Section Info: GEOL-103-01

Course Title: Oceanography

Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020

Term: Spring Semester 2020

Description: Because more than seventy percent of our planet is covered by oceans, the study of marine systems is crucial to our understanding of Earth History and life on the planet. We will examine chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes in the oceans at a variety of scales in time and space. We will explore how the Earth's oceans formed, how they provided the foundations for life, and how they continue to affect weather and climate, stabilize global chemical cycles, erode coastlines and provide access to resources. We will conclude the semester with a discussion of the human impact on the ocean environment including sea level rise, acidification, coral bleaching and over-fishing.

Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Alan Werner	413-538-2134	awerner@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020	Lecture	Monday and Wednesday	09:30AM - 10:45AM	CLAP - Clapp Laboratory	306	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
None

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Course Availability
Section status: Open	Capacity: 48	Enrollment: 43	Available: 5	Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science, 9th Edition Author: Garrison, Tom Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781305105164 Publisher: Cengage	Required	80.00

Additional Book Comments

This is the complete book list for this class.

Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookstore

Instructor's comments about the book list: I will teach from this textbook, but any introductory Oceanography textbook is *mostly* adequit. It is the students responsibility to figure-out any shortcomings that may exist.