MS Ocean Sciences

Students who have not satisfied all of the prerequisite requirements for biology, chemistry, geology, or physics upon entering the Ocean Sciences Graduate Program may substitute one quarter or semester prerequisite class with the appropriate core course providing they have obtained a passing letter grade (B or higher) in that class; however, they can only make this substitution in one subject area and it cannot be in the student s primary subject area of research. For example, a student in Physical Oceanography can use Chemical Oceanography to substitute for one quarter or semester of the chemistry prerequisite requirement, but cannot use Physical Oceanography to substitute for one quarter of semester of the physics prerequisite requirement. No substitutions or exceptions, however, can be made for the mathematics and statistics requirements. Any courses that are taken to satisfy any remaining missing prerequisites cannot double count as an elective.