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The Sea: An Introduction to
Oceanography
Instructor:
Professor Charles H. Greene
Lecture Section #1: 3 credit hours (Lecture only)
Lecture Section #2: 4 credit hours (Lecture & Lab)
Lectures: T, Th: 11:40-12:55 305 Ives Hall
Labs: M, W 2:00-4:25 M 7:30-9:55 1146 Snee Hall
The Sea: An Introduction to
Oceanography
4-credit option:
3-credit option:
Grading:
Lecture (3 Prelims, Final): 70%
Laboratory: 30%
Lecture 3 Prelims, Final: 100%
*No make-up exams will be given; the 2 lowest of the 4 exam scores
will be dropped.
The Sea: An Introduction to
Oceanography
COURSE GOAL:
Teach you about
oceanography in a way that
is relevant to your everyday
lives whether you are a
science major or a nonscience major.
What’s wrong
with
this slide?
That’s more
like it!
Now we can
see the whole world
from space
and not
leave as
much to the
imagination.
Geography of the Sea
Bays, Gulfs, Oceans, and Seas
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Arabian Sea
Baltic Sea
Bering Sea
Black Sea
Caribbean Sea
Chesapeake Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Indian Ocean
Labrador Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Southern Ocean
Topographic Features
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Aleutian Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Indonesia
Mariana Trench
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Peru-Chile Trench
Straits of Gibraltar
West Indies
Currents
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California Current
Gulf Stream
Indian Ocean Monsoon Current System
Labrador Current
Pacific North Equatorial Current
Pacific Equatorial Countercurrent
OCEANOGRAPHY
Science and Exploration
Arctic
Ocean
Southern
Ocean
North
Atlantic
Ocean
Summer Session in the
Gulf of Maine:
Cornell University’s
Shoals Marine Laboratory
Undergraduate Specialization
in
Marine Biology
 Biological
Sciences majors in the Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology program of study have the option
of specializing their program of study in the area of
Marine Biology. This specialization is intended for
students with interests in understanding the unique
aspects of organismal biology in the marine environment.
Undergraduate Specialization
in
Ocean Sciences
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Science of Earth Systems majors have the option of
specializing their program of study in the area of ocean
sciences. This interdisciplinary specialization is
intended for students with interests in understanding the
interaction of biological, chemical, geological, and
physical processes in ocean systems.
Ocean Science Courses
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EAS 104: The Sea: Introduction to Oceanography
EAS 349: Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems
EAS 350: Marine Ecosystems Field Course
BIOSM 418: Tropical Marine Science
EAS 462: Marine Ecological Processes
EAS 475: Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing
in Biological Oceanography
Summer Session in Mexico
BIOSM 418:
Tropical Marine Science
North
Pacific
Ocean
Spring Semester in Hawaii
EAS 350:
Marine Ecosystems
Field Course