Undergraduate Offering:
MS 101 Oceans LTDavid, FPSiringan, GSJacinto, ATYñiguez, MLMcGlone, CLVillanoy
MS 102 The Marine Sciences MAJMeñez and PCCabaitan (1st sem),
DFLOnda (2nd sem)
MS 1 Oceans and Us LTDavid, MJRPante, GSJacinto, ATYniguez (1st
sem), FPSiringan, RRGotanco, CGConaco (1st sem), LSReyes, CBJaraula, VBRodriguez (1st
sem)
Graduate Offering:
Courses
offered for first semester:
CORE COURSES
MS 201 Ocean Physics and Chemistry CBJaraula/LTDavid
MS 210 Physical Oceanography CVillanoy/LTDavid/IRodriguez
MS 220 Chemical Oceanography MLSMcGlone,
GSJacinto
MS 240 Biological Oceanography MHTYap/DFLOnda (Bio Oce) / MRoleda (Physio) / CGConaco; (Microbial) – going towards pure team teach, will be offered every sem
MS 270 Biochemistry of Marine Organisms GPConcepcion/AOLluisma/LSReyes/CGConaco
ELECTIVES
MS 214 Waves and Tides (on demand) CLVillanoy/LTDavid
MS 221 Marine Geochemistry GSJacinto/CBJaraula
MS 226 Marine Pollution Chemistry GSJacinto/MLMcGlone
MS 226.1 Marine Pollution Chemistry laboratory GSJacinto/MLMcGlone
MS 253 Marine Chemical Ecology NEMontaño
MS 255 Coral
Reef Ecosystems PMAliño,
PCCabaitan (harmonize with other related courses)
MS 256 Marine
Algae WESantiañez (integrated
taxonomy)
MS 278 Marine
Natural Products (every even year) GPConcepcion/LSReyes
MS 283 Marine Agronomy WESantiañez
MS 385 Marine Toxinology (every odd year) LSReyes/DFLOnda
MS 397 Special Topics: Behavioral Ecology MAJMeñez
MS 397 Special Topics: Emerging Marine non-Model Organisms CGConaco
MS 397 Special Topics: Gene Expression Control CGConaco
MS 397 Special Topics: Seaweed Ecology and Physiology MRoleda
MS 397 Special Topics: Ecological Assessment with Algae MRoleda
MS 397 Special Topics: Algal Habitats MRoleda
MS 397 Special Topics: Coral Reef Restoration VBRodriguez
MS 397 Special Topics: Molecular Ecology and Evolution RRGotanco
MS 397 Special Topics: Biological Structures GPConcepcion et al
MS 397 Special Topics: Marine Organic Geochemistry (as needed) CBJaraula
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Quantitative Methods in Microbial Ecology DFLOnda
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Biostatistics MJRPante
MS 397 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Ecological Modeling ATYñiguez
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Practical Scientific Computing and Bioinformatics (every even year) AOLluisma
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Analysis of Molecular Sequences (every even year) AOLluisma
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Mar Sci: Data Analysis Methods in Oceans CLVillanoy
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Ocean Remote Sensing & Image Analysis LTDavid
SEMINAR
MS 396 Seminar 1: Current Topics in Marine Science All MSI Faculty (for all MS students) (starting AY 2019-20)
MS 396 Seminar (Marine Biology)
Courses Offered for Second Semester:
CORE COURSES
MS 230 Geological Oceanography FPSiringan
MS 240 Biological Oceanography MHTYap
MS 272 Marine Biotechnology 1 AOLluisma
Courses Offered for second semester:
ELECTIVE
MS 213 Dynamics of Oceans CLVillanoy
MS 216 Numerical Ocean Modeling (on demand) CLVillanoy/LTDavid
MS 217 Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography LTDavid
MS 222 Chemistry of Marine Coastal Environments (every odd year) GSJacinto/CBJaraula
MS 242 Marine Microbiology CGConaco/WReichardt (Coastal/lab); DFLOnda might offer Microbial Oceanography (offshore-open ocean)
MS 246 Marine Phytoplankton DFLOnda
MS 251 Population Biology of Marine Organisms MAJMeñez (fundamental) / PCCabaitan (Practical) /ATYñiguez (lead – modelling)
MS 254 Seagrasses and Mangroves MRoleda
MS 258 Marine Fishes PCCabaitan
MS 260 Marine Biodiversity Team teaching: Marine Biology Academic Group – ATY, VBR, RRG
MS 273 Marine Biotechnology II (every odd year) GPConcepcion/LSReyes/IRodriguez
MS 280 Management of Marine Resources (every even year) PMAlino, MAJMeñez
MS 361 Reproductive Biology MAJMeñez
MS 366 Population Genetics of Marine Organisms RRGotanco
MS 396 Seminar: Current Topics in Marine Science All MSI Faculty
MS 397 Special Topics: Seaweed Utilization NEMontaño/IRodriguez
MS 397 Special Topics: Methods & Problems of Research GSJacinto
MS 397 Spl Topics: Physical-Biological Interactions in the Oceans ATYñiguez
MS 397 Spl Topics: Application of Satellite Altimetry (as needed) CLVillanoy
MS 397 Spl Topics: Mixing in Estuarine and Coastal Waters LTDavid
MS 397 Spl Topics: Stable Isotope Geochem CBJaraula/IRodriguez
MS 397 Spl Topics: Marine Observation Systems (with Engineering and Physics)
MS 397 Spl Topics: Algal Photobiology and Photochemistry MRoleda
MS 397 Spl Topics: Microbial Oceanography DFLOnda
MS 398 Adv Meth in Mar Sci: Applied Multivariate Data Analysis MJRPante
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Seaweed and Seagrass Research Methods MRoleda
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Techniques in Coral Reef Ecology PCCabaitan
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Molecular Biology Methods for Marine Science CGConaco/RRGotanco
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Elucidation of Natural Products (every odd year) LSReyes
MS 398 Adv. Methods in Marine Science: Advanced Methods in Natural Products (every even year) GPConcepcion/LReyes
SEMINAR
MS 396 Seminar (Physical Sciences)
MS 396 Seminar (Marine Biotechnology)
Courses offered previously
MS 397 Special Topics: Coastal Geomorphology FPSiringan
MS 397 Special Topics: Seaweed Utilization NEMontaño
MS 397 Special Topics: Geometrics Morphometrics MJRPante
MS 397 Special Topics: The Sediment Record of Environmental Change FPSiringan
MS 398 Advanced Methods in Marine Science: Analysis of Molecular Sequences AOLluisma
MS 398 Adv Meth in Mar Sci: Bioinformatics for Phylogenetics AOLluisma
MS 399 Research: Molecular Phylogenetics (every even year) AOLluisma
Courses without regular faculty
MS 248 Marine Zooplankton
MS 360 Physiology of Marine Organisms
// Revised 13 July 2018 (DDI)
Professional Masters in Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management (PM-TMEM)
1st Trimester (12 units)
Module
1 – TMEM in the Coral Triangle
TMEM
201. Tropical Marine Ecosystems. Ecological foundations of tropical marine ecosystems
TMEM
210. Intercultural Understanding in the Management of Tropical Marine
Ecosystems. Introduction
of intercultural competence as an essential skill of effective tropical marine
ecosystem managers
Module
2 – Fundamentals of Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management
TMEM
202. Dynamics of Tropical Marine Socio-Ecological Systems. Interactions of social, political, cultural,
economic, and ecological issues in tropical marine ecosystems
TMEM
203. Marine Environmental Planning and Management. Principles and tools of marine
environmental planning and management
2nd
Trimester (10 units)
Module
3 – Management and Governance of Tropical Marine Ecosystems
TMEM
220. Marine Protected Area Management and Governance. Integration of socio-ecological systems and
designs; legal frameworks, governance and administration principles, and
sustainable financing schemes
TMEM
211. Communication in Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management. Concepts, principles, processes, and
necessary tools of communicating knowledge, issues, and policies for
stakeholders involved in tropical marine ecosystem management
Module 4 – Strategic Planning for
Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management
TMEM
221. Strategic Planning for Marine Protected Areas. Application of strategic planning
principles and tools for Marine Protected Areas
TMEM
296. Seminar
3rd Trimester (10 units)
Module
5 –Marine Protected Area Management Plan Implementation
TMEM
222. Implementation of the Marine Protected Area Management Plan.
Management
processes, systems and standards that support the day-to-day operations of
single site Marine Protected Areas
Module
6 – Marine Protected Area Systems
TMEM
223. Marine Protected Area Networks and Large Marine Ecosystems. Networking
and alliance building within and among local, provincial, and national
entities for the governance of marine protected area networks and large marine
ecosystems
4th
Trimester (3
units)
Module 7 – Tropical Marine Ecosystem
Management Effectiveness and Good Governance
TMEM
297. Special
Problem
