Nov 21, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

OCY 1043 - Oceans

3 Credit Hour(s)
An introductory oceanography course designed for non-science majors. Students will become acquainted with basic concepts in the areas of Geological Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, and Biological Oceanography. Students will earn about coastal processes, water properties, seafloor topography, circulation patterns, and marine organisms. An emphasis will be on the interdisciplinary nature of oceanography. A companion laboratory (OCY 1041 ) is available for students who are required to take laboratory courses in order to meet graduation requirements. This course counts as a General Education Physical Science Course.

Availability: WPB: Spring, Summer (optional)


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