AQU 201: Fisheries and the Educated Consumer. This course is intended as an elective for undergraduate students who have no training in fisheries but wish to become an educated consumer. It will provide a general understanding of fisheries for students unfamiliar with the discipline. STEM and sustainability concepts will be combined with the multi-disciplinary nature of fisheries as an applied science. The course will integrate current events and scientific principle associated with fisheries and agriculture to enhance enduring life skills.
AQU 407s: Fish Genetics. An overview of fish genetics including basic principles and methods of selective breeding in aquaculture. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
AQU 409: Biostatistics. Basic principles of experimental design and data analysis with emphasis on their applications in aquaculture research. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
AQU 410: Fish Diseases Laboratory. This course introduces students to proper microscope use and how to identify various fish parasites, bacteria and viruses, and plausible disease treatments. Writing will be emphasized through lab reports. Credit: 1 semester hour.
AQU 411: Fish Diseases. An overview of fish diseases including the pathogens and conditions that result in disease. Preventive and corrective measures are also examined. (Three hours of lecture per week) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
AQU 412: Fish Morphology & Physiology. An overview of fish morphology and physiology with emphasis on comparative and adaptive aspects among Osteichthyes (true bony fish). (Three hours of lecture, two hours of laboratory per week). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 4 semester hours.
AQU 413: Aquatic Ecology. This course investigates the interaction of aquatic organisms with their biotic and abiotic environment. Sampling and laboratory methods of limnological analysis will be covered. (Three hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week). Credit: 4 semester hours.
AQU 414: Basics of Fish Diseases. An online course with no lab. Students are introduced to bacteria, parasites, viruses and environmental factors that cause disease in aquatic animals. Prevention, identification and treatment of these diseases are included. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
AQU 416: Computer Applications in Statistics. This course will teach students how to use Microsoft Excel and SAS to solve statistical problems in biology, environmental sciences, economics, and business/MBA. Students will learn how to develop
statistical models and implement them using software and interpret the corresponding results. Prerequisite: Successful completion of an upper division statistics course is recommended. Credit: 1 semester hour.
AQU 421: Fish Nutrition. Fundamental and applied aspects of fish nutrition including nutrient requirements, nutrient chemistry, ration formulation, and practical feeding will be taught. (Three hours of lecture per week). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
AQU 422: Principles of Aquaculture. Introduction to principles underlying aquatic productivity and management with a survey of domestic and foreign cultures of fish and aquatic invertebrates. Credit: 3 semester hours.