Undergraduate Bulletin

Major SBC Courses for the BS in Marine Sciences

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2).

SBC Category	Required Major Courses	Optional Major Courses (See Note 3)
ARTS
GLO
HUM
LANG (see Note 4)
QPS	MAT 125, MAT 126	AMS 102, AMS 110
SBS
SNW	ATM 201, BIO 201, CHE 131, CHE 132, MAR 104	ENS 119/PHY 119, GEO 102, GEO 122, PHY 121
TECH	GSS 313, MAR 352	MAR 308, MAR 334
USA
WRT
STAS		MAR 315, MAR 340, MAR 394
EXP+		MAR 388, MAR 487, MAR 488
HFA+
SBS+
STEM+	MAR 351, MAR 352, MAR 354	BIO 202, BIO 203, BIO 342, BIO 351, BIO 353, CHE 321, MAR 303, MAR 304, MAR 305, MAR 308, MAR 320, MAR 333, MAR 334, MAR 384, MAR 388
CER
DIV (see Note 5)
ESI	ATM 320	MAR 315, MAR 380, MAR 388, MAR 394
SPK		MAR 458
WRTD	MAR 459	MAR 380

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG). 

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

• Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
• Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
• Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later