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Bodega Marine Laboratory Program

http://bml.ucdavis.edu/

See also Biological Sciences, Bodega Marine Laboratory Program.

Spring Quarter Program

A full quarter of undergraduate course work in marine biology is available each spring quarter at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, located in Bodega Bay, California. Course offerings include lecture and laboratory instruction in the developmental biology and physiological adaptation of marine organisms, and population biology and ecology; a weekly colloquium; and an intensive individual research experience under the direction of laboratory faculty (Biological Sciences courses 122, 122P, 123, 199; Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 141, 141P). This is a 15 unit program and course offerings and instructors may vary from year to year.

The program is residential, with students housed on the laboratory grounds. Participants are assessed a room and board fee in addition to standard campus registration fees. An application is required. Obtain forms from the Bodega Marine Laboratory website listed above. Applications are due January 31 for spring quarter. Additional information on the Bodega Marine Laboratory Program is available from the Undergraduate Programs office in 202 Life Sciences, or directly from Bodega Marine Laboratory, P.O. Box 247, Bodega Bay, CA 94923 (707) 875-2211.

Summer Special Session Courses

This integrated program offers students a multidisciplinary understanding of coastal ecosystems through intensive, hands on courses taught at Bodega Marine Laboratory. The program offers students three sequences of instruction with up to 10 units in each. Two sequences occur during the first Summer Session dates and one sequence in the second Summer Session dates. Applications are due April 15.

For more course detail, see full description under appropriate academic department listing or http://bml.ucdavis.edu/.

Sequences are:

Marine Organisms and Ecology of the California Coast. Evolution and Ecology 106, 114, 111, 110; Biological Sciences 124

Effects of Coastal Pollution on Marine Organisms. Environmental Toxicology/Nutrition 127

Oceanography. Environmental Science and Policy 152; Geology/Environmental Science and Policy 150C; Biological Sciences 124

Course offerings, sequence structure and instructors may vary from year to year.

Bodega Marine Laboratory spring and summer programs are residential, with students housed on the laboratory grounds. Participants are assessed a room and board fee in addition to standard campus registration fees. Applications and consent of instructors are required.

Additional information is available from the Biological Sciences Undergraduate Programs office in
202 Life Sciences Addition, or directly from:
Bodega Marine Laboratory
P.O. Box 247
Bodega Bay, CA 94923
(707) 875-2211; http://bml.ucdavis.edu/