*Aquarium Science (AQS465/466) and Aquarium Science Lab HS (AQS4652/4662) @ Central Campus
Prerequisite: None
AQS465 offers DMACC AGS 222, Aquaculture/Aquarium Sci I, 3 credits
AQS466 offers DMACC AGS 249, Aquaculture/Aquarium Sci II, 3 credits
In Aquarium Science, students experience aquatic animal husbandry and aquaculture in a facility modeled after a professional public aquarium laboratory. They learn to replicate environmental conditions in the lab similar to those on a coral reef by studying the effects of lighting, water quality, and nutrition on the saltwater organisms in their care. Hands-on activities in the laboratory include breeding saltwater clownfish, propagating live corals and anemones on the coral farm, breeding jellyfish, and live food culture. This program prepares students for careers in Marine Biology, Environmental Science, commercial aquaculture (fish hatcheries), public aquariums, aquarium maintenance, pet industries and most environmental fields. Students in Aquarium Science are eligible to participate in an optional marine field ecology trip in the spring semester for DMACC credit. Aquarium Science is an elective credit course and does not satisfy high school science credit requirements.
