Proposal Curriculum for BS Oceanography (revised 10-17-08)
CORE: (23-25 hours)
OCN/GLY 150: Intro. Oceanography (3)
OCN/GLY 251: Introduction to Oceanographic Methods (3, two lecture and 2-3 lab); new course
OCN/GLY 350: Advanced Oceanography (3)
OCN 490: Applied Oceanography, Senior Project (3), new course
OCN 495: Senior seminar; new course
Total: 13-15 hrs
Three of the following four: (10-11 hrs.)
BIO 362: Marine Biology
CHM 475: Chemical Oceanography
GLY 450: Geological Oceanography
PHY 475: Physical Oceanography
COLLATERALS: (26-28 hours)
BIO 202: Principles of Biology: Biodiversity
CHM 101, 102: General Chemistry
MAT 151, 152 Basic Calculus; or MAT 161, 162 Calculus with analytic geometry
PHY 101, 102 Elementary College Physics; or 201, 202 General Physics
Total minimum hours for core and collaterals: 49-51
ELECTIVES:
Minimum of 18 hrs electives from at least 3 disciplines, 10 hours above the 299 level:
Total minimum for degree requirements is 67-69 hours
Possible Electives:
BIO
201: Principles of Biology I
366: Ecology
CHM
211, 212: Organic Chemistry
235: Quantitative Analysis
235L: Quantitative Analysis Lab
312: Advanced Techniques of Organic Chemistry
321: Physical Chemistry
365: Biochemistry
377: Environmental Chemistry
377L: Environmental Chemistry Lab
435: Analytical Chemistry
445: Inorganic Chemistry
474/574: Aquatic Chemistry
ECN
330: Natural Resource Economics
EVS
195: Introduction to EVS
380: Undersea Science and Technology
479: Introduction to Research Diving
GGY
230: Weather and Climate
333: Applied Climatology
328: Introduction to GIS
422: Remote Sensing in Environmental Analysis
424: Advanced GIS
426: Environmental GIS
433: Weather Analysis and Forecasting
GLY
150L: Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory
250: Oceans and Coasts
420: Global Climate Change
458: Introduction to Coastal Management
465: Geophysics
472: Geochemistry
473: Isotope Geochemistry
510: Sedimentary Environments
551: Seafloor Mapping
552: Coastal Sedimentary Environments
555: Coastal Sediment Dynamics
557: Coastal Wetlands (new course)
OCN
480: Special Topics in Oceanography
491: Directed Individual Study
498: Internship in Oceanography
499: Honors in Oceanography
PHY
XXX Fluid Dynamics, new class
XXX Methods in Marine Physics, new class
XXX Ocean Circulation, new class
STT
215: Introduction to Statistics
Other
Appropriate 280, 480, and 491 courses in CHM, EVS, GGY, GLY, or PHY can be applied as
electives with the approval of the program director and the department chair (G&G).