The Marine Option Program Certificate

12 semester hours

The goals of MOP are to:

Provide an opportunity for undergraduate students in any discipline to acquire a marine orientation during his/her residency at UH Hilo
Add focus and relevance to the academic marine courses by aiding the students in acquiring a practical “marine skill”;
Help each MOP student, through counseling, discover and implement his/her individual marine-oriented educational career goals;
Provide special seminars and interdisciplinary courses designed to acquaint the undergraduate student with the many facets of marine affairs; and
Provide opportunities and guidance to students who wish to contribute their talents by working toward solutions for social and environmental ocean-related problems.

Course Requirements

Survey class (3 credits)
- MARE 171 Marine Biology-Diversity (3) or MARE 201 Oceanography (3)
Interdisciplinary class (3 credits) Choose from:
- AQUA 425 Water Quality and Aquatic Productivity (3)
- ECON 380 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (3)
- GEOG 101 Geography and the Natural Environment (3)
- GEOG 319 Natural Hazards and Disasters (3)
- GEOG 326 Natural Resources (3)
- GEOG 332 Geography of the Hawaiian Islands (3)
- GEOG 335 Geography of Oceania (3)
- GEOG 440 Advanced Environmental Planning (3)
- GEOL 100 Environmental Earth Science (3)
- HWST 211 Hawaiian Ethnobotany (3)
- HWST 213 Hawaiian Ethnozoology (3)
- MARE 282 Global Change (3)
- MARE 360 Marine Resources (3)
- MARE 434 Teaching Marine Science (3)
- POLS 335 Environmental Politics and Policy (3)
Electives (6 credits) Any approved marine-related course.
Skills project or internship.

For further information, contact the MOP Coordinator, UH Hilo at (808) 974-7544, (808) 933-3907, or at uhhmop.hawaii.edu