SURVEY OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the processes that created the ocean basins. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the formation of seafloor features and landforms. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the major physical processes within the ocean. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe ocean chemistry and processes of nutrient cycling. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the major surface and deep currents in the oceans and explaintheir causes and locations. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the major distribution, abundance, and production of marinespecies within the ocean. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Explain how physical and chemical factors in the ocean affect the climate inthe past, present, and future. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the processes that created the ocean basins. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the formation of seafloor features and landforms. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the major physical processes within the ocean. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe ocean chemistry and processes of nutrient cycling. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the major surface and deep currents in the oceans and explaintheir causes and locations. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the major distribution, abundance, and production of marinespecies within the ocean. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Explain how physical and chemical factors in the ocean affect the climate inthe past, present, and future. Audience: Undergraduate