AQU 461 teaches students basic water quality principles related to pond management. Laboratories include use of equipment and analytically solving water quality problems.

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Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. This course investigates the interaction of aquatic organisms with their biotic and abiotic environment. Sampling and laboratory methods for limnological analysis will be covered.

This course provides basic instruction in mapping technologies to enable natural resource staff, students, local and state government personnel to enhance their planning and resource management skills.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of an upper division statistics course is recommended. 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.

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Prerequisite: Consent of advisor. Intensive experience involving practical on-site participation working at an aquaculture facility (University, state, or private).

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A graduate approach to the study of fish nutrition including nutrient requirements, nutrient chemistry, ration formulation, and practical feeding. (Three hours of lecture per week)

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An overview of fish genetics including basic principles and methods of selective breeding in aquaculture.

Introduction to principles underlying aquatic productivity and management with a survey of domestic and foreign cultures of fish and aquatic vertebrates.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. This graduate course will expose students to the concepts, software, data and analysis processes of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will develop a real world, working knowledge of GIS through hands-on work with mapping software, its potential, its limitations and future trends in the mapping industry. Graduate students will develop a real world project that examines existing spatial data and utilizes modeling software to create a production quality, full scale, mapping product.

AQU 525: Aquaculture Economics and Marketing 4 Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Aquaculture economics, marketing channels and consumer preferences for fish products will be presented. (Three hours of lecture, two hours of laboratory per week)

An overview of basic biology of fish reproduction and techniques of artificial spawning for common aquaculture species.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Basic principles of experimental design and data analysis with emphasis on their applications in aquaculture research.

AQU 527 may be taken concurrently. This course will provide practical training and skills on investigation of reproductive system in fish and spawning techniques for several aquaculture species.

AQU 510 teaches students proper microscope use and an advanced approach to identifying various fish pathogens and plausible disease treatments. Writing will be emphasized by completing lab reports at an advanced scientific level.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An overview of alternative production methods including ponds, cages, net-pens, raceways, and recirculating systems with application to suitable species.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An in-depth study of fish diseases including the pathogens and conditions that result in disease. Preventive and corrective measures are also examined in detail. (Three hours of lecture per week)

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An in-depth study of theory and practice into the understanding and manipulation of the biological, chemical, and physical aspects of water quality in aquaculture production.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 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)

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