MAST - Marine Studies Minor

Course requirements:

The marine studies minor consists of six courses—four required core courses offered by the off-campus program, and two elective courses offered at Trinity. Two courses from Group A must be successfully completed prior to enrollment in either of the off-campus programs. Because a number of the courses (*) listed below are not offered in every academic year, it is recommended that students begin the course requirements for the marine studies minor no later than their sophomore year. The required core courses offered in the Williams-Mystic and SEA Semester programs are listed as Group B.

Group A. Courses in the sciences

*BIOL 141. Global Perspectives on Biodiversity and Conservation
BIOL 182L. Evolution of Life
*BIOL 222L. Invertebrate Zoology
*BIOL 233. Conservation Biology
CHEM 111L. Introductory Chemistry I
ENVS 149L. Introduction to Environmental Science
*ENVS 230. Environmental Chemistry
*HIST 238. Caribbean History
PHYS 101L. Principles of Physics I
*PBPL 302. Law and Environmental Policy

Group B. Required core courses (choose one program)

Williams-Mystic Program

• Maritime history

• Literature of the sea

• Marine ecology or oceanographic processes

• Marine policy seminar

SEA Semester Program

• Marine environmental history

• Maritime history and culture

• Nautical science

• Maritime studies

• An alternative selection of courses in any given SEA semester

Integrating exercise for this minor is one of the following courses at either off-campus program:

Williams-Mystic Program

• Marine policy seminar

SEA Semester Program

• Maritime history and culture Maritime studies Directed research