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The table below provides the requirements to complete this program if you are not following a Transfer Guide. If you have an account and have created a Portfolio, the table includes the "Applied Credits" column. This column shows how the credits you earned based on the experiences you entered may be applied to satisfy these requirements. You can find schools where you can take courses that will transfer and apply to this degree using the Where Can I Find An Equivalent Course feature in the Transfer Tools menu.

The program map provided below is an estimate based on courses identified as a result of reviewing your portfolio and the requirements for the selected program.

A formal determination of credits awarded for your prior learning and their applicability to the degree requirements can only be made by the institution. The formal determination and resulting map may reflect higher or lower number of credits to be completed to achieve this program.
Requirements
Required Credits
Bachelor of Science in Marine Science
124
B.S. Degree in Marine Science
124
Transfer credits will be evaluated, and as applicable, up to 72 credits may be applied to this program.
General Education
30
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Randolph College celebrates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Our liberal arts education teaches students to reason creatively, humanistically, scientifically and quantitatively; speak and write with clarity and accuracy; cultivate habits of lifelong learning; develop cultural literacy (regarding their own culture and cultures beyond their own), and consider how to lead a meaningful life (vita abundantior). The General Education Program contributes to these goals by granting students broad exposure to several disciplinary ways of knowing as well as helping students develop core competencies that lay a firm foundation for the work they will do within and beyond the red brick wall.
Artistic Expression
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Every student should learn how humanists and artists "chronicle, record, analyze, transmit, and deepen our understanding of the human condition and experience." This requirement may be fulfilled by successfully completing 9-12 credit hours in at least 3 courses in the arts and letters division, including at least 3 to 4 credit hours in both the Artistic Expression and Human Experience cateogries.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Common Experience
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
This course, taken in the first session of the first year, is intended to expose students to a variety of different disciplinary traditions and approaches through the exploration of contemporary issues and questions in society, and to provide an intellectual experience common to all students in an entering class. Includes academic skills workshops and a selection of required out-of-class activities. Transfer students entering with 12 or more hours completed are exempt from this requirement.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
Culture and Identity
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Students should be able to think about differences in culture and identity. Each student should take at least one course dealing substantively with issues related to gender, race, class, or disability, or focusing on a culture other than Europe or the United States.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Human Experience
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Every student should learn how humanists and artists “chronicle, record, analyze, transmit, and deepen our understanding of the human condition and experience.” This requirement may be fulfilled by successfully completing 9-12 credit hours in at least 3 courses in the arts and letters division
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Language
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:

Every student should develop some capability in a language, ancient or modern, other than her or his own. Fulfillment of this requirement may be accomplished in one of the following ways:

  1. Successful completion of two sessions of a single foreign language not previously studied; or
  2. Successful completion of two sessions of a single foreign language at the elementary or intermediate level in a language previously studied, depending on placement; or
  3. Successful completion of a course above the intermediate level; or
  4. Exemption based on a qualifying SAT II score, an Advanced Placement score of 4 or better, an International Baccalaureate score of 5 or better, or departmental examination. International students fluent in a language other than English may request an exemption from the Office of the Provost of the College. Other students fluent in a language other than English may apply to the Board of Review for exemption.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Natural Science
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Every student should learn how scientists acquire, organize, and apply knowledge about nature based on experiments and observations. This requirement may be fulfilled by successfully completing a course in the natural sciences and its laboratory component.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Physical Education
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
A liberal arts education includes development of the mind and body. Through active participation in a wide range of physical activity options, students gain an appreciation for the benefits that come from physical activity and exercise. One hour of credit is required and completion in the first two years of study is strongly recommended.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Quantitative Reasoning
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Every student should demonstrate fundamental quantitative reasoning and application skills.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Social Science
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Every student should learn how social and behavioral scientists acquire, organize, and apply knowledge in the study of society or human behavior. This requirement may be fulfilled by successfully completing one course in the social or behavioral sciences.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Writing
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Every student should develop the ability to write English effectively, to use College library resources and research processes, and to follow appropriate conventions in academic writing. Unless granted an exemption by the Department of English on the basis of an English Composition Placement Test or earned college credit for the equivalent, each student must take WRIT 1103 (or its equivalent) during their first year. For non-native speakers only, the following sequence must be begun in the first session: WRIT 1101,1102: English Composition I and II.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
Writing Intensive
4
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Each student must complete a course in any discipline with a Writing Intensive (WI) designation. This course may also fulfill one of the Ways of Knowing General Education requirements.
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Category:
B.S. Degree in Marine Science
124
Requirement Notes
Requirement Notes:
Students must take courses in at least four different departments in their first year.
Course(s) of level 1100
Marine Science Major Program
41
Required Courses
33
MSCI1101
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
EVST2201
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
EVST2205
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
MSCI3310
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
MSCI3320
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
EVST3325
3
Earn 3 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
EVST3325L
1
Earn 1 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
CHEM1105
3
Earn 3 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
CHEM1105L
1
Earn 1 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
CHEM1106
3
Earn 3 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
CHEM1106L
1
Earn 1 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
MSCI2210
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
Rule Notes
Rule Notes:
Marine Science majors must take this course twice with different topics
MSCI2210
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
Rule Notes
Rule Notes:
Marine Science majors must take this course twice with different topics
Marine Science field experience
1
One of the following:
4
The Ecosphere and Environment
4
EVST1104
3
Earn 3 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
EVST1104L
1
Earn 1 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
Physical Geology
4
EVST1117
3
Earn 3 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
EVST1117L
1
Earn 1 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
Additionally
4
MATH2227
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
DSCI2232
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
CSCI1151
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
CSCI2225
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
Senior Program
5
MSCI4495
4
Earn 4 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
MSCI4496
1
Earn 1 credits by completing courses from the following Course:
Electives
41