Wk	Topic	Required Reading
1	A World Ocean Perspective	Foreword, p xi-xii; About the Authors, p xxi
	The Science of Oceanography	Chapter 1, pp 3-5
	Spatial Scales & Beaches	Inside front cover; Chapter 1, p 5; Chapter 4, Table 4.1; Chapter 5, Figure 5-9; Chapter 6, Fig 6-2; Chapter 10, pp 206-207
	Temporal Scales & Waves	Inside front cover ; Chapter 1, p 5; Chapter 2, pp 13-14, Fig 2-2; Chapter 10, p 194; Fig 10-5, 10-6
	EXAM ONE & ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE 1155PM, THU, 6/25
2	Plate Tectonics	Chapter 3, pp 36-39; Figs 3-4, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11
	Reading Maps & Mapping the Seafloor	Inside back cover, Appendix 5,; Chapter 4, pp 51-56; Figs 4-1,4-3, 4-5,4-6, 4-7
	Provinces of the Seafloor	Chapter 4: 57-63, Table 4.1, Figs 4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-15, 4-22, 4-23 Inside back cover
	The Hydrologic Cycle	Chapter 5, p 79-82, Fig 5-10, 5-11, 5-13; Chapter 6, pp 94-95, Fig 6-5, Table 6.1
	Salinity	Chapter 6: pp 95-100, Figs 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12
	EXAM TWO & ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE 1155PM, THU 7/2
3	Temperature	Chapter 7: pp 113-118, Tables 7.1, 7.2, Figs 7-1, 7-3, 7-4,7-5, 7-6, 7-7
	Latent Heat	Chapter 7, pp 118-122; Fig 7-8, 7-10, 7-11
	Pressure & Density	Chapter 7, pp 122-126; Figs 7-12,7-14,7-15,7-18
	Earth's Seasons	Chapter 7, pp 127-128; Figs 7-22, 7-23
	The Seasonal Thermocline - WATCH YOUTUBE LECTURE	Chapter 7, p 128; Figs 7-24, 7-25; Chapter 8, pp 151-153, Figs 8-21,8-22,8-23,8-24,8-25,8-26
	Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together ONLINE - SEE IMPORTANT NEWS	Chapter 1, pp 5-7, incl. Table 1.2; Fig. 2-19; Spotlight 5.1; Chapter 6, pp102-106; Chapter 7, pp 131-133; Spotlight 7.2; Chapter 11, p 230-231; Chapter 12, pp258-259; Chapter 13, 280-281
	The Air-Sea Interface	Chapter 8, pp 139-145, Figs 8-1, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-11, Table 8.2
	Climate Change	Chapter 8, pp 154-159; Spotlight 8.1, Figs 8-29, 8-30, 8-31, 8-32,8-33
	EXAM THREE & ASSIGNMENT THREE DUE 1155PM, THU 7/9
4	Coriolis, Pressure, & Winds	Chapter 8, pp 146-148, Figs 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-16, Table 8.3
	Global Atmospheric Circulation	Chapter 8, pp 148-149, Figs 8-17,8-18,8-19
	Ocean Gyres & Ekman Transport	Chapter 4, Fig 4-4; 9, pp 165-171, Figs 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11,Table 9.1
	Surface Circulation	Chapter 9, pp 172-177; Fig 9-12, 9-17, 9-18, 9-19
	Deep Circulation	Chapter 9: pp 178-181, Figs 9-20, 9-21, 9-24, 9-25, Table 9.3
	EXAM FOUR & ASSIGNMENT FOUR DUE 1155PM THU 7/16
5	Plankton	Chapter 12, pp 246-251; Chapter 13, pp 271-273; Table 13.2, 13.3
	Primary Productivity	Chapter 13, pp 273-274; Figs 13-2,13-4, 13-6; Table 13.1
	Controls on Primary Productivity	Chapter 6, Figs 6-3, 6-13; Chapter 7, pp128-130, Figs 7-26,7-27,7-28,7-29; Chapter 13, pp 274-278, Figs 13-9, 13-10, Table 13.4
	Seasonal Cycle of Primary Productivity	Chapter 13, pp 278-279, Fig 13-12, 13-14
	Food Webs and Upwelling & Ice-Edge Ecosystems	Chapter 14, pp 289-298; Figs 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12
	Human Impacts	Chapter 14, pp 301-306, Figs 14-16, 14-17, 14-18, 14-20, Spotlight 14.1, 14.2; Chapter 15, pp 329-331, Figs 15-21, Spotlight 15.1
	EXAM FIVE & ASSIGNMENT FIVE DUE 1155PM, THU 7/23
	LAST DAY OF CLASSES 7/23

*If you are reading at a 10th grade level, have a good foundation in pre-algebra math, and have good basic skills in reading and technology, you may expect to spend a minimum of 98 hours on this course. This includes time that you would otherwise spend in a classroom, i., roughly 48 hours in class over the semester. Students are additionally expected to spend two hours per unit per week studying outside of class, 6 hours per week for a 3-unit course, or an additional 96 hours. Theoretically, you should spend ~150 hours on this course. Thus, depending on your motivation, level of preparation, degree of organization, focus, and commitment, you will need to set aside 98-150 hours in your schedule for the 4.5 weeks of the semester.

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