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Oceanographic Research

"The Oceans" Curriculum

Graduate Opportunities


"The Oceans"

A new curricular track within the Earth Systems Program


Cognates and Core

  • Math 19, 20, 21 or 41, 42 (Calculus)
  • Math 51 (Linear Equations and Multivariable Differential Calculus)
  • Bio 141 (Biostatistics) or GES 160 (Statistical Methods for Earth and Environmental Science) or HOP 174H (Chance in Biology: experimental design and probability)
  • Physics 41 (Mechanics) or HOP 165 (Physics of air and water)
  • Physics 47 (Light and Heat)
  • Chem 31 (Chemical Principles)
  • GES 1 (Fundamentals of Geology) and GES 8 (The Oceans)
  • Bio 51 (Evolution, Genetics, Ecology) or Bio 52 (Biochemistry, Molecular Bio, Cell Bio)
  • Econ 1 (Elementary Economics)
  • CS 106 (Programming Methodology) or CS 138 (Programming in Matlab or Maple)
  • Esys 10 (Introduction to Earth Systems)
  • Esys 110 (Geosphere), 111 (Biosphere), 112 (Anthrosphere)
  • Esys 210 (Senior Seminar)

Track-specific Requirements

  • Physics of the Sea - NEW COURSE
  • Biological Oceanography - NEW COURSE or HOP 163H (Principles of Oceanic Biology)
  • Marine Chemistry - NEW COURSE
  • Remote Sensing of the Oceans - GP235 or GES 196 (GIS)
  • Coastal Ocean Dynamics: A Systems Approach - NEW COURSE

Electives
Requirements for graduation to be determined. Here is a list of possible titles.

  • Methods in Oceanographic Sampling and Data Collection
  • Evolution of the Atmosphere and Ocean
  • Antarctic Marine Geology & Geophysics
  • Paleoceanography
  • Stable Isotope Geochemistry
  • Ecology of Monterey Bay
  • Sedimentary Geology: Depositional Systems
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Environmental Problem Solving
  • Micropaleontology
  • Climate Variability - Ocean Atmosphere Interactions
  • Locomotion (in marine environments)
  • Marine Botany
  • Marine Ecology
  • Marine Conservation Biology
  • Meteorology

Topical Seminars

  • Long-term trends in the California Current
  • The biological pump in coastal systems
  • What limits coastal productivity?
  • Bottom-up versus top-down regulation of ecosystem structure: the marine view
  • Scales of biological variability in the ocean
  • Marine hydrates
  • The Carbon cycle in Monterey Bay

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