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. 

Autumn Marine Studies (AMS) 2026

Marine Mammals of the Salish Sea (FHL 375, 5 credits)
Research in Marine Biology (FHL 470, 6 credits)
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Marine Organisms (BIOL/FHL 471, 5 credits)
Behavioral Ecology of Marine Invertebrates (FHL 4xx, 5 credits)
(optional) Marine Sciences Seminar (FHL 490, 1 credit)

Pelagic Ecosystem Function of the San Juan Archipelago 2026
Full-term fall quarter courses where students engage in advanced undergraduate research in a small cohort of students. 

There are two great topics courses being offered this Spring, taught by one of our favorite professors, Gaj Sivandran!
 
CENV 190: Student’s Guide to Responsible Use of AI  – General Elective for Marine Bio majors
 
Q SCI 497  ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS – Counts toward the Q SCI Minor
 
Hi all,
Hope you’re hanging in there.
I’m writing because I’m teaching a brand-new course this spring — CENV 190: Student’s Guide to Responsible Use of AI — the first time we’ve offered anything like this. 

Fall Elective for Marine Bio Majors: OCEAN 431 – Ocean Change Biology

The application for current UW Marine Biology Majors to apply for a priority placement in an eligible ‘integrative field experience’ (IFE) course at UW Friday Harbor Labs for summer, early fall and autumn 2025 is now open with a deadline of 2/14/2025.