Welcome to STPA 35, Society and the Sea, Fall 2007
Classes are 9:30-10:50 on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Warren Lecture Hall 2204.
fires modified Course outline (html)
The course TA is: Justin McCullough jsmccull@ucsd.edu . Justin has office hours Mondays 12:45-2:45 in Galbraith Hall 173C.
SIO Director Tony Haymet agreed to give the lecture October 2, 2007 (but got tied up at the last minute). Instead, Justin McCullough will meet the class Oct. 2 (while I'm in London) for a discussion of global warming and Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth". A copy of the film in DVD form is on reserve in the library for STPA 35. Adam Young of the Center for Coastal Research at SIO will meet the class October 4 to discuss "Coping with California's Coastal Erosion". Former SIO Director Charlie Kennel has offered to give a guest lecture about the Pew Oceans Commission results and "Ocean Blues" on Thursday, October 18, so please be sure to attend.
Responding to Global Warming skeptics.
Walter Munk's 90th birthday party is Friday, October 19, 2007, Sumner Auditorium. Check out his biography.
The class
list (revised to include waitlisted students) has been given to the educational office of the Birch Aquarium (entrance at light to west from Torrey
Pines southwest of campus) . As a member of STPA 35 you can visit
free all quarter at any time. Bring a picture ID.
Please write a clear, scientific
report of your term project. Try not to exceed about 10 pages.
A Hypertext
Writing Guide given by M. Plonsky, PhD, of the University
of Wisconsin, Stevens Point may be helpful. The written report and homework are due either December 4 or 5, depending on when you present your oral report. The schedule of presentations is here.
SIO scientists and Al Gore included in Nobel Peace Prize for work on global warming.
Practice
Exam 1 for November 1 ,
2007 (Bring green scantron, form #882-E). Exam delayed a week due to fires. Grades Exam 1. Projects in progress.
Practice
Exam 2 for November 15,
2007 (Bring green scantron, form #882-E). Grades Exam 2.
Some oceanographic websites:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography- SIO.
Schedule for previous year (similar this year):
1. The origins
of oceanography, Earth and its ocean, Appendices (Conversion factors,
Useful data about Earth and its ocean, Presenting data, Careers
in oceanography, Classification of marine organisms, People in
oceanography, Geological time scale, Glossary). Lectures
Week 1.
Captain Cook was a key figure in pioneering methods of navigation and survival for long sea voyages.
2. Lectures Week 2 cover plate tektonics and seawater properties.
3. Lectures Week 3 cover ocean sediments and the earth's atmosphere.
4. Lectures Week 4. Exam 1 is Thursday 25 October 2007 (Bring green scantron, form #882-E).
5. Lectures Week 5. Ocean
currents and ocean waves this week.
6. Lectures Week 6. (plus review questions Exam 2)
7. Lectures Week 7. Exam 2 Thursday, Nov. 15 (bring #882-E scantron form, #2 pencil, 1 page abstract of your term project).
8. Lectures Week 8. Chapters 13 and 14.
9. Lectures Week 9.
10. Oral presentations of term project talks all this week. Lectures Week 10.
11. Final Exam (Thursday, December 13, 2007, 8-11am, WLH 2204).
Have a look at the Final Exam from STPA 35 in Fall 2001. (Bring green scantron, form #882-E).
Grades: