The committee will be responsible for establishing the courses required for this student's course of study.

To successfully complete the thesis option, 29 hours of Coursework and 6 hours of Thesis Credit (3 hours of thesis data collection and 3 hours for thesis writing) are required (total of 35 credit hours needed). Required courses and thesis topic must be approved by the student's graduate committee. The purpose of the thesis option is to demonstrate the student's ability to investigate a research topic and report the findings in proper scientific publication style. This enables the student to gain experience in a specific area of aquaculture and/or aquatic sciences and to report research results in a publishable document. Experience in literature review, experimental design, data collection, record-keeping, statistical analysis, and manuscript preparation are obtained by students completing the thesis option. Students who intend to further their graduate education (e.g. obtain a doctoral degree) should choose this option, because doctoral programs often require students to have demonstrated their ability to successfully complete a master's thesis.

To successfully complete the non-thesis option, 35 hours of Coursework and 3 hours of Internship (Work-Study) for a total of 38 credit hours are needed. Graduate students enrolled in the Non-Thesis Option are required to perform a work-study program as determined by their major professor and approved by their committee. Some settings where the student might work include an aquaculture/aquatic sciences facility such as a fish farm, processing plant, university, or a state or federal fisheries facility. Cooperative Extension work may also be chosen. A report would be written along with a review of literature for a specific aspect of the work-study experience. A detailed proposal will be written by the student and approved by the student's committee before the work-study is performed.

AQU 507: Fish Genetics (3 hrs)

AQU 509: Biostatistics (3 hrs)

AQU 510: Fish Disease Lab (1 hr)

AQU 511: Fish Diseases (3 hrs)

AQU 512: Fish Morphology & Physiology (4 hrs)

AQU 513: Aquatic Ecology (4 hrs)

AQU 516: Computer Applications in Statistics (1 hr)

AQU 521: Fish Nutrition (3 hrs)

AQU 522: Principles of Aquaculture (3 hrs)

AQU 525: Aquaculture Economics and Marketing (4 hrs)

AQU 527: Fish Reproduction & Spawning Techniques (3 hrs)

AQU 528: Fish Reproduction Lab (1)

AQU 551: Survey of Production Methods (3 hrs)

AQU 560: Water Quality Management (3 hrs)

AQU 561: Water Quality Lab (1)

AQU 580: Intro. to Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource Mgt. (3 hrs)

AQU 591: Internship (1-4 hrs)

AQU 600: Research (1-9 hrs)