Course Outline

Science, Technology, and Public Affairs 35

Society and the Sea

Fall Quarter: Sept. 22 to Dec. 9, 2005

Time and place: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30-10:50 am, Warren Lecture Hall 2111

Course Code: Section ID 541763

Instructor: Carl H. Gibson, Professor of Engineering Physics and Oceanography, 575 EBII, 534-3184, cgibson@ucsd.edu, http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~ir118. Office hours after class.

Teaching Assistant: Ashley Medin, SIO Geophysics, 3206 Revelle, amedin@ucsd.edu. Course questions to Pam Clark, 534-3311.

Textbook: M. Grant and Elizabeth Gross, Oceanography: A View of Earth, 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1996, available in the bookstore, 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. 18 and Nov. 8 count 20% each. Study questions at the end of each chapter and your term project notes should be kept in a notebook (due Nov. 29) 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 Nov. 29 (oral reports Nov. 29, Dec. 1). The final exam is in WLH 2111, 8-11 am on Thursday, Dec. 8, and counts 35%.

Schedule:

Week	Date (Tues.,Thurs.)	Read Chapter	Do Study Questions (all at end of Chapter)
1	Sept. 22,27,29	1,2: Appendices	1, 2
2	Oct. 4,6	3, 4	3, 4
3	11,13	5,6	5,6
4	18 Exam 1, 20	7	7
5	25,27	8,9	8,9
6	Nov.1,3	10,11	10,11
7	8 Exam 2, 10	12	12
8	15,17	13,14	13,14
9	22, Thanksgiving	15	15
10	29, Dec. 1	Term Project Due	Notebook Due
11	Thurs., Dec. 8, Final Exam