Hi Scuba_dog,
have you talked with professors doing interesting research? Most of them will be quite happy to explain you what the requirements are. It's not unusual to have people participating part-time/on a voluntary basis in a lab. You might be able to the theoretical coursework by yourself and the practicals over a holiday. Ecology, conservation policy, survey methodology,... could be taken in a general biology curriculum and then applied to the marine ecosystem.
have you talked with professors doing interesting research? Most of them will be quite happy to explain you what the requirements are. It's not unusual to have people participating part-time/on a voluntary basis in a lab. You might be able to the theoretical coursework by yourself and the practicals over a holiday. Ecology, conservation policy, survey methodology,... could be taken in a general biology curriculum and then applied to the marine ecosystem.