Please note: not all courses are allowed for all campuses. Courses that have restrictions will be marked with the campus that does not allow it's students to take the course.
Instruction, demonstration and exercises in advanced statistical methods for estimation of population models for management of living natural resources. Principles of statistical inference and process-based model building recognizing uncertainty will...
The course will focus on fishing gear and fish behavior as they related to capture, conservation, management and sustainable utilization of fisheries resources in the United States and around the world.
Fundamentals of geological oceanography and ocean basin formation. Topics covered are the history of ocean floor exploration, the major dynamic processes shaping and characterizing the seafloor from beaches to basins and reefs to estuaries, marine...
Chemical oceanography starting with the basic chemical and physical properties of sea water and going through the major processes shaping chemical distributions in the ocean. A brief review of basic thermodynamics and chemical equilibria precedes a...
Provides a background on the development of fisheries science and examines the theories and techniques of biology, ecology, oceanography, and population dynamics presently employed. Components include fish and shellfish basic population dynamics...
A descriptive treatment of ocean atmosphere interactions, water properties, general wind driven and thermohaline circulation, waves and tides, and coastal processes. Simplified conceptual models demonstrate the important principles.
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial...
Natural Hazards & the Ocean is primarily a descriptive course that is intended to educate students about the roles of the oceans in such natural hazards as hurricanes, earthquakes, global warming, and tsunamis. The course will address student...
