COURSE SYLLABUS

  The Oceans

Ocea 1, Fall 2007

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The schedule is subject to change as necessary.

Chapters are from Chamberlin and Dickey. 

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  Date
Topic
Chapter
WEEK 1

 

   
   
 
  28-Sep
Introduction to Oceanography
Intro / 1
   
 
 
WEEK 2 1-Oct Beginnings of the Universe, Earth, and Life 2
  3-Oct Global Plate Tectonics 3A
  5-Oct Global Plate Tectonics 3B
       
WEEK 3 8-Oct Marine Provinces 4
  10-Oct Marine Sediments 5
  12-Oct Water and Seawater 6
       
WEEK 4 15-Oct Marine Chemistry 7
  17-Oct Air-Sea Interactions 8
  19-Oct Air-Sea Interactions 8
       
WEEK 5 22-Oct Ocean Currents 9
  24-Oct Ocean Currents 9
  26-Oct Waves and Tides 10
       
WEEK 6 29-Oct Waves and Tides 11
  31-Oct MIDTERM PRACTICE
  2-Nov Beaches and Coasts 15
       
WEEK 7 5-Nov El Niño 8
  7-Nov The Living Ocean 12
  9-Nov

The Living Ocean

12
       
WEEK 8 12-Nov Holiday  
  14-Nov open topic (catch-up)  
  16-Nov Ocean Productivity 13
       
WEEK 9 19-Nov Ocean Productivity 13
  21-Nov Ocean Ecosystems 14
  23-Nov Thanksgiving  
       
WEEK 10 26-Nov Global Warming

15

  28-Nov

Global Warming and Marine Pollution

15
  30-Nov

Harmful Algal Blooms

Slides
       
WEEK 11 3-Dec

Animals of the Ocean

Slides
  5-Dec
Ocean Observatories
Slides
  7-Dec
Review
 
FINALS 10-Dec FINAL EXAM 4:00-7:00 PM  

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