Curriculum

Portfolio of course offerings for the master degree program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation:

Core Program Requirements


Course Name	Course Number	Units
Intro to Marine Biodiversity & Conservation - Lecture	SIO-295	8 units
Intro to Marine Biodiversity & Conservation - Lab MAS-MBC Forum Fall & Winter	SIO-295L MBC 258	8 units 2 units
Marine Science, Economics and Policy Fall & Winter	SIO-286	8 units
Policy and Communications (See course listings)	Choose 1 course	4 units
Economics of the Environment	Econ 281	4 units
Elective Courses		8 units
Capstone - Independent Study Project Guidelines (pdf)	MBC-296	6 units
		48 units

The CMBC MAS students are carefully selected to ensure that they can perform well in a very vigorous academic setting among PhD students at SIO – one of UCSD’s most competitive PhD program. MAS students who complete the 48 credit hour MAS program have clearly exhibited an outstanding academic performance in a unique, interdisciplinary program at an internationally renown institution.