Course
No. |
Course
Title |
Course
Description |
| SIO 141 / CHEM 174 |
Chemical Principles of Marine Systems
(offered Fall 2007) |
This course emphasizes the chemical principles that control basic aqueous chemistry in marine systems. The focus of the course will be to show that the chemistry of the various elements in sea water can be understood as a consequence of basic chemical concepts such as electron structure, chemical bonding, and group and periodic properties. |
| SIO 261 |
Energetics & Kinetics in Marine Chemistry
(last offered Spring 2004) |
This course emphasizes the physical chemical principles that control chemistry in marine systems. It comprises a basic introduction to chemical thermodynamics, with particular emphasis on its application to an understanding of processes occurring in the marine environment, as well as a brief overview of the application of chemical kinetics in marine chemistry. |
| SIO 263 |
Aqueous Chemistry
(offered Fall 2007) |
This course emphasizes the chemical principles that control basic aqueous chemistry in marine systems. The focus of the course will be to show that the chemistry of the various elements in sea water can be understood as a consequence of basic chemical concepts such as electron structure, chemical bonding, and group and periodic properties. (Note, although there is significant overlap with SIO174, this will be more discussion oriented and will assume a greater previous knowledge.) |
| SIO 268 |
Seminar in Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
(last offered Spring 2003) |
The goal of this course is to improve students' technique at preparing and presenting talks. There will be discussions of what makes a talk effective, as well as discussions of how various visual aids add to, or detract from, a presentation. Much of the course will comprise the individual participants giving talks (on a topic of their choice in marine chemistry or geochemistry), combined with an in-class discussion of these talks. |
| SIO 269 |
The Ocean Carbon Cycle
(last offered Winter 2000) |
This seminar course will be based on discussions of recent literature about the ocean carbon cycle. Particular emphasis will be placed on papers that provide a quantitative understanding of the various processes involved, and on papers that aim to provide a quantitative assessment of the role of the oceans in the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. |
| SIO 269 |
Ecological Stoichiometry in Marine Systems
(Last offered Spring 2005) |
In this seminar course we shall read and discuss a variety of published papers that have developed, used, criticized, and extended Redfield's original concept concerning the corresponence between the quantities of biologically available nitrogen and phosphorus in the sea and the quantities in which they are utilized by phytoplankton. |
