Introductory Oceanography

Lecture ENVR 111
Lab ENVR 1112
 
Course syllabus  
 Week  Date Lecture Session  Lab Session
 1  2 Sept
1 : The Growth of Oceanography
2: The Planet Oceanus
PP_Lecture 1, Chapter 1 & 2
Ex. 1. Bathymetry - The Shape of the Sea Floor
 2  9 Sept
3: The Origin of Ocean Basins
PP_Lecture 2, Chapter 3
Ex. 3. Sea-Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics
 3  16 Sept
4: Marine Sedimentation
PP_Lecture 3, Chapter 4
Ex. 5. Materials of the Sea Floor
 4  23 Sept.
5: The Properties of Seawater
PP_Lecture 4, Chapter 5
Ex. 7. Temperature and Salinity
 5  30 Sept LECTURE EXAM 1 Lab Quiz 1
 6  7 Oct.
6: Wind and Ocean Circulation
PP Lecture 5, Chapter 6
Quiz: none
Ex. 9. Surface Currents
 7  14 Oct.
7: Waves in the Ocean
PP_Lecture 6, Chapter 7
Quiz 2: Chapter 7
Ex. 11. Waves at Sea
 8  21 Oct
8: Tides
PP_Lecture 7, Chapter 8
Quiz 3: Chapter 8
Ex. 10.
Tides
 9  28 Oct.
11: The Dynamic Shoreline 
PP_Lecture 8, Chapter 11
Quiz 4: Chapter 11
Ex. 12. Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion
 10  4 Nov.  EXAM 2 EXAM 2
 11  11 Nov.
9: Marine Ecology
PP_Lecture 9, Chapter 9
Quiz 5: Chapter 9
Ex. 15. Distribution of Marine Life
 12  18 Nov.
10: Biological Productivity in the Ocean_part I
PP_Lecture 10_Chapter 10_part I
Quiz 6: Chapter 10A
Ex. 18. Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles (Do only questions 2-9).
   25 Nov.  NO CLASSES, THANKSGIVING!  
 13  2 Dec.
10: Biological Productivity in the Ocean_part II
PP_Lecture 11 Chapter 10 part II
Quiz 7: Chapter 10B

Ex. 16. Primary and Secondary Production.

Seminar Presentations

 14  9 Dec.
15: The Human Presence in the Ocean.
PP_Lecture 12_Chapter 15
Quiz 8: Chapter 15

NO LAB.

Seminar Presentations

 15  16 Dec.
EXAM 3 – same time and place as class
 EXAM 3