Department of Biology
UNCG's
MARINE SCIENCE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM
General Information: MSEC is an exciting new opportunity for land-locked UNCG students to take courses in a marine environment as part of their curriculum towards a degree. The consortium includes 20 colleges and universities who send students to Duke University Marine Lab at Beaufort, NC or Bermuda Biological Station for Research for a semester or summer session. Duke courses will earn guaranteed credit for equivalent courses at the home institution, and are taught in small classes with potential for independent study.
Registration:
Students fill out an on-line registration form at Duke Marine Lab's website the semester before attending. For Spring '05, application deadline is December 1, for Fall '05 applications must be received by April 1. Summer applications are due one month before classes start.
Location of coursework:
Fall semester and summer session coursework is done at the Duke Marine Lab campus at Beaufort, NC. Spring semester may also be spent exclusively at Beaufort, or may be split between Beaufort and Bermuda in the Beaufort-2-Bermuda option.
Courses offered:
All coursework has the pre-requisite of general biology and general chemistry (normally one year / two semesters of each). Which courses are offered in any particular semester varies yearly. Standard course offerings generally include:
• Physiology of Marine Animals
• Biochemistry of Marine Animals
• Marine Invertebrate Zoology
•
General Physics I
• Conservation Biology and Policy
• Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles
• Marine Mammals
• Marine Ecology
• Marine Policy
• Environmental Biochemistry
•
Analysis of Ocean Ecosystems 
• Biological Oceanography
• Marine Biodiversity
• Independent Study
• A variety of conservation topics, research design, and specialty courses, depending on faculty interests
Tuition:
Duke University's tuition is paid directly to Duke Marine Lab. Financial aid is available through the Marine Lab itself, and consortium students will receive a reduction in tuition if 2 or more students from UNCG attend classes within the same academic year. Since Duke is a private university, the tuition is a great deal more than UNCG's tuition, so the tuition discount for multiple students per academic year is a great advantage. Two or more students per academic year receive a 6.5% discount each, three or more students will get 12% off, and four or more students per year will get 25% off of Duke's normal tuition.
Have more questions? Information and brochures available from Robin Maxwell, 325 Science Building, ph. 256-0066, Robin_Maxwell@uncg.edu