Marine Biology Concentration

A variety of faculty, facilities and courses are available for biology majors interested in a concentration in marine biology. Facilities include a museum collection of marine fishes and marine invertebrates; research laboratories in fish biology, fisheries science, phytoplankton ecology, zooplankton ecology, benthic invertebrate ecology, wetlands plants and marine microbiology; and a wet lab/aquarium room. Field collection and laboratory course trips to the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ocean areas, local estuaries, wetlands and salt marshes are supported by departmental field vehicles and boats, as well as by the Department of Oceanography's 55-foot research vessel, the R/V Fay Slover.

Additional facilities at Old Dominion University that support education in the marine sciences are the Applied Marine Research Laboratory, the Benthic Ecology Laboratory, the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, the Department of Oceanography and the Virginia Barrier Island Field Station.

Students interested in a concentration in marine biology must take the required courses for a biology major and may select additional courses in marine biology including BIOL 331, 307, 415, 418, 419, 420, 437, 442, 443, 444, 447, and 478. Marine biology students may also select a minor in oceanography.