Athens State Graduates

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium

Athens State University is a member of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC), based at Dauphin Island, Alabama. This affiliation offers Athens State University students an opportunity to take courses and conduct research in estuarine and marine environments. Courses offered during the summer at Dauphin Island Sea Lab may be taken for credit at Athens State University toward a major or minor in biology or a minor in marine science. All programs of study that involve marine science courses must be approved by the MESC liaison. Contact an Athens State Biology professor for more information.

A Dauphin Island Sea Lab Information Bulletin listing undergraduate summer school course offerings can be obtained early in the spring semester from Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Active courses of instruction sponsored by the MESC include the following:

Coastal Birds of Alabama Ecology of the Coral Reef
Coastal Wetlands Ecology Marine Biology
Marine Conservation Biology Biotic Response to Sea Level Change
Marine Invertebrate Zoology Environmental Applications of GIS
Shark and Ray Biology Marine Botany
Marine Aquaculture Marine Geology
Introduction to Neurobiology Hurricanes of the Gulf Coast
Marine Ecology Marine Mammal Health
Dolphins and Whales Marine Vertebrate Zoology
Introduction to Oceanography Marine Behavioral Ecology
Marine Mammals Marine Restoration Ecology
Biology and Conservation of Marine Turtles