Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits4PrerequisiteEligibility for the ARC Honors Program. Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5B · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5B · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B2DescriptionThis course is an honors level introduction to marine biology. It differs from the non-honors course primarily in 3 ways. First, it frequently employs a seminar style, requiring that students take a larger role in presentation of course content. Second, it uses an expanded reading list, supplementing the textbook with journal articles. Third, its exams use entirely subjective questions, requiring a deeper level of analysis. The course explores physical oceanography, marine algae, marine vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and the ecology of various marine zones. Field trips focusing on intertidal organisms of the Central and Northern California Coast are required. Field experiences may include but are not limited to designing and conducting experiments in the rocky intertidal, invertebrate identification, salt marsh ecology, sandy beach ecology, estuary ecology, or comparative anatomy of fishes. The course is not open to students who have completed BIOL 370. 