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Text: Exploring the World Ocean, by W.S. Chamberlin & T.D. Dickey, 2008, McGraw Hill , ISBN #978-0-07-301654-2 (textbook web site) Alternate title for this is the McGraw Hill special printing Oceanography GEOL 21080. The ISBN number is ISBN-13: 9781121206878. This edition has a slightly different table of contents but identical text and figures. |
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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 principals 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. |
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