ENVSCI 317: Coastal & Marine Pollution Laboratory

Coastal and Marine Pollution Laboratory (ENVSCI 317) is a two credit laboratory course which accompanies the Coastal and Marine Pollution (ENVSCI 316) lecture course. This course will provide hands on exploration of topics of importance in coastal and marine pollution including emerging contaminants and toxicity testing, endocrine disruption and biomarker monitoring, and invasive species monitoring and effects. This laboratory course will enable students to explore experiments in detail while learning elements of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and formal scientific writing through laboratory activities and reports.