Marine and Freshwater Biology
The Honours B.Sc. major in Marine and Freshwater Biology (MFB) is an exciting major offered within the Department of Integrative Biology. It provides you with a broad grounding in aquatic biology, with specialized courses in biodiversity, marine ecology, evolution, fish biology, oceanography, and environmental physiology. In your third or fourth year, you will complete a research or field course under the supervision of one of our many Professors, who conduct research in marine and freshwater environments. Your project may take place on campus in our Hagen AquaLab facility, where you can control salinity and temperature to simulate tropical or arctic environments, or at one of the many field stations around the world. For example, our MFB students have participated in field courses at Bamfield Marine Science Centre (Vancouver Island), Huntsman Marine Centre (New Brunswick), Algonquin Provincial Park, Churchill (Hudson’s Bay), and Jamaica. Our MFB alumni can be found in a variety of careers in universities, environmental consulting, non-governmental organizations, as well as provincial and federal government positions in fisheries, conservation biology, and oceanography. The international reputation of the Department of Integrative Biology for both teaching and research makes Guelph an outstanding choice for your undergraduate studies in Marine and Freshwater Biology.
Further information about the College of Biological Science can be found at:
http://www.cbs.uoguelph.ca/
Information regarding research and faculty involved in the Marine and Freshwater Biology major can be found at:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/
Information about what students have done with the Marine and Freshwater Biology major can be found on the Career Services website at: http://www.cecs.uoguelph.ca/students/what_can_i_do_with_my_degree
A complete listing of all courses required for this major can be found n the Schedule of Studies located in the Undergraduate Calendar.