Courses
2025 Schedule of CoursesÌý
Download theÌýÌý) 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.Ìý
| Course subject &Ìýnumber | Course Name | Course dates | Days | Notes about field trips | Instructor |
| May 5–June 10 |
Async. online | Field trips from your home location - 6 week course; less condensed | I. Aube | ||
| April 28-May 13 | MTWRFSat | Day trips only; auxiliary fee includes boat operation and safety certifications | D. Ibarra | ||
| Tropical Marine Biology (ends during the next time block of courses)Ìý | April 28-May 20 | ²Ñ°Õ°Â¸é¹ó³§²¹³Ù³§³Ü²ÔÌý | 10-day international field trip to Belize. For information please email margaret.cooper@dal.caÌýÌý | M. Cooper and TBAÌý | |
| May 15-30 | MTWRFSat | Day trips only | TBA | ||
| May 14-June 1 |
MTWRFSatSun | Day trips only |
TBA | ||
| June 2-17 | MTWRFSatSun | Approx. 7-10 days camping in Southwestern NS. | TBA | ||
| June 2-17 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only, for about the 1st week of course, students work on independent projects on their own thereafter | TBA | ||
| June 2-17 | MTWRF Sat |
Day trips only |
TBA | ||
| June 18 – July 4Ìý | MTWRFSatSun |
8-day field trip to explore diverse habitats in the Annapolis Valley. | TBA | ||
| June 18-July 3 | MTWRFSat | Day and evening trips; camping trip to Cape Breton | TBA | ||
| June 19-July 3 | MTWRFSat | Overnight field trips to Harrison Lewis Centre, Port Joli, NS | TBA | ||
| Ìý(note: 2601 is for NON-BIOL/MARI majors) | July 5-23 | MTWRF Sat |
Day trips only; 1 Saturday class needed |
TBA | |
| July 5-23 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only; 1 Saturday class needed |
J. Frail-Gauthier | ||
| Ìý section 90-99 |
Offering 1 - | July 25-Aug 13 | MTWRF | TWO day-long boat trip to tag sharks; boat trips are weather-dependent and may happen on the weekend. | TBA |
| July 25-Aug 13 | MTWRF | Frequent day trips by boat, leaving from the dock near Â鶹´«Ã½. | L. DeGelleke | ||
| (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 TBA | |
| Ìý section 1-89 |
Offering 2-Ìý | ÌýAug 14-30 | MTWRF Sat | One day-long boat trip to tag sharks; boat trips are weather-dependent and may happen on the weekend. | TBA |
| Aug 14- 30 | MTWRF | Day trips, some involving boat trips; one day-long boat trip to tag sharks. Ìý | TBA | ||
| Aug 14- 31 | MTWRF SatSun | 5-day overnight trip with whale-watching | TBA | ||
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