Welcome to STPA 35, Society and the Sea, Summer I, 2011
Classes are 11am-1:50pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in HSS 1315.
The course TA is: TBA
The class
list 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. Get a voucher at the education office at the end of the building to the left, south, of the bookstore, and 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
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 1a.
Captain Cook was a key figure in pioneering methods of navigation and survival for long sea voyages.
2. Lectures Week 1b cover plate tektonics and seawater properties.
3. Lectures Week 2a cover ocean sediments and the earth's atmosphere.
4. Lectures Week 2b. Exam 1 is Thursday 25 October 2007 (Bring green scantron, form #882-E).
5. Lectures Week 3a. Ocean
currents and ocean waves this week.
6. Lectures Week 3b.
7. Lectures Week 4a.
8. Lectures Week 4b.
9. Lectures Week 5a.
10. Oral Lectures Week 5b.
11. Final Exam (July 30, 2011, 11:30 to 2:29 HSS 1315).
Have a look at the Final Exam from STPA 35 in Fall 2001.
Grades:
Exam 1
Exam 2
Final Grades.