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Marine Vertebrate Biology, BS

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

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Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Marine Vertebrate Biology major provides students with a solid background in basic biology with an emphasis on marine vertebrate organisms such as fish, sharks, birds, turtles and marine mammals. It provides a more intensive zoology background than the Marine Sciences degree.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_fd0cc69b
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Degree Requirements

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    Foundation Courses (43-46 credits)

    20 items
    1. BIO 201
      Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. BIO 202
      Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cellular Biology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. BIO 203
      Fundamentals of Biology: Cellular and Organ Physiology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. BIO 204
      Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences I 2 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. BIO 205
      Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences IIA 2 credits (see Note 3)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. CHE 131
      As published: “General Chemistry IB 4 credits (see Note 4 and Note 6)”
    7. CHE 133
      As published: “General Chemistry Laboratory I 1 credit (see Note 4 and Note 6)”
    8. CHE 132
      General Chemistry II 4 credits (see Note 4 and Note 6)
      Not resolved to a course
    9. CHE 134
      General Chemistry Laboratory II 1 credit (see Note 4 and Note 6)
      Not resolved to a course
    10. CHE 321
      Organic Chemistry I 4 credits (see Note 5 and Note 6)
      Not resolved to a course
    11. MAT 125
      Calculus A 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: MAT 125 - Calculus A
    12. MAT 130
      Trigonometry and Logarithms 1 credit,
      Not resolved to a course
    13. MAT 126
      Calculus B 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    14. ENS 119
      Physics for Environmental Studies 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    15. PHY 119
      Physics for Environmental Studies 4 credits AND
      Not resolved to a course
    16. MAR 352
      Introduction to Physical Oceanography 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: PHY 121 - Physics for the Life Sciences I 4 credits
    17. PHY 122
      Physics for the Life Sciences II 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: PHY 121 - Physics for the Life Sciences I
    18. MAR 352
      Introduction to Physical Oceanography
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    19. AMS 102
      Elements of Statistics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    20. AMS 110
      Probability and Statistics in the Life Sciences 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course

    Zoology and Marine Vertebrate Core (13 credits)

    2 items
    1. MAR 362
      Marine Vertebrate Biology 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: BIO 344 - Chordate Zoology 4 credits
    2. BIO 354
      Evolution 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: BIO 320 - General Genetics 3 credits
      or: BIO 321 - Ecological Genetics 3 credits

    Two of the following

    5 items
    1. MAR 370
      Marine Mammals 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. MAR 373
      Marine Apex Predators: Ecology and Conservation 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. MAR 376
      Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. MAR 377
      Biology and Conservation of Seabirds 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. MAR 380
      Ichthyology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course

    Marine Biology (12-16 credits)

    1 item
    1. MAR 349
      Introduction to Biological Oceanography 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: MAR 303 - Long Island Marine Habitats 4 credits
      or: MAR 388 - Tropical Marine Ecology 4 credits

    Three electives from below

    18 items
    1. BIO 328
      Mammalian Physiology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. BIO 342
      Invertebrate Zoology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. BIO 351
      Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. BIO 353
      Marine Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. EBH 359
      Behavioral Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    6. MAR 301
      Environmental Microbiology 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    7. MAR 302
      Marine Microbiology and Microbial Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    8. MAR 303
      Long Island Marine Habitats 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    9. MAR 305
      Experimental Marine Biology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    10. MAR 315
      Marine Conservation 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    11. MAR 375
      Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rehabilitation 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    12. MAR 384
      Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    13. MAR 385
      Principles of Fishery Biology and Management 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    14. MAR 386
      Ecosystem Science for Fisheries Management 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    15. MAR 388
      Tropical Marine Ecology 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    16. MAR 394
      Environmental Toxicology and Public Health 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    17. MAR 487
      Research in Marine Sciences 0-6 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    18. MAR 488
      Internship 0-6 credits,
      Not resolved to a course

    Notes

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      Upper-Division Writing Requirement

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        Notes

        7 items
        1. MAT 131
          As published: “MAT 132 or MAT 141, MAT 142 or MAT 171 or AMS 151 , AMS 161 may be substituted for MAT 125 , MAT 126 .”
          4
        2. PHY 125
          PHY 126 /PHY 133 , PHY 127 /PHY 134 or PHY 131 /PHY 133 , PHY 132 /PHY 134 or PHY 141 /PHY 133 , PHY 142 /PHY 134 may be substituted for the two-semester physics sequences listed above. MAR 352 may also be substituted for PHY 127 / PHY 134 or PHY 132 / PHY 134 or PHY 142 / PHY 134 .
          Not resolved to a course
        3. BIO 207
          may be substituted for BIO 205 .
          Not resolved to a course
        4. CHE 129
          As published: “/CHE 130 may be substituted for CHE 131 . CHE 152 may be substituted for CHE 131 +CHE 132 .”
        5. CHE 331
          may be substituted for CHE 321 .
          Not resolved to a course
        6. CHE 152
          As published: “CHE 154 , CHE 331 may be substituted for CHE 131 /CHE 132 /CHE 133 /CHE 134 /CHE 321 .”
        7. ANT 300
          (formerly ANP 300) Human Anatomy or HAN 200 Human Anatomy and Physiology for Health Science I may be substituted for MAR 362 or BIO 344 .
          Not resolved to a course

        Marine Vertebrate Biology Honors Program

        3 items
        1. Students are eligible to participate in the Honors Program if they have a 3.50 GPA in all courses for the major by the end of the junior year. Students should apply to the SoMAS undergraduate director for permission to participate.
          Not resolved to a course
        2. Students must prepare an honors thesis based on a research project written in the form of a paper for a scientific journal. A student interested in becoming a candidate for honors should submit an outline of the proposed thesis research project to the SoMAS undergraduate director as early as possible, but no later than the second week of classes in the last semester. The student will be given an oral examination in May on his or her research by his or her research supervisor and the undergraduate research committee. The awarding of honors requires the recommendation of this committee and recognizes superior performance in research and scholarly endeavors. The written thesis must be submitted before the end of the semester in which the student is graduating.
          Not resolved to a course
        3. If the student maintains a GPA of 3.5 in all courses in their major through senior year and receives a recommendation by the undergraduate research committee, he or she will receive departmental honors.
          Not resolved to a course

        BS Degree in Marine Vertebrate Biology/MS Degree in Marine Vertebrate Biology

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          SBC Courses

          3 items
          1. Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
            Not resolved to a course
          3. Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
            Not resolved to a course

          Sample Course Sequence

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