CLASS SCHEDULE (01/11:628:200) Fall 2003
Tuesday and Thursday, Period 5 (2:50-4:10) Friday, Period 4 (1:10-2:30) Hickman 214 (except where noted) T Sept 2 Course mechanics. History. Film S. Glenn J. Grassle Th Sept 4 The water planet S. Glenn F Sept 5 Structure of the oceans S. Glenn T Sept 9 The ocean and atmosphere S. Glenn Th Sept 11 Currents J. Miller F Sept 12 Waves S. Glenn T Sept 16 Tides S. Glenn Th Sept 18 Gulf Stream movie/review S. Glenn F Sept 19 Hand in Writing 1/Discussion Pick up Reading 2 NOTE: Meet Mar. Cstl. Sci. in room indicated on Reading Faculty T Sept 23 EXAMINATION (Sept 3-19) Th Sept 25 Plate tectonics L. Sikes F Sept 26 Paleooceanography Y. Rosenthal T Sept 30 Hand in Writing 2 and Discussion NOTE: Meet Mar. Cstl. Sci. in room indicated on Reading Faculty Th Oct 2 Ocean sediments/sediment chemistry/sound L. Sikes F Oct 3 Water properties/dissolved salts/residence time L. Sikes T Oct 7 Rivers to the sea/hydrological cycle/particles/pollution R. Sherrell Th Oct 9 Paper/Library Session NOTE: Meet in Chang Library, Foran Hall R. Gardner J. Grassle F Oct 10 Open ocean chemistry/hydrothermal vents R. Sherrell T Oct 14 Estuaries/coastal ocean/productivity/organic matter L. Sikes Th Oct 16 Primary production, respiration and nutrients O. Schofield F Oct 17 Demonstration - Chemical Sampling & Field Oceanography NOTE: Alampi Room, Marine & Coastal Sciences L. Sikes T Oct 21 Global CO2 and greenhouse effects J. Francis Th Oct 23 EXAMINATION (Sept. 25 - Oct 17, not Oct. 21) F Oct 24 Light and photosynthesis in the ocean O. Schofield T Oct 28 Plankton/pelagic food webs O. Schofield Th Oct 30 Marine ecosystems/food webs/bacteria O. Schofield F Oct 31 Marine ecosystems/eutrophication/toxic algal blooms O. Schofield T Nov 4 Life on rocky shorelines G. Taghon Th Nov 6 Life in sand and mud Term Paper Approval Deadline G. Taghon F Nov 7 Human impacts on seafloor life G. Taghon T Nov 11 Biology/Sedimentology demonstrations NOTE: Alampi Room, Marine & Coastal Sciences G. Taghon J. Pace Th Nov 13 Marine mammals NOTE: Alampi Room, Marine & Coastal Sciences A. Hohn F Nov 14 EXAMINATION (Oct. 25-Nov. 12, not Nov. 14) T Nov 18 Marine biodiversity F. Grassle Th Nov 20 Fish K. Able F Nov 21 Fisheries K. Able T Nov 25 Deep sea F. Grassle W Nov 26 FILM J. Grassle T Dec 2 Coral reefs Last day for approval of term paper draft F. Grassle Th Dec 4 Coastal geology I K. Nordstrom F Dec 5 Coastal geology II K. Nordstrom T Dec 9 Marine policy/Careers in marine sciences NOTE: Alampi Room, Marine & Coastal Sciences F. Grassle J. Grassle S. Glenn C. Fuller J. McDonnell W Dec 10 TERM PAPERS DUE F Dec 15 FINAL EXAMINATION - 12:00 - 3:00 PM