Description of all Oceanography courses can be viewed at: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/courses.html

GES foundation course descriptions

OCN 100 Global Environmental Science Seminar (1 cr) - Seminar course to introduce new GES majors to the research interests of GES faculty and the research facilities available within SOEST.

OCN 310 Global Environmental Change (3 crs) - Global Environmental change problems such as carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect, acid rain, chlorofuorocarbons and the ozone layer, global deforestation and the effect on climate, etc. Pre: one environmentally oriented science course or consent. (Cross-listed with MET 310)

OCN 310L Global Environmental Change Laboratory (2 crs) - Two hour laboratory course to supplement OCN 310.  Quantitative aspects of global environmental change will be addressed through problem-solving and computer modeling. Pre: MATH 242, PHYS 170L, CHEM 161/161L, and OCN/MET/OEST 310, or consent. Fall only. (Cross-listed as MET 310L and OEST 310L)

OCN 320 Aquatic Pollution (3 crs) - Pollution of freshwater and marine systems by human activities.  Causes, consequences, and correctives. Pre: OCN 201 or consent.

OCN 363 Earth Systems Science Databases (3 crs) - Combined lecture, discussion and laboratory course on global earth system databases and satellite instrumentation, including computer laboratory. Pre: OCN 310, 310L, and MATH 244, or consent.

OCN 401 Biogeochemical systems (3 crs) - Relationship of biogeochemical cycles in the atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere to global chemical cycles and planetary climatic conditions. Pre: OCN 201, OCN/MET/OEST 310/310L, CHEM 162/162L, GG 101/101L, MATH 241, MATH 243 & 245A, MATH 373 (or ECON 321), MET 200, PHYS 170/170L, and PHYS 272/272L, or consent. Fall only.

GEOG 410 Human Role in Environmental Change (3 crs) - Human impacts through time on vegetation, animals, landforms, soils, climate, and atmosphere.  Special reference to Asian/Pacific region.  Implications of long-term environmental change for human habitability. Pre: BIOL 101 or BIOL 123 or GEOG 101, BIOL 310 or GEOG 326, or consent. (Cross-listed with BIOL 410)

GEOG 411 Paleoenviromental Change (3 crs) - Past, present, and potential future effects of global environmental change upon humanity; anthropogenic causes and catalysts; past, current, and potential human responses and policy options. Pre: GEOG 101 or consent.

Global Environmental Science Program
Department of Oceanography
Last modified: January 2013