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Marine Biology Courses and Seminars

The following two tables list the obligatory core courses and the elective courses offered in the Department of Marine Biology. Students may attend additional courses from the accompanying and multi-disciplinary courses, according to their program of studies.

 

C=Course

S=Seminar

ISC=Independent Study Course

W=Workshop

 

Obligatory Courses


227.4007

# Course Name Credits Lecturer  Type
227.4001
Biological Oceanography 2

TBD

C
221.4001

Experiment planning, Data collecting and results analysing

4

Prof. Ido Yitzhaki

C
227.4011 Geochemical Oceanography 2 Prof. Barak Herut and Dr. Revital Bookman C
227.4002 Departmental Seminar - Dr. Tamar Lotan S
227.4444 School Seminar - Dr. Nicolas Waldmann S
227.4007

The Mediterranean A

2

Dr. Smadar Ben-Tabu De Leon, Dr. Daniel Sher and Dr. Tamar Lotan

C

227.4017

The Mediterranean B

2

Dr. Smadar Ben-Tabu De Leon, Dr. Daniel Sher and Dr. Tamar Lotan

C
227.4003 Research Students' Forum 2 Dr. Smadar Ben-Tabu De Leon and Dr. Laura Steindler S
227.4005

Physical Oceanography for Biologists

2

Dr. Naama Harit-Yaari

C
227.4014

Research methods in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography

 
4

Dr. Dikla Aharonovich

W

 

Non Obligation Courses


#  Course Name  Points  Lecturer  Type
227.4100 Marine Biology of Climate Changes  2

Dr. Dan Tchernov

C

227.4004

Marine Ecology

2

Prof. Baruch Rinkevich

C

227.4006

Marine Microbial Ecology

2

Dr. Daniel Sher and Dr. Laura Steindler

C

227.4008

From Science to Industry

2

Dr. Tamar Lotan

C

221.4422

Developmental Biology and Evolution of Marine invertebrates

2

Dr. Ram Reshef

C

227.4013

From genes to oceans: Bioinformatics approaches in Marine Biology

4

Dr. Daniel Sher

C
 
Sea and Coastal Pollution  2

Dr. Dror Angel

C
221.4004
Ecology of Populations  2

Prof. Ido Yitzhaki

C
 221.4007
Genetics of Populations  2

Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo

C
227.4015

Rocky shore ecology

3 Dr. Gil Rilov W
224.4004

Geology of the Eastern Mediterranean

2

Dr. Uri Schattner

C

221.4405

Advanced Biostatistics

2

Prof. Ido Yitzhak

C

221.4416

Introduction to Phylogenetic Evolution

2 Dr. Sagi Snir C
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Research Methods in Oceanography (in IUI)

3

Prof. Boaz Lazar and Prof. Yonatan Erez

C

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Venom Mechanisms and Chemical Protection in the Sea (in IUI)

3

Dr. Daniel Sher

C

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Understanding the Ecosystem of the Gulf of Eilat (in IUI)

3

Dr. Yeala Shaked

C

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Marine Sedimentology: collecting samples, documentation and analysis of sediments from the Gulf of Eilat (in IUI)

3

Dr. Beverly Goodman and Dr. Timor Katz

C
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Rhythmic and cyclical marine systems (in IUI)

3

Dr. Oren Levy and Itzik Brinker

C
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Knowing the Plancton (in IUI)

3

Prof. Amazia Ganin and Dr. Bracha Farstey

C
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Nano syringes jellyfish and corals - injection system 700 million years old (in IUI)

3

Dr. Tamar Lotan

C
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Biogeochemistry of Nutrients in the Open Sea (in IUI)

3

Dr. Yeala Shaked


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Chapters In the Classification and Biology of the Red Sea Invertebrates (in IUI)  3

Dr. Yehuda Benayahu

C
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Quantitive Methods of Marine Ecology (in IUI)  4

Prof. Amazia Ganin, Dr. Moshe Kiflawi and Dr. Roi Holtzman

C
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Marine Microbiology (in IUI)  4

Prof. Oded Beja, Prof. Aharon Oren and Dr. Rakefet Schwarz

C
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Biology of Corals (in IUI)  4

Dr. Dan Tchernov and Dr. Maoz Fine

C
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Geology and Geophysics of the Marine Environment (in IUI)  2

Prof. Amotz Agnon

C
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Marine Photosynthesis (in IUI)  3

Prof. Sven Beer, Dr. Dan Tchernov

C
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Advanced Methods in neurophysiology (in IUI)  4

Prof. Yosi Rom

C
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Biogeochemistry of Coral Reefs

3 C
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Topics in Physical Oceanography

3 Prof. Hezi Gildor, Prof. Yosi Ashkenazy C
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Advanced Topics in Physical Oceanography

2 Prof. Yosi Ashkenazy, Prof. Yohai Caspi C