- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, VIMS is equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- VIMS celebrates 50 years of shark research, a milestone for marine conservation.
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- Batten School
- Research published in Nature Communications by Ph.D. student Mary Bryan Barksdale shows coastal landscapes are at risk of a diminished, fleeting blue carbon stock.
  
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- Engage
- Marine Science Day 2024 drew 2,000+ with educational exhibits and hands-on activities for all ages.
  
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- News & Events
- A new report by VIMS emphasizes a collaborative approach to mitigating sudden oyster mortality syndrome.
  
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- Giving
- Lifetimes dedicated to environmental science inspired Fu-Lin Chu Ph.D. '82, P '97, P '12 and William Chu P '97, P '12 to create a fellowship for graduate students in the School of Marine Science.
  
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Courses

MS560: Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (FALL, 3 credits). An introduction to ecotoxicology as a science with consideration also of technical and regulatory themes. Topics are discussed from the molecular to biospheric scale with emphasis being placed on scientific, not regulatory, issues.

MS640: Quantitative Ecotoxicology (SPRING, 4 credits). Essential ecotoxicological principles and quantitative methods for the analysis of ecotoxicological data. Laboratory exercises will include method applications with PC-based software. Emphasis will be placed on the scientific and statistical soundness of techniques.