Marine Science and Fisheries

During the past four decades or so, sustainable development has been a highly debated topic among natural and social scientists, governments and policy makers due to concern about the interaction of …

This course provides instruction and practice in critical thinking and scientific writing. The course focuses on the different skills and techniques used to read and interpret and prepare written sci…

This course covers the principles of aquaculture and exposes students to the diversity of global aquaculture practices. Examples of tropical production systems are provided with reference to current …

The focus of course is on the macronutrient and few micronutrients and their health implications with respect to healthy diet. The role of nurse in the health care system will be utilized as a framew…

This is a postgraduate level course dealing with tropical mariculture development. The course will emphasize culture systems and species, environmental and sustainability issues involved in aquacultu…

The first part of this course introduces the science on which stock assessment and fisheries management are based. This includes fish and invertebrate ageing, the concept of the cohort, catch and cat…

This is an advanced aquaculture course focusing on the physiological processes essential for fish reproduction, from egg and sperm development to spawning, and the techniques for induced spawning, fe…

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZM): an integrated approach to coastal management policy with respect to all facets of coastal zones, in a bid to achieve sustainability, including geograph…

This is a marine biochemistry and molecular biology course.

Marine ecology is "the scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms” (Krebs, 2001). The course is designed to let students explore the biological an…

This undergraduate course is an introduction to the zoology and morphology of marine invertebrates. Although the course attempts to reconstruct the general invertebrates' evolution through geological…

The course presents fundamental aspects of satellite oceanography and methods for studying physical and biological oceanographic features using remote sensing data. Topics range from the description …

The fundamental principles of soil fertility and fertilizer use will be detailed for each plant macronutrient. Practical implications of soil fertility principles to conventional and organic farming …