course undergraduate science sequence above 2000 level, or graduate student status in science department. Participation in oceanographic cruise is generally required. Biology of open oceans, continental shelves, and large river deltas.

4560- Wetland Loss, Restoration, and Management
Preq.: two-course sequence in science above the 2000 level. Participation in field trips to local wetlands and management agencies is required. Coastal wetland loss, restoration and management; wetland values, use, and potential management issues.

7001 – Advanced Topics in Marine Sciences (1-6)
May be taken for a max. of 9 sem. hrs. when topics vary

7010 - The Concepts of the Ecosystem (3) S-O
Prereq.: one-semester course in ecology or consent of instructor. Structure, function, diversity, and succession of ecosystems viewed as a whole and as applied to major biomes.

7020 - Marine Microbial Ecology (3) S-O
Prereq.: one-semester course in microbiology and consent of instructor. Also offered as BIOL 7022. Microbial ecosystems and population dynamics; response of marine microorganisms to physiochemical factors and environmental alterations; microbial interactions; nutrient regeneration processes; nutritional requirements and microenvironments; modeling and systems analysis in marine microbial ecology.

7028- Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation (3)
Prereq.; OCS 4170 and ME 4563 or equivalent. Numerical modeling of ocean dynamics; numerical methods; parameterization schemes; review of state-of-the-art models.

7110 – Toxicology of Aquatic Environments (3) See ENVS 7110.

7112- Concepts in Marine Ecotoxicology
Preq.: ENVS 7100 and 7110 or permision of instructor. Also offered as ENVS 7112. Marine pollution and toxicology of industrial and non-point sources materials related to ecological risk assessment in coastal and marine areas; biological processes and waste in the ocean; physiochemical process and waste in the ocean; laboratory and field techniques in epibiotic, endobiotic, and fecal-sestonic habitats;benthic habitats and metals/chemical specification/geoavailability; fish as a biological model; microcosm theory and design for littoral and neritic habitats; approaches to ecological risk assessment in marine habitats.

7120 - Dynamical Oceanogrpahy (3)
Prereq.: consent of instructor. Dynamics of rotating, stratified, incompressible fluids with particular application to the oceans; conservations equations and boundary conditions, surface and internal gravity waves, vorticity, geostrophic adjustment, coastal trapped waves, Rossby waves, wind-driven ocean circulation.

7121- Ecology and Management of Tropical Estuaries (3) Su
Prereq.; 6hrs. in marine ecology and consent of the instructor. Two week field trip/ lecture at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avancados in Merida, Mexico. Intensive field course concerning aspects of ecology and management of tropical estuaries; plankton systems, sea grasses, mangroves, benthos, nekton and macroalgae; emphasis on hyman impact and management, global change issues, and use of modeling.

7122 - Gravity Waves in Shallow Water (3)
Prereq.: MATH 1550, 1552,; PHYS 2101, 2102. Linear and nonlinear theories of water gravity waves considered by classical mathematical derivation and numerical methods; wave transformation in shallow water; characteristics of boundary layer under wave action; wave-related phenomena in near shore zone.

7123 - Oceanographic Delta Analysis (3,3) F,S
Prereq.: MATH 1550 and EXST 2055 or equivalent. Statistical techniques for analysis of oceanographic time and space series data; spectrum analysis; objective analysis; empirical orthogonal functions and Kalman filters.

7124 - Applied Coastal Plant Ecology (3)
Prereq.: 6 sem. hrs. in biology or environmental science. Field trips included. Students are responsible for paying for their transportation. Concepts of applied coastal plant ecology; field experiences in coastal habitat restoration and management; applied wetlands' functions, wet-land classification, evaluation and delineation; and environmental assessment monitoring.

7125 - Estuarine Dynamics (3) V
Prereq.: consent of instructor. Wind-driven and mass-driven currents in estuaries, turbulence and mixing in estuaries, seiches, storm surges, internal waves, salt balance, and inlet flows.

7126 - Circulation and Mixing in Coastal Water (3)
Prereq.: OCS 4170. Mechanics of circulation in coastal currents; buoyancy driving, wind driving, coastal jets, long shore pressure gradients; physical conditions controlling hypoxia; classification of coastal currents; mixing and dispersion of pollutants and oil slicks for environmental management.

7127 - Dynamics and Sedimentary Response Features of Coastal Environments (3) Su - O
Interactions between major dynamical forcing mechanisms and sedimentary-geomorphic responses in major types of coastal environments (deltas, sandy coasts, and coral reef coasts); variability of physical processes and corresponding response features.

7129 – Global Climate Change and Wetlands (2)
Prereq: consent of instructor. Impact of projected global climate change on stability and functioning of coastal and interior wetland ecosystems; feedback of biogeochemical change in wetlands caused by climate change.

7130 – Marine Istope Biogeochemistry (3) (F)
Prereq: graduate standing or consent of instructor: Concepts and laboratgory principles for stable and radioactive isotopes, first-hand experience interpreting istopic data, modern applications in oceanography and biogeochemistry.

7131 – Marine Geochemistry(3) S
Geochemical processes in the marine environment, including water column geochemistry, pore water processes and interactions across the sediment-water interface, and early diagenesis; emphasis uranium-thorium decay series a radionuclide applications in marine geochemistry

7165 - Biogeochemistry of Wetland Soils and Sediments (3) S-E
Same as AGRO 7165. Microbial and redox chemistry processes in fresh water, brackish water, and estuarine-flooded soils and sediments affecting the transformations of nutrients and toxic materials.

7170 - Satellite Oceanogrpahy (3) F
Prereq.: OCS 4170 or equivalent. Oceanographic measurements and observations using satellite-borne sensor systems; radiation-ocean-atmosphere interactions, satellite systems, sensor design, and data types; analysis of infrared, visible, and microwave data for deep ocean, coastal, and estuarine phenomena.

7311 - Marine and Estuarine Plankton (3) S-E
Prereq.: background in ecology, invertebrate zoology, limnology, or phycology; and consent of instructor. Structure and function of marine plankton populations; changes related to various environmental factors such as temperature, nutrients, radiation, transparency, currents, and water-masses; phytoplankton, zooplankton and ichthyoplankton food webs, trophic dynamics and case studies; life history, and biodemograhic features; sampling theory, collecting techniques, distribution, abundances, production, analytical models, and economic significance.

7317 - Marine Ecology (3)V See BIOL 7120

7320- Fisheries Oceanography(3)
Also offered as FISH 7320. Relationships between marine fish abundance and distribution and nonanthropogenic physical and biological processes; spatial and temporal scales; analytical methods and sampling strategies; marine fish life histories as related to oceanographic processes; marine ecosystem.

7370 - Seminar: Theoretical Concepts of Ecology (1) S
Prereq.: one-semester course in ecology or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Announced topics.

8000 - Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.) "S"I"U" grading.

8900 Advanced Reading and Literature Research (1-6)
May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit.

8901 Advanced Field Research (1-6)
May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit.

9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.) "S"I"U" grading.