History of the Marine Sciences

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course, traces the history of marine sciences from the antiquity to the 20th century. Topics may include ancient cosmologies, voyages of discovery, ocean circulation, and a range of scientific perspectives and technological developments that have shaped the human understanding of the oceans. CROSSLISTED: HIST 3073.03, BIOL 4664.03, MARI 4664.03, OCEA 4331.03/5331.03, SCIE 4001.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar