DR. ALSHUTH'S ONLINE COURSES

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Since the late 1990s, Dr. Alshuth has developed and taught distance learning and online courses. Since 2016, she has been developing online course curriculum and teaching online courses at NSU as Associate Lecturer and Adjunct Professor of Ocean & Environmental Sciences. She offers basic online undergraduate courses in Oceanography, Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences, and graduate courses in Marine Ecosystems and Scientific Writing Requirements and developed the associated course curricula, and catalogue descriptions of new courses. Additionally, she has developed new NSU exclusive online graduate courses in Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Environments I & II (courses deal with critical resource driven environmental impacts and critical resource depletion impacts on marine environments, climate change, conservation and restoration strategy, prioritization and planning). For these graduate level courses Dr. Alshuth wrote and assembled a digital textbook and online course materials, enriched by her ocean photographs.

Note: Specific courses are not offered every semester. If interested, please see current semester schedule or email Dr. Alshuth using the contact form in the navigation menu.  

ONLINE MARINE SCIENCE COURSES

MBIO 1060 INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY

This online course explores geological, physical, chemical, and biological properties of the world's oceans. The interdisciplinary approach will introduce concepts important in understanding the development and current status of oceanographic research for the non-science major. Virtual field trips will add to the course experience.

DR. ALSHUTH'S ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AT NSU

MBIO 1220 INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY

This online course explores the natural history of marine organisms, their taxonomic relationships and their interactions with each other. The fundamentals of marine biological science are provided with special emphasis placed upon observable major marine phyla in various  marine environments of South Florida, and organisms’ adaptations to a variety of habitats. Virtual field trips to South Florida marine habitats will add to the course experience.

ENVS 1100 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES I

This online course provides students with a broad overview of a highly interdisciplinary subject. The course examines how man can best live with the Earth's environment. The first semester concentrates on the biological nature of environmental science: “NIMBY”, environmental justice, eco-feminism, biological communities, biodiversity, population, food, and hunger. Virtual field trips will add to the course experience.

ENVS 1200 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES II

This online course provides students with a broad overview of a highly interdisciplinary subject. The course examines how man can best live with the Earth's environment. The second semester concentrates on the issues surrounding the physical nature of environmental science: air and water urbanization, toxic waste, natural resource management, law, and politics. Virtual field trips will add to the course experience.

DR. ALSHUTH'S ONLINE GRADUATE COURSES AT NSU

MSMS 6204 ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON MARINE ENVIRONMENTS

This online course will focus upon the historical patterns and influences associated with anthropogenic activities in the marine and coastal environment as well as examining anthropogenic marine impacts with policies, critical resource limitations and related slowing global economic growth. To do so, the course will examine present day major anthropogenic marine impacts, mitigation efforts, and the economic trends and future trajectories associated with human development, critical resource limitation, and related impacts on the marine environment while considering the resulting net economics resources for forecasting, ameliorating and mitigating them.

ANTHROPOGENIC MARINE IMPACTS - HISTORIC (MAMC 4000)

Humankind has always tended to settle around the coastal zone, and the world's oceans have long been a source of transport and natural resources, from fisheries to minerals. This course will focus upon the historical patterns and influences associated with anthropogenic activities in the marine and coastal environment.

Currently, this course is offered as MSMS 6204 - combining the former MAMC 4000 & 4050 courses - Historic & Futures).

ANTHROPOGENIC MARINE IMPACTS - FUTURES  (MAMC 4050)

This online course will follow on from an examination of historical anthropogenic influences upon the marine and coastal environment  (MAMC 4000) to look at present day and future trajectories associated with human development and impacts within the marine and coastal zone, together with policies and forecasting towards ameliorating and mitigating some of these, where appropriate.

Currently, this course is offered as MSMS 6204 - combining the former MAMC 4000 & 4050 courses - Historic & Futures).

OCOR 5604 WRITING FOR M.A. REQUIREMENTS (MAMC 4150)

This special DIS is designed to help students fulfill the writing requirements for earning their M.A. degree. In this course, the portfolio (as defined below), which is based on five term-papers in the five core subjects, will be produced.

To complete the M.A. in Marine and Coastal Studies students must successfully complete the 5 core courses and 7 electives, presenting a final portfolio prior to graduation consisting of rigorous integrated papers constructed over their completed term of study. Each core course will require a final term paper - which will be graded as 20% of the course final grade.

MSMS 5020 MARINE ECOSYSTEMS (OCOR 5602)

This online course focuses on marine ecological processes and functions. It presents an overview of the basic concepts of marine ecology along with more detailed elements of the discipline including the diversity of marine ecosystems, trophic relationships, ecological roles, and nutrient cycling and biogeochemistry.

Currently, this course is not offered online.

DR. ALSHUTH'S OTHER ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

OCB 1254 - TROPICAL MARINE ECOLOGY

This introductory online course for non-science majors, utilizes basic scientific methodology in understanding the interrelationships between various marine tropical communities. Topics include the Geology of the Atlantic and the Caribbean, marine flora and fauna - their physical, chemical and biological aspects, subtropical and tropical coastal, estuarine and nearshore communities - mangrove, seagrass and coral reef ecosystems, biogeography,  biodiversity,  anthropogenic impacts and conservation of tropical marine ecosystems.

This course is the co-requ for the associated hands-on field course OCB 1254L - a five-day hands-on experiential learning course in the Florida Keys.

OCB 2930 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MARINE SCIENCE

This course centers around topics of current interest in Marine Science incl. Marine Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Alternative Energy Resources and Ocean Engineering. Topics of this course relate to ocean engineering and biomedical marine research applications, including natural product development, marine bioprospecting - mining the untapped potential of living marine resources -, marine habitat restoration, environmental monitoring, and sustainable mariculture. Using unique hands-on field studies, students explore and practice marine science and current research procedures.

ESC 1000C -  INTRODUCTION TO  EARTH SCIENCE  

This online course explores geological, physical, and chemical properties of the planet Earth. The interdisciplinary approach will introduce concepts important in understanding the development and current status of geoscience research for non-

science majors including the study of geology, lithosphere, and large-scale structure of the Earth's interior, as well as the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and the solar system. Virtual field trips and lab activities will add to the course experience.