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GEOSCIENCES 212 - INTRO TO OCEANOGRAPHY

SPRING 2008 - SCHEDULE

Month Day Subject Homework
  Jan. 17
1: Intro to course and ocean basins   
  22 2: Spreading centers & ocean basin history
  24 3: Hot spots & subduction zones HW1 out
world map
 
29
4: Volcanoes

  31
5: Transform faults & earthquakes
Get-to-know-you due at 5:00 PM in GS 208/529
HW1 due
HW2 out
   Feb.
5
6: Ocean history & sediment cycle
  
7
7: Sediments on the seafloor HW2 due
HW3 out

12
8: Seawater chemistry
  14
9: Gases in seawater
 HW3 due

18
Review Session (PAS 201), 6:30-8:00 PM
(optional Exam #1 @ 8:00 PM)


19
10: Sunlight, color, & temperature

19
Review Session (BioEast 100), 6:30-8:00 PM
(optional Exam #1 @ 8:00 PM)

  21 EXAM #1  
 
26
11: Earth's Atmosphere

 
28
12: Climate, surface currents, heat transport
Make-up for Exam #1 @ 12:30 in GS 531
  HW4 out
  Mar. 4
13: Wind & waves

 
6
14: Waves & Surfing HW4 due
HW5 out

11
15: Coastal currents & Density currents

13
16: Density currents & El Nino HW5 due
HW6 out
  17-21
   Spring Break

 
25
17: El Nino & hurricanes


27
18: Tides & tsunami HW6 due
  Apr.
1
19: Tides & Global warming

  1 Review Session (BioEast 100), 6:30-8:00 PM
(optional Exam #2 @ 8:00 PM)

   
2
Review Session (PAS 201), 6:30-8:00 PM
(optional Exam #2 @ 8:00 PM)
 
  3 EXAM #2  
 
8
20: Intro to marine life
 
  10
21: Evolution & food webs
Make-up for Exam 2 @ 12:30 in GS 531
HW7 out

15
22: Kelp & mangrove forest community  
  17
23: Coral Reefs & plankton HW7 due
HW8 out

22 24: Open ocean & whales Writing out
  24 25: Dolphins
Research proposals due at 5:00 PM in GS 208/529
HW8 due

  29 26: Deep sea community

 
29
Review Session (BioEast 100), 6:30-8:00 PM
(optional Exam #3 @ 8:00 PM)


30
Review Session (PAS 201), 6:30-8:00 PM
(optional Exam #3 @ 8:00 PM)

  May 1
EXAM #3
 Writing due
  
6
Make-up for Exam #3 (11:00 AM in PAS 201)

13 no final exam!