Course Description

An introduction to the oceans and the processes that have shaped them, their composition and movement, waves, tides, beaches, interactions with the atmosphere and human exploitation of the non-living resources. Not for credit in the Faculties of Science or Applied Science. No background in Science or Mathematics is required.

UBC Calendar

For a full listing of course offerings please see the UBC calendar description

Learning Goals

under development

Instructors

WINTER 08-09: Phillippe Tortell, Maite Maldonado

DISTANCE EDUCATION 08-09: Leah May Ver

Textbook

WINTER 08-09: (all sections) ISBN 978-0-536-80049-7 Trujillo, A.P. and H.V. Thurman, 2008. Essentials of Oceanography, Custom Edition for the University of British Columbia, Pearson Custom Publishing, 534 pp.

Course Content

WINTER 08-08: http://www.webct.ubc.ca
Enter your student number and PIN, or your netinfo username and password, then select EOSC 314 from the list of courses.

DISTANCE EDUCATION 08-08:
EOSC 314 Vista website (CWL login required)
Distance Education Course Catalog

Lecture Topics

WINTER 07-08:

Lecture	Topic
1	Introduction; the history of ocean exploration
2	The Blue Planet; origin and development of the ocean
3	The shape of the oceans: exploring the sea floor
4	Wandering continents and spreading sea floor
5, 6	Plate tectonics: commotion in the ocean
7, 8	Sediments: the ocean's detritus
9	Water: an anomalous substance
10	Sea water: a salty consomme
11	Air-sea interaction: conditioning the ocean
12, 13	The conveyer belt: thermohaline circulation
14	The atmosphere: winds and Coriolis
15	Ocean circulation: going with the flow
16	El Nino: ocean's impact on world climate
17, 18	Waves: ...each mightier than the last...
19	Tsunamis and storm surges
20, 21	Tides: ebb and flow
22	Coastlines and sea-level change
23	Beaches: rivers of sand
24	Estuaries: meeting of river and sea
25	Review

 

DISTANCE EDUCATION 07-08:
See Distance Education Course Catalog link above.

Labs

There are no labs for this course.