ENVI 104
Oceanography Spring 2021
Division III
Cross-listed ENVI 104 / MAST 104 / GEOS 104 / ENVI 104 / GEOS 104 / MAST 104 / MAST 104 / ENVI 104 / GEOS 104
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The oceans cover three quarters of Earth’s surface, yet oceanography as a modern science is relatively young: the first systematic explorations of the geology, biology, physics and chemistry of the oceans began in the late 19th century. This introduction to ocean science includes the creation and destruction of ocean basins with plate tectonics; the source and transport of seafloor sediments and the archive of Earth history they contain; currents, tides, and waves; photosynthesis and the transfer of energy and matter in ocean food webs; the composition and origin of seawater, and how its chemistry traces biological, physical and geological processes; oceans and climate change; and human impacts. This course is in the Oceans and Climates group for the Geosciences major.
The Class: Format: lecture/laboratory; Remote lectures, students attend a 2-hour lab every other week. Lab meetings will be a mixture of remote, and in-person/hybrid formats. If public health conditions allow, there may be a field trip.
Limit: 48
Expected: 48
Class#: 5083
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: two midterm exams, homework, lab work, and a final exam
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: first year and second year students, Geosciences majors, Maritime Studies concentrators
Distributions: Division III
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENVI 104 Division III MAST 104 Division III GEOS 104 Division III ENVI 104 Division III GEOS 104 Division III MAST 104 Division III MAST 104 Division III ENVI 104 Division III GEOS 104 Division III
Attributes: ENVI Natural World Electives
EXPE Experiential Education Courses
GEOS Group A Electives - Climate + Oceans

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