The following courses will satisfy the Marine Option Program Certificate credit requirements at UH Mānoa. See the MOP Coordinators for eligible courses at other campuses.
Courses listed with an asterisk ( * ) are variable content courses (for example, a student may choose marine topics for assigned papers or term projects) and must be cleared with the MOP Coordinator or Director before they may be applied to the requirement. The Coordinator or Director’s approval must be entered in the student’s file.
Lecture courses are listed. Separately numbered lab courses, which complement some lectures, may also be applied towards the MOP certificate, but they are not all listed here. Other courses may be applied toward the course requirements by petition.
To find out which courses are offered this semester, check the Class Availability section of your MyUH, or contact your campus MOP Coordinator.
| Course | Title | Credits |
| ACM 480 | Oceanic Media and Culture* | 3 |
| ANSC 450 | Aquaculture Production | 3 |
| ANSC 460 | Biology & Culture of Shrimp & Prawns | 2 |
| ANSC 465L | Aquaculture Production Lab | 4 |
| ANSC 490 | Aquaculture Business Planning | 2 |
| ANTH 175 | Polynesian Surf Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 175L | Polynesian Surf Culture Field Lab | 1 |
| ANTH 323 | Pacific Island Archaeology* | 3 |
| ANTH 332 | Anthropology of Surfing | 3 |
| ANTH 350 | Pacific Island Cultures* | 3 |
| ANTH 430 | Human Adaptation to the Sea | 3 |
| BIOL 301 | Marine Ecology & Evolution | 3 |
| BIOL 301L | Marine Ecology & Evolution Lab | 2 |
| BIOL 331 | Marine Mammal Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 403 | Field Problems in Marine Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 404 | Advanced Topics in Marine Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 411 | Corals & Coral Reefs | 3 |
| BIOL 454 | Natural History of Hawaiian Islands | 3 |
| BIOL 465 | Fish Diversity | 3 |
| BIOL 465L | Fish Diversity Lab | 1 |
| BOT 450 | Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands | 3 |
| BOT 480 | Algal Diversity & Evolution | 3 |
| CEE 421 | Fluid Mechanical Engineering | 3 |
| CEE 431 | Water & Wastewater Engineering | 3 |
| CEE 432 | Water/Wastewater Treatment Design | 3 |
| CEE 433 | Water Quality Lab | 3 |
| GEO 302 | Global Environmental Issues | 3 |
| GEO 365 | Geography of the Pacific | 3 |
| GEO 368 | Geography of Hawai’i | 3 |
| GEO 370 | Aerial Photo & Image Interpretations | 3 |
| GEO 401 | Climate Change | 3 |
| GEO 405 | Water in the Environment | 3 |
| GEO 410 | Human Role in Environmental Change | 3 |
| GEO 411 | Past Global Change & Human Era | 3 |
| GEO 423 | Human Dimensions of the Coastal Ocean | 3 |
| GEO 435 | Political Geography of Oceans | 3 |
| HIST 481 | Histories of Oceania I | 3 |
| HIST 482 | Histories of Oceania II | 3 |
| HIST 489 | World Maritime History | 3 |
| HWST 352 | Mahiʻai Kalo | 3 |
| HWST 353 | Mālama Loko Iʻa | 4 |
| HWST 356 | Aloha Kanaloa – Marine Resources & Abundances | 3 |
| HWST 357 | ʻĀina Mauiliola: Hawaiian Ecosystems | 3 |
| HWST 365 | Pana Paemoku o Kanaloa: The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | 3 |
| HWST 487 | Hawaiian Aquatic Medicine | 3 |
| IS 400 | Ocean Internships & Research | 3 |
| MICRO 401 | Marine Microbiology | 3 |
| MCRO 401L | Marine Microbiology Lab | 1 |
| OCN 201 | Science of the Sea | 3 |
| OCN 310 | Global Environmental Change | 3 |
| OCN 320 | Aquatic Pollution | 3 |
| OCN 330 | Mineral & Energy Resources of the Sea | 3 |
| OCN 331 | Living Resources of the Sea | 3 |
| OCN 403 | Marine Functional Ecology & Biotechnology | 3 |
| OCN 423 | Marine Geology | 3 |
| OCN 430 | Intro to Deep Sea Biology | 3 |
| OCN 444 | Plate Tectonics | 3 |
| OCN 450 | Aquaculture Production | 3 |
| OCN 480 | Biological-Physical Interactions in the Oceans | 3 |
| ORE 411 | Buoyancy & Stability | 3 |
| ZOOL 200 | Marine Biology | 2 |
| ZOOL 200L | Marine Biology Lab | 1 |