see lower left for Banner photo credits

Kent State University Department of Geology

Oceanography GEOL 21080 Section 1 - INTERSESSION 2011 

 
Instructor: Dr. Alison Smith
   Office McGilvrey 219
   Phone 330-672-3709
   Fax 330-672-7949
   Email alisonjs@kent.edu
   Mailbox Dept. of Geology
  (McGilvrey 221)
   
   
Course Num: Geol 21080, Section 001
Lecture: M,T,W,Th,   12:10 to 3:10 pm
Classroom: McGilvrey 240
Office Hours: 9:30-10:30 M,T,W,Th or by appointment
Class Syllabus and Reading Assignments
Grading Policy
Academic Calendar (Summer, 2011)
Accommodation for Students with Special Needs
FAQs About this Course

Rationale and Objectives: 
The ocean comprises about 70% of the Earth's surface area and plays a critical role in the cycling of energy and matter between the Earth's various physical, chemical and biological systems.  Despite this, many people are unaware of how this vast body of water impacts the world around them. 

This course will emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of oceanography by exposing the student to the basic principles of geological, chemical, physical and biological oceanography.  Relationships among these systems and interrelationships between oceans and human populations will be emphasized.  Students should come away from the course with a greater understanding of how the sea "works" as a system and a more scientific view of the world around them. 

About the course web site:

This web site is maintained by the course instructor and posted on the University's web server.   Click here to email comments about the web site to the instructor.  

Banner Photo Credits, from left to right

A:  Atafu Atoll, Tokelau, Southern Pacific Ocean.  Photo taken by Expedition 18 Crew, NASA/JSC, while onboard the International Space Station

B.  Image 2585 NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection, Photographer Steven Cook, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

C.  Image 2703, NOAA's America's Coastlines Collection, Maine, Mt. Desert Island, Acadia national Park, Photographer Captain A. E. Theberge, NOAA.

D.  Copepod with eggs (Zooplankton) Image fish3260, NOAA's Fisheries Collection, Photographer Matt Wilson/Jay Clark, NOAA NMFS AFSC

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  Color coded model of amplitude of Japan tsunami during the first 24 hours beginning March 11, 2011

 

Credit: NOAA Center forTsunami Research
 

Text: Fundamentals of Oceanography 5th Edition - by K.Sverdrup, A.B. Duxbury & A.C. Duxbury, textbook web site for animations, study guides, practice quizzes, and more - just click on student version on left of screen

You can order this text as an e-book, and save about 1/2 the cost of purchasing the paper version.  You can either download the whole thing to your computer, or simply retain access to the book from any computer with internet capability.  The URL to order the e-book is 

https://create.mcgraw-hill.com/shop/#/catalog/details/?isbn=9781121122314
 
The book title is Fundamentals of Oceanography, Fifth Edition, by Sverdrup, Duxbury & Duxbury and is about $70.)   The ISBN # is  9781121122314.  Also, you can buy a copy in the university bookstore, or used copies online.