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Texas A&M University at Galveston

The Degree of Master of Marine Resources Management

Credit Requirement

The degree requires a minimum of 36 credit hours of courses, as approved on the degree plan. A student may elect to pursue either a thesis or a non-thesis degree in Marine Resources Management. For the non-thesis degree 36 hours in the curriculum, 24 are required. The required courses include 6 hours of science, 8 hours of management, 2 hours of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 8 hours of law/policy courses. The student in the non-thesis option will choose electives for 12 credit hours, 3 hours of which will be additional science, and 3 hours of which will be additional law/policy/management. The remaining 6 hours can be in an appropriate supporting field, if desired. A student in the thesis-option degree will choose electives for 6 hours, 3 of which will be additional science and 3 hours of which will be additional law/policy/management. The remaining 6 hours will be in 691 research hours. Additional flexibility to replace required courses with courses targeted to his/her area of research is available to a student in the thesis option upon recommendation and approval by his/her committee and the department.