enhance their planning and resource management skills. Credit: 3 semester hours.

AQU 491: Internship: Aquaculture. Intensive experience involving practical on-site participation working at an aquaculture facility (University, state, or private). Prerequisite: Consent of advisor. Credit: 1-4 semester hours.

AQU 507: 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 508: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 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. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

AQU 509: 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 510: Fish Diseases Laboratory. 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. Credit: 1 semester hour.

AQU 511: Fish Diseases. 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. Credit: 3 semester hours.

AQU 512: 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/ENV 513: Aquatic Ecology. This course investigates the interaction of aquatic organisms with their biotic and abiotic environment. Sampling and laboratory methods for limnological analysis will be covered. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 4 semester hours. AQU 516: 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 516: 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 521: Fish Nutrition. 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. Credit: 3 semester hours.

AQU 522: 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.

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

AQU 527: Fish Reproduction & Spawning Techniques. An overview of basic biology of fish reproduction and techniques of artificial spawning for common aquaculture species. Credit: 3 semester hours.

AQU 528: Fish Reproduction Labs. This course will provide practical training and skills on investigation of reproductive system in fish and spawning techniques for several aquaculture species. AQU 527 may be taken concurrently. Credit: 1 semester hour.

AQU 551: Survey of Production Methods. An overview of alternative production methods including ponds, cages, netpens, raceways, and re-circulating systems with application to suitable species. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours. AQU 560: Water Quality Management. 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. Credit: 3 semester hours.

AQU 561: Water Quality Management Lab. AQU 561 teaches students advanced water quality principles related to pond management. Laboratories include use of equipment, solving water quality problems and doing in-depth analysis of a specific body of water. Credit: 1 semester hour.

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