The Aquarium Class
Marine Science 120: Marine Aquarium Science Class. Fall Semester 2009 Ticket # 21398
Fridays, 11:00 - 12:10 a.m. + 2 hours arranged per week working in the O.C.C. Public
Aquarium. 1 unit. Professor Dennis Kelly
Course Description: This is a full credit class offered through the O.C.C. Marine Science
Department to students interested in setting up a home aquarium, aquarium science, fish,
shellfish, aquarium management, and careers in the aquarium field. This class gives students
the opportunity to work in a public aquarium with live marine organisms, as they learn the
techniques for collecting organisms; maintaining them in captivity; feeding; cleaning; repair;
record keeping; animal husbandry methods; disease detection, treatment, and prevention;
water quality asssessment and management; use of state of the art instruments and equipment;
and many other aspects of aquarium science. Students will work with both cool temperate
and warmer tropical water species and systems. Students will learn how to work with others,
collaboratively, to assure that an aquarium is run successfully. There will be reading
assignments, quizzes, writing assignments, field trips, work assignments, and a midterm and
final exam. From experience in this class students can become qualified to in a large public
aquarium as an aquarium assistant or successfully set up, care for, and maintain persona home
or private aquariums. In addition to the above, some students go on to work for one of the
several aquarium service companies or tropical fish stores in Orange County.
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