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The Sea: An Introduction to Oceanography

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.

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The Sea: An Introduction to Oceanography

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  1. 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

  2. The Sea: An Introduction to Oceanography Grading: 4-credit option: Lecture (3 Prelims, Final): 70% Laboratory: 30% 3-credit option: Lecture 3 Prelims, Final: 100% *No make-up exams will be given; the 2 lowest of the 4 exam scores will be dropped.

  3. 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 non-science major.

  4. What’s wrong with this slide?

  5. That’s more like it!

  6. Now we can see the whole world from space and not leave as much to the imagination.

  7. Bays, Gulfs, Oceans, and Seas 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 Aleutian Islands Hawaiian Islands Indonesia Mariana Trench Mid-Atlantic Ridge Peru-Chile Trench Straits of Gibraltar West Indies Currents California Current Gulf Stream Indian Ocean Monsoon Current System Labrador Current Pacific North Equatorial Current Pacific Equatorial Countercurrent Geography of the Sea

  8. OCEANOGRAPHY Science and Exploration

  9. Arctic Ocean

  10. Southern Ocean

  11. North Atlantic Ocean

  12. Summer Session in the Gulf of Maine: Cornell University’s Shoals Marine Laboratory

  13. 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.

  14. Undergraduate Specialization in Ocean Sciences • 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.

  15. Ocean Science Courses • 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

  16. Summer Session in Mexico BIOSM 418: Tropical Marine Science

  17. North Pacific Ocean

  18. Spring Semester in Hawaii EAS 350: Marine Ecosystems Field Course

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