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MSSEP - Marine Science, Safety and Environmental Protection

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MSSEPBachelor of Science

Curriculum

Marine Science, Safety & Environmental Protection Curriculum 2025-2026

year 1

Fall Semester

Credits

Requirement Type

course

Fundamentals of Occupational Health & Safety

3

Major

course

Current Environmental Problems

3

Major

course

Earth Science

3.5

Major

course or

course or

course

Introduction to College Writing

College Writing

Advanced College Writing

3

General Education

course

Precalculus with Trigonometry

3

General Education

Total Credits

15.5

Winter term

credits

requirement Type

course

Experiential Learning: MSSEP

3

Experiential Learning

Spring Term

Credits

Requirement Type

course

General Biology

3.5

Major

course

Introduction to GIS

3

Major

course

Writing About Literature

3

General Education

course

Chemistry I

3.5

General Education

course

Applied Calculus

3

General Education

Total Credits

16

year 2

Fall semester

Credits

Requirement Type

course

Marine Science Fundamentals

3

Major

Department Elective I

3

Support

course

Applied Environmental Mathematics

3

General Education

course

Organic/Hazardous Materials Chemistry

3.5

General Education

course

Western Civilization

3

General Education

Total Credits

15.5

Spring semester

Credits

requirement type

Department Elective II

3

Support

Humanities Group I

3

General Education

course

College Physics I

3.5

General Education

course

Statistics

3

General Education

course

American Government

3

General Education

Total Credits

15.5

Year 3

fall semester

credits

requirement type

course

Coastal Ecology

3

Major

course

Life Science Lab

1

Major

course

Physical Geology

3

Major

Department Elective III

3

Support

course

Environmental Law

3

General Education

Social Science Group I

3

General Education

Total Credits

16

winter term

credits

requirement type

course

Cooperative I: MSSEP

6

Co-Op

Spring semester

credits

requirement type

course

Hazardous Materials Management

3

Major

course

Oceanography

3

Major

course

Oil Spill Management

3

Major

Department Elective IV

3

Support

course

Environmental Chemistry

4

Support

Total Credits

16

year 4

fall semester

credits

requirement type

course

Coastal Zone Management

3

Major

course

Environmental Monitoring I

3

Major

course

Human Health & Risk

3.5

Major

Humanities Group I or II

3

General Education

Free Elective I

3

Support

Total Credits

15.5

winter term

credits

requirement type

course

Cooperative II: MSSEP

3

Co-Op

Spring semester

credits

requirement type

course

Communicating Ocean & Climate Science

3

Major

course

Environmental Monitoring II

3

Major

course

Environmental Risk

3

Major

Social Science Group III

3

General Education

Free Elective II

3

Support

Total Credits

15