Fall 2023 Courses

August 28 -  December 15, 2023

Course Registration

Fall registration opens in DukeHub on April 5, 2023.  

Download the Fall 2023 Schedule of Courses > (The Fall 2023 schedule will be ready in January 2023)

View the the DUML Fall 2022 Academic Calendar >

ADVANCED GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS - video connected to DUML 

  • Instructor: John P. Fay
  • Credit: 4 credit hours
  • Course Travel?: No
  • Prerequisites: Environment 559 and Environment 564
  • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 859
  • Consent of instructor required

Provide training in more advanced skills such as: GIS database programming, modeling applications, spatial decision support systems and Internet map server technologies. The course requires a fundamental knowledge of geospatial analysis theory, analysis tools, and applications. Taught in Durham.

    AQUACULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

    • Instructor: Zackary Johnson
    • Credit: 3 units
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 719A
    • Course Travel?: No

    The major environmental, social and economic drivers of increasing global aquaculture, with a focus on marine systems. Quantitative evaluation and comparison of the range of species for aquaculture, locations where operations occur, operational aspects including environmental impacts and management considerations.  Investigation of alternative approaches and potential future areas for aquaculture expansion as well as social, economic and technical barriers to implementation.

    BASS CONNECTIONS PROJECTS

     

    Exploring Links Among Ecological, Social and Personal Resilience (2022-2023) 

    Contact: Liz DeMattia

    Marine Conservation Evidence and Synthesis (2022-2024)

    Contact: David Gill or Dana Grieco

    Pilot PlanktoScope for Climate Change Research (Fall 2022- Spring 2023)

    Contact: Junyao Gu or Zackary Johnson

    Enhancing diversity in STEM careers through mentored training (2022-2023)

    Contact: Meagan Dunphy-Daly

    Learning from whales: oxygen, ecosystems, and human health

    Contact: Tom Schultz

    BIODIVERSITY OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES 

    • Instructor: Josh Osterberg
    • Credit: 4 units  
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 788LA

    An introduction to the biodiversity represented by major marine invertebrate groups, with emphasis on the diversity of body forms and behaviors and on anatomical structures and functions. Field trips primarily by boat allow students to explore invertebrates characteristic of a variety of coastal habitats in North Carolina, including mud flats, sandy beaches, salt marshes, oyster reefs, piers and docks, and the water column. Live invertebrates maintained in the laboratory serve as models for detailed study of form and function. Taught in Beaufort at Duke Marine Lab.

    COASTAL AND MARINE POLLUTION

    • Instructor: Lee Ferguson
    • Credit: 3 units  
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 573A

    Sources, fate, and effects of organic, inorganic, and particulate pollutants in the marine environment. Topics include oil spills, coastal eutrophication, marine debris, harmful algae, sewage contamination, dredging, and emerging contaminants. Methods for measuring pollution in the marine environment and consequences for human and ecological health will be discussed. Case studies of impacted marine environments will be highlighted. Short local field trips possible. Taught in Beaufort at Duke Marine Lab. Recommended prerequisite: introductory chemistry and biology, or consent of instructor.

     

    CRITICAL MARINE STUDIES

    • Instructor: Heather Vermeulen
    • Credit: 3.0 units
    • DukeHub: ENV 790A

    Graduate version of MARSCI 390A. Students will create & present a syllabus that offers a critical perspective on language, methods, forms of representation used in a scientific article from, give two presentations of readings including questions for discussion, and complete a final project review essay and presentation. Practice intersectional analyses of the verbal & visual vocabularies employed in scientific studies of marine life and how information is represented in media. Review scholarship focused on race/racialization, gender, sexuality, disability, class, indigeneity, diaspora, and migration, research that pertains to “human” subjects, alongside scientific studies, articles, and documentaries on “nonhuman” marine life. Taught at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort.

    CURRENT TOPICS IN MARINE CONSERVATION (2nd YEAR PHD STUDENTS)

    • Instructor: TBA
    • Credit: 2 units 
    • Course Travel?: No
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 886A
    • Eligibility: for DUML PhD students only

    PhD-level reading seminar to review current literature in marine biology focusing on basic ecological principles. Course will satisfy the "Current Topics" requirement in the Marine Biology track of the Marine Science and Conservation Ph.D. degree. Students will rotate presenting primary literature on current week's topic. Although based on current primary literature, relevant classic articles will be included. Discussion will place articles in the broader context of evolution, ecology and biogeochemistry.

    DOCTORAL STUDENT SEMINAR (PHD STUDENTS ONLY)

    • Instructor: TBA
    • Credit: 2 units 
    • Course Travel?: No
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 849A
    • Eligibility: for DUML PhD students only

    Addresses topics of relevance to the professional development of PhD students in the Marine Science Conservation program. Topics addressed include: the nature of inter-disciplinary research, critical reading, grant writing, communicating results to the public, mentoring students, and preparing manuscripts for academic journals. Taught in Beaufort at Duke Marine Lab.

    INDEPENDENT STUDIES AND PROJECTS

    Directed readings or research at the graduate level to meet the needs of individual students.

    • Consent of instructor required. Units to be arranged.
    • Instructor: Staff. Variable credit. 
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 593

    MARINE ECOLOGY

    • Instructor:  Joel Fodrie 
    • Credit: 4 credit hours
    • Course Travel?: No
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 773LA,  BIOLOGY 773LA

    • Ecology from a basic science perspective. Laboratories target a science-oriented graduate audience. Lecture topics include factors that influence the distribution, abundance, and diversity of marine organisms, characteristics of marine habitats, adaptation to environment, species interactions, biogeography, larval recruitment, and communities found in rocky shores, tidal flats, beaches, mangrove, coral reefs, and subtidal areas. Laboratories and field trips cover ecological principles from a basic science perspective. 

    MARINE MAMMALS 

    • Instructor: Andrew J. Read
    • Credit: 3 credit hours
    • Course Travel?: No
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 776A

    • Ecology, social organization, behavior, acoustic communication, and management issues. Focused on marine mammals in the southeastern United States (for example, bottlenose dolphin, right whale, West Indian manatee)

    MARINE POLICY

    • Instructor: Grant Murray
    • Credit: 3 credit hours
    • Course Travel?: No
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 786A, POLSCI 707A, PUBPOL 749A
    • Prerequisites: None

    • Formal study of policy and policy-making concerning the coastal marine environment. History of specific marine-related organizations, legislation, and issues and their effects on local, regional, national, and international arenas. Topics explored through use of theoretical and methodological perspectives, including political science, sociology, and economics.

    OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

    • Instructor: Doug Nowacek
    • Credit: 3 units
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 723A
    • Course Travel? No

    his course will take a holistic approach to evaluating offshore renewable energy development: benefits and challenges of traditional vs. renewable offshore energy including concerns for wildlife, development of environmental impact statements; permitting processes; consultations with industry, government and other stakeholders; and legal implications. Graduate section offered in conjunction with undergraduate course Marsci 323A. Graduate students will write a term-long research paper, conduct literature reviews, develop case studies, and participate in panel discussions. Taught in Beaufort at the Duke Marine Lab.

    POLITICAL ECOLOGY

    • Instructor: Lisa Campbell 
    • Credit: 3 credit hours
    • Course Travel: No
    • DukeHub Listing: ENV 860SA

    860SA. Political Ecology. Seminar to examine concept of political ecology as means of conceptualizing conservation and development conflicts and solutions. Intended to engage students with political ecology to strengthen usefulness, enrich possibilities, and improve participants ongoing research, collaborations and critical inquiries. Enrollment limited to graduate students. Taught in Beaufort at Duke Marine Lab. Instructor: Campbell. 3 units.
     

    SEMINAR IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

    Required symposium in each program area. Students present master's project research. Pass/fail grading only. Taught in Beaufort at Duke Marine Lab.

    SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR OF MARINE ANIMALS

    • Instructor: Dan Rittschof
    • Credit: 4 unites
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON  753LA

    Sensory physiological principles with emphasis on visual and chemical cues. Laboratories will use behavior to measure physiological processes. Only open to undergraduates under Biology 373LA. Taught in Beaufort at Duke Marine Lab. Prerequisite: introductory biology and chemistry at the undergraduate level (or AP/IB credit).

    MASTER'S PROJECTS

    • Instructor: Staff
    • Variable credit
    • DukeHub Listing: ENVIRON 899.

     

     

    Questions?

    For help with graduate course registration, email katie.wood@duke.edu.