DATE
LECTURE  and LAB TOPIC
ASSIGNED CHAPTER
READINGS

BACKGROUND
Jan. 6 (Tue.) Course Introduction and History of Oceanography
Chapter 2
Jan. 8 (Thur.) History and Methods of Oceanography
Chapter 2

Week One Discussion- Introduction
Jan. 13 (Tue.) History of Oceanography
 Chapter 2
Jan. 15 (Thur.) Origins of Earth and Oceans
 Chapter 1 (pp. 1-5 and lecture only)

Week Two Discussion- Mapping
Appendix III, IV

MARINE GEOLOGY
Jan. 20 (Tue.) Plate Tectonics
Chapter 3
Jan. 22 (Thur.) Plate Tectonics
 Chapter 3

Week Three Discussion- Bathymetry
Jan. 27 (Tue.) Plate Tectonics
Chapter 3
Jan. 29 (Thur.) Physiology of the seafloor
Chapter 4

Week Four Discussion: Tectonics
Feb. 3  (Tue.) Physiology of the seafloor
Chapter 4
Feb. 5 (Thur.) Sediments
 Chapter 5

Week Five Discussion: Tectonics

MARINE CHEMISTRY
Feb. 10 (Tue.) Water Chemistry
Chapter 6
Feb. 12 (Thur.) Exam 1: Chapters 1-5
 

Week Six Discussion: Sediments

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Feb. 17 (Tue.) Atmospheric Circulation
Chapter 7
Feb. 19 (Thur.) Atmospheric Circulation
 Chapter 7

Week Seven Discussion: Water Chemistry
Feb. 24 (Tue.) Surface Ocean Circulation
Chapter 8
Feb. 26 (Thur.) Surface Ocean Circulation
Chapter 8

Week Eight Discussion: Atmosphere Circulation
March 03 (Tue.) Surface Ocean Circulation and start Deep Ocean Circulation
Chapter 8
March 05 (Thur.) Deep Ocean Circulation
Chapter 8

Week Nine Discussion: Ocean Circulation
March 7-15  Spring Break
 
March 17 (Tue.) Waves
 Chapter 9
March 19 (Thur.) Exam 2: Chapters 6-8
 

Week Ten Discussion: Waves
March 24 (Tue.) Waves  Chapter 9
March 26 (Thur) Coasts and Beaches
Chapter 11

Week Eleven Discussion: Coasts and Beaches

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
March 31 (Tue.) Life in the Ocean
 Chapter 12
April 02 (Thur.) Life in the Ocean
 Chapter 12

Week Twelve Discussion: Biological Oceanography
April 07 (Tue.) Life in the Ocean
 Chapter 12
April 09 (Thur.) Pelagic Communities
Chapter 13

Week Thirteen Discussion: Biological Oceanography
April 14 (Tue.) Pelagic Communities
Chapter 13
April 16 (Thur.) Pelagic Communities
 Chapter 13

Week Fourteen Discussion: Usea and Abuses
Chapter 15
April 21 (Tue.) Exam 3: Chapters 9, 11-13.