COURSE SYLLABUS

  The Marine Environment

Ocea 101, Winter 2007

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  Date
Topic
 Chapter
WEEK 1

1-Jan

    
  3-Jan
 
  5-Jan
Introduction/History of Oceanography
Intro / 1
   
 		  
WEEK 2 8-Jan History of Oceanography 1
  10-Jan Beginnings of the Universe, Earth, and Life 2
  12-Jan Global Plate Tectonics 3
       
WEEK 3 15-Jan Martin Luther King Day  
  17-Jan Global Plate Tectonics (cont) 3
  19-Jan Marine Provinces 4
       
WEEK 4 22-Jan Marine Sediments 4
  24-Jan Chemistry of Sea Water 5-6
  26-Jan Chemistry of Sea Water (cont) 5-6
       
WEEK 5 29-Jan Air-Sea Interactions 7
  31-Jan Review  
  2-Feb EXAM #1 1-6
       
WEEK 6 5-Feb Ocean Circulation/Currents 8
  7-Feb Surface Currents 9
  9-Feb Waves/Tides 10-11
       
WEEK 7 12-Feb The Shore 12
  14-Feb The Living Ocean 14
  16-Feb

Productivity and Biology

15
       
WEEK 8 19-Feb President's Day  
  21-Feb Review for Exam #2 7-12
  23-Feb EXAM #2 --
       
WEEK 9 26-Feb Plankton 16
  28-Feb Harmful Algae 16
  2-Mar Nekton 17
       
WEEK 10 5-Mar The Benthos

18
  7-Mar

Marine Issues

13
  9-Mar

Global Warming

13
       
WEEK 11 12-Mar

Catch up and review

 13-18
  14-Mar
Final Presentations
 
       
FINALS 22-Mar FINAL EXAM 8:00-11:00 AM  

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