It took me a year to complete my correspondence course in Marine Studies that I obtained from Lifestyle Learning Direct. I had planned to become a Marine Biologist but I didn't have money to go to a big university so I chose to take an online certificate course instead. This is a good stepping stone to achieving my goal of getting a degree. I am prepared with a background in Marine Studies and hopefully with my course can get some credits when I decide to a real college.
I am so satisfied with my correspondence course so I decided to take it a step further. I enrolled in Marine Studies II so I will have a broader knowledge about marine life. This second course is a follow up to Marine Studies and delves into the more complicated types of marine organisms.
You see, marine life is not only restricted to what is visible to the eyes. There are many organisms in the water that are very minute such as plankton. The coverage of Marine Studies II focuses on the marine organisms that were not thoroughly discussed in the first course. These organisms include protists, Marine plants, Sponges, Cnidarians, Worms, Molluscs, Arthropods, Selected Bony Fish, Non Bony Fish and other marine mammals.
I encountered complicated and hard to pronounce scientific names such as echinoderms (which in plain language is the group of sea urchins, starfish and sea cucumbers). I discovered that sharks, lampreys, rays, and hagfishes were classified as non body fishes.
There are so many interesting facts you will learn when you take up this course. I am looking forward to my career plan. That is to be included in a marine biology expedition that will be featured in shows with the likes of Animal Planet or National Geographic.
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