| Course Title: Oceanography |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| 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 |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | CLEV - Cleveland | 002L | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 98 | Enrollment: 94 | Available: 4 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Order on Line... |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Textbooks There is one required text book for this course: Essentials of Oceanography 7th ed. by Garrison. ISBN: 978-0-8400-6155-3. We will be following the text closely and will read it almost in its entirety. Older editions or any other introductory oceanography textbook will probably suffice, but it is your responsibility to compare the books. I will put TWO copies of Garrison on reserve in the library along with a couple of other oceanography texts, and for your reading pleasure I plan to supplement the text on occasion with readings from other books or articles, which I will post on Moodle. |