Courses
2025 Schedule of Courses
Download the LIST of COURSES for 2025 [pdf 72 KB] ) for more information about class capacity and estimated auxiliary fees.
The table below will have links to instructor emails and draft syllabi as they become available. In the meantime, you may find copies of previous year's syllabi on the Biology Department web page.
| Course subject & number | Course Name | Course dates | Days | Notes about field trips | Instructor |
| MARI/BIOL/ENVS 3664.03 | Intertidal Ecology distance (Online) | May 5–June 10 |
Async. online | Field trips from your home location - 6 week course; less condensed | I. Aube |
| MARI 3604.03 | Field Aquaculture | April 28-May 13 | MTWRFSat | Day trips only; auxiliary fee includes boat operation and safety certifications | D. Ibarra |
| MARI 3682.03 | Tropical Marine Biology (ends during the next time block of courses) | April 28-May 20 | MTWRFSatSun | 10-day international field trip to Belize. For information please email margaret.cooper@dal.ca | M. Cooper and N. Hamacher |
| BIOL 3328.03 | Medical Entomology | May 15-30 | MTWRFSat | Day trips only | T. Rossolimo |
| BIOL 3221.03 | Diversity of Algae |
May 14-June 1 |
MTWRFSatSun | Day trips only |
B. Hymes |
| BIOL/MARI 3635.03 | Species at Risk | May 15-30 | MTWRFSatSun | Approx. 7-10 days camping in Southwestern NS. | C. Course and C. Gibbons |
| BIOL3630.03 | Field Methods in Animal Behaviour | June 2-17 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only, for about the 1st week of course, students work on independent projects on their own thereafter | A. Horn |
| BIOL 3327.03 | Entomology | June 2-17 | MTWRF Sat |
Day trips only |
T. Rossolimo |
| BIOL 3622.03 |
Ornithology | June 18 – July 4 | MTWRFSatSun |
8-day field trip to explore diverse habitats in the Annapolis Valley. | K. Owen |
| BIOL 3639.03 | Herpetology | June 18-July 3 | MTWRFSat | A day trip to Keji and day trips within the HRM | M. Fenech |
| BIOL / ENVS / GEOG / MARI 3633.03 | Spatial Information & GIS in Ecology | June 19-July 3 | MTWRFSat | Overnight field trips to Harrison Lewis Centre, Port Joli, NS | P. Bush and P. Matsumoto |
| BIOL 2601.03/ 3219.03 | Flora of Nova Scotia (note: 2601 is for NON-BIOL/MARI majors) | July 5-23 | MTWRF Sat |
Day trips only; 1 Saturday class needed |
S. Haughian and N. Hill |
| BIOL / ENVS / MARI 3623.03 | Coastal Ecology | July 5-23 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only; 1 Saturday class needed |
J. Frail-Gauthier |
| MARI 3627.03 section 90-99 |
Offering 1 - Biology & Conservation of Sharks, Skates & Rays | July 25-Aug 13 | MTWRF | TWO day-long boat trip to tag sharks; boat trips are weather-dependent and may happen on the weekend. | M. Dureuil and C. HarveyClark |
| BIOL/MARI/ OCEA 3003.03 | Introduction to Field Oceanography | July 25-Aug 13 | MTWRF | Frequent day trips by boat, leaving from the dock near Dalhousie. | L. DeGelleke |
| MARI/BIOL 3680.03 | Scientific Diving Methods in Ecology (additional application required) | July 25-Aug 11 | MTWRF SatSun |
Daily scuba diving trips pending sea conditions; must be certified scuba diver; contact Dal Diving officer (John.Lindley@dal.ca) for additional requirements & supplemental application | J.Lindley and R. Horricks |
| MARI 3627.03 section 1-89 |
Offering 2- Biology & Conservation of Sharks, Skates & Rays | Aug 14-30 | MTWRF Sat | One day-long boat trip to tag sharks; boat trips are weather-dependent and may happen on the weekend. | C. Mull |
| MARI 3650.03 | Ocean Technology for the Observation and Conservation of Marine Species | Aug 14- 30 | MTWRF | Day trips, some involving boat trips; one day-long boat trip to tag sharks. | TBA |
| BIOL / MARI 3626.03 | Field Studies of Marine Mammals | Aug 14- 31 | MTWRF SatSun | 5-day overnight trip with whale-watching | E. Martins Oberwella nd and L. Wood |