Course Outline
Science, Technology, and
Public Affairs 35
Society and the Sea
Fall Quarter: Sept. 27 to Dec. 13, 2007
Time
and place: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30-10:50 am, Warren Lecture
Hall 2204
Course
Code: Section ID 599428
Instructor: Carl H. Gibson,
Professor of Engineering Physics and Oceanography, 575 EBII, 534-3184,
cgibson@ucsd.edu, http://sdcc3.ucsd.edu/~ir118. Office hours before and after class.
Teaching Assistant: Justin McCullough (jsmccull@ucsd.edu). Course questions to Pam Clark, 858
534-3311, pclark@ucsd.edu.
Textbook: M. Grant and Elizabeth
Gross, Oceanography: A View of Earth, 7th
Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1996, available in the bookstore and on reserve in main
library.
Course description: Introduction
to the oceans and their relationship to humankind. Selected topics include ocean related science, engineering,
research, economics and international relations (emphasizing countries of the
Pacific rim); living and non-living resources; coastal zone management;
military and social aspects; and the sea in weather and climate.
Grading: Midterm exams given on
Oct. 25 and Nov. 15 count 20% each.
Study questions at the end of each chapter and your term project notes
should be kept in a notebook (due Dec. 4,5) that counts 10%. Questions and term project may be
freely discussed with other students, but copying is not permitted. Your term project, on a selected topic
related to oceanography and societal concerns, counts 15%. A written report is due Dec. 4,5 (oral
reports Dec. 4,5). The final exam
is in Warren Lecture Hall 2204, 9:30 am on Thursday, Dec. 13, and counts
35%.
Schedule:
|
Week |
Date (Tues.,Thurs.) |
Read Chapter |
Do Study Questions (all at end of Chapter) |
|
1 |
Sept. 27,Oct. 2,4 |
1,2: Appendices |
1, 2 |
|
2 |
Oct. 9,11 |
3, 4 |
3, 4 |
|
3 |
16,18 |
5,6 |
5,6 |
|
4 |
23, 25
|
7 |
7 |
|
5 |
30; Exam 1 Nov. 1
|
8,9 |
8,9 |
|
6 |
6,8 |
10,11 |
10,11 |
|
7 |
13; Exam 2, 15
|
12 |
12 |
|
8 |
20, 22 Thanksgiving |
13,14 |
13,14 |
|
9 |
27,29 |
15 |
15 |
|
10 |
Dec. 4,5 |
Term Project Due |
Notebook Due |
|
11 |
Thurs., Dec. 13, Final Exam
|
|
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