We would like to announce an additional course that can now meet the ‘Integrative Field Experience’ (IFE) requirement for your major:

FHL 432: Marine Invertebrate Zoology will now be eligible to meet the IFE requirement.

In summer quarter at FHL, students enroll in individual, 9 credit courses over a half term (approximately 5 weeks living at the labs). For eligible summer courses (now including FHL 432), 6 of the 9 credits meet the IFE requirement with the remaining 3 credits applied to your ‘other marine biology electives’ requirement. FHL 432 will continue to be an option to meet the ‘Biodiversity elective’ major requirement, but cannot meet IFE at the same time in that case.

Other important details when considering this course:

• FHL 432 overlaps enough content with FISH 310: Marine Invertebrate Diversity that you cannot earn credit for both courses.
• FHL hosts students from around the world for summer courses. Therefore, there is higher competition for summer placement compared to full-term autumn or spring options. Marine Biology majors can apply for summer FHL course offerings through the general FHL application. However, Marine Biology majors are not prioritized over other applicants for summer quarter.
• FHL is still accepting applications for summer and autumn 2026: https://fhl.uw.edu/courses/applying-for-an-fhl-course/

If you are planning to study at FHL in future years, please see our IFE planning page at: https://marinebiology.uw.edu/students/marine-biology-major/integrative-field-experience/. Please let Dani or Joe know if you have questions about your academic plan for the Marine Biology Major and contact FHL Academic Services Manager Maia Kreis (fhlstudents@uw.edu) with questions about studying at FHL.