2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Marine Science ProgramGroup IV — Directed StudyHY 697 Directed Readings. One to four hours.Prerequisite: Written per mis sion of the di rec tor of graduate stud ies.HY 698 Directed Research Not Re lat ed to Dissertation. One to four hours.Written per mis sion of the di rec tor of graduate stud ies is required for admission.HY 699 Dissertation Research. Three to twelve hours.Not to be counted for required credit for advanced de grees.165MARINE SCIENCE PROGRAM (MS)Professor W. W. Schroeder, CoordinatorOffi ce: Dauphin Island Sea LabThe graduate Marine Science Program (MSP) is a dual-campus program of the Departmentof Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama and University programsat the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), a facility of the Alabama Marine EnvironmentalSciences Consortium (MESC). Both sites provide unique facilities to support educationand research in the fi eld of marine science. The main campus facilities include a marinealgae and marine invertebrate collection. At DISL, there is a diversely trained residentfaculty available year-round to teach graduate-level courses that are part of the MSPcurriculum, to serve as thesis advisers, to provide support space, and to employ residentstudents in funded extramural research projects. The library at DISL specializes inpublications that focus on the marine environment.In addition, DISL provides support for University programs by way of a research facilitycontaining offi ces, laboratories, and support facilities for the resident graduate faculty;three lecture-room/teaching-laboratory buildings; and two dormitories, an effi ciencyapartment building, and a dining hall. Access to the bay and Gulf waters is available viascheduled use of the 65-foot steel-hull R/V A. E. Verrilland by a variety of outboardmotor-poweredcraft that can be towed to different sites for launching.Courses offered at DISL carry the same credit toward graduate degrees as those taughton the University of Alabama campus by the Department of Biological Sciences.Admission RequirementsStudents seek ing admission to the Marine Science Pro gram must sat is fy the generalad mis sion re quire ments of the Graduate School.For further specifi c in for ma tion, please contact Dr. William W. Schroeder, Coordinatorof Grad u ate Stud ies, the Uni ver si ty of Al a bama Marine Science Program, 101 BienvilleBoulevard, Dauphin Island, AL 36528; telephone (334) 861-7528; fax (334) 861-7540;e-mail wschroeder@disl.org.Degree Requirements1. Each can di date will be guided by a graduate com mit tee consisting of at least threemembers ap point ed by the dean of the Graduate School. Usually, one member of thecommittee will be a qualifi ed member of the faculty in res i dence on the Tuscaloosacam pus.2. Each student must complete a minimum of 8 hours of graduate credit on the Tuscaloosacam pus. Normally, this occurs during the student’s fi rst cal en dar year in theGrad u ate School.3. No foreign lan guage is required.4. Each student will undergo a pre lim i nary ex am i na tion prepared by the student’sgraduate committee and de signed to be an swered in about four hours a day over threeconsecutive days. The ex am i na tion will be ad min is tered by the committee chair per sonno later than the third semester of enrollment. Prior to the examination, it is expectedthat the student will discuss prep a ra tion and subject matter with committee members.5. Each student will participate in an interdisciplinary effort (e.g., cruise or fi eld exercise)at some time during residence at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.