Minor in Fisheries Science (21-22 credits)

The fisheries science minor provides students with a broad introductory training in the interdisciplinary study of fisheries as complex social ecological systems.

Adviser: Silke Severmann, Marine and Coastal Sciences Building, Room 303D, 848-932-3488 (silke@marine.rutgers.edu)

Undergraduate Program Website: Here

Required courses (18 credits)

  11:628:309  Fishery Science (3)

   01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3)

   11:216:440  Practical Experience in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (1)

   11:628:462  Ocean Ecology (4) or 11:216:335  Limnology (4) or 11:628:320  Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (4)

   11:628:321  Ichthyology (4) or 11:216:324  Invertebrate Zoology (4) or 11:216:325 Vertebrate Zoology (4)

   11:374:314  Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (3) or 01:220:102 Introduction to Microeconomics (3) or 11:373:121  Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3) or 11:374:428  Topics in Environmental and Resource Policy: Marine Fisheries Policy (3) or 11:374:460  Environmental Law and Policy (3)

Elective, choose one of the following (3-4 credits)

  11:216:217  Principles of Natural Resource Management (3)

   11:216:317  Conservation Ecology (3)

   11:216:320  Sustainable Environmental Management (3)

   11:216:369  Analytical Methods in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (3)

   11:216:464  Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4)

   11:373:362  Natural Resource Economics (3)

   11:373:363  Environmental Economics (3)

   11:374:305  Globalization, Development, and Environment (3)

   11:374:313  U.S. Environmental Policy (3)

   11:374:462  International Environmental Law and Policy (3)

   11:628:317  Aquaculture (3)