Introduction

This minor in Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries Ecology (SAFE) will expose students to aquaculture and fisheries management practices and help prepare them for a career as a developer, technologist, or researcher. This is an interdisciplinary minor program to be administered by the Department of Ocean Sciences in consultation with the Marine Institute. It is intended primarily for any student in the Faculty of Science but would be open to students in other faculties.

The most up to date information about our programs can be found in the corresponding Calendar Section.

Students who take a Minor in Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries Ecology will complete 24 credit hours as follows:

1. Ocean Sciences 1000, 2001, 3000, 3002, 4300;
2. six credit hours selected from: Ocean Sciences 2000 (or Biology 3710), 3600, 3640, 4000, 4100, 4122, 4200, 4601, or other applicable courses as approved by the Head of the Department or delegate;
3. three credit hours selected from:

• a.Biology 2122, 3401, 3640, 3715, 4251, 4605, 4750;
• b.Biochemistry 3107, 3402, 4002, 4101, 4104, 4105, 4200, 4201;
• c.Geography 4300.

Course prerequisites stipulated in the course descriptions shall apply to a minor in Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries Ecology.

For more information on our OCSC courses - (Descriptions and Prerequisites) please click here.