MSCI 5201 - General Oceanography

Credits: 4
Graduate level survey of the major disciplines of marine science including physics, geology, chemistry and biology. Emphasis will be placed on global scale processes including forces driving major ocean currents, tectonic activity, equilibrium chemistry, chemical and biological processes involved in nutrient cycling, and the determinants and effects of global climate change on major ocean processes.

Prerequisite(s): Calculus I, Physics, Chemistry or Biology