Biological Oceanography
MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Oceanography
| Core Subject | ||
| 7.470 | Biological Oceanography | 12 |
| Foundational Statistics | 12 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Probability and Causal Inference | ||
| Introduction to Probability and Statistics | ||
| Statistical Thinking and Data Analysis | ||
| Fundamentals of Statistics | ||
| Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis and/or Modeling | 12 | |
| Select one of the following: 1 | ||
| An Introduction to Mathematical Ecology | ||
| Quantitative Methods and Computational Models in Neurosciences | ||
| Modeling Environmental Complexity | ||
| Modeling, Data Analysis, and Numerical Techniques for Geochemistry | ||
| Modeling the Biology and Physics of the Ocean | ||
| Graduate-Level Oceanography or Marine Science 2, 3 | 24 | |
| Elements of Modern Oceanography | ||
| Geological Oceanography | ||
| Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry | ||
| Marine Bioinorganic Chemistry | ||
| Marine Chemistry | ||
| Geochemistry of Marine Sediments | ||
| Marine Isotope Chemistry | ||
| Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean | ||
| Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography | ||
| Coastal Physical Oceanography | ||
| Topics in Quantitative Marine Science | ||
| Topics in Marine Ecology | ||
| Topics in Marine Physiology and Biochemistry | ||
| Topics in Biological Oceanography | ||
| Topics in Zooplankton Biology | ||
| Topics in Benthic Biology | ||
| Topics in Phytoplankton Biology | ||
| Topics in Molecular Biological Oceanography | ||
| Topics in the Behavior of Marine Animals | ||
| Topics in Marine Microbiology | ||
| Specialization | 36 | |
| Individually designed program leading to a specialized area of study. Options include but is not limited to benthic ecology, microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, biogeography and systematics, environmental toxicology and developmental biology, plankton ecology, marine mammals, and mathematical ecology and conservation | ||
| Thesis and Research | ||
| Pre-Thesis Research 4 | 96 | |
| Thesis (.THG subject of home department) 4 | 288-396 | |
| Total Units | 480-588 | |
| 1 | Harvard courses OEB137 Experimental Design and Statistics for Ecology and |
| 2 | Other relevant courses can be requested by petition to the Joint Committee on Biological Oceanography. |
| 3 | Up to 12 of the 24 units may come from Topics subjects. |
| 4 | Biological oceanography students whose home department is Civil and Environmental Engineering register for 1.THG whether they are completing pre-thesis or thesis research, for a total of 384–492 units of 1.THG over the course of the five-year doctoral program |
