Intro Oceanography Online
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OCE1001
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Summer/483739
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There will be no on campus meetings,
this is a fully online course.
Faculty Introduction
Masters Degree in Biological
Oceanography
15 years experience teaching all
grade levels.
Have been interested in Oceanography
since college experiences on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. I studied
how shipping affected the productivity of invertebrate organisms.
Information Contact
Office Phone:
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954-201-7578
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Department Phone:
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954-201-7558
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Department Fax:
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954-201-7399
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Email:
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All communication should be through the course email tool.
Use my BC email ONLY if you are unable to access the course email: jfarmer1@broward.edu
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Office Hours:
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Office hours are by appointment only--- Please email me if
you need an appointment.
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Virtual Office Hours:
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By appointment
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BC's Emergency Hotline#:
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954-201-HELP (4357)
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Course Description
A survey of the four classic
disciplines of the ocean sciences: geological oceanography, chemical oceanography,
physical oceanography, and biological oceanography. Course will focus on the basic
principles of the ocean sciences and stress the interdisciplinary nature of
oceanography.
Prerequisite(s):
MAT0024 with a grade of (C) or better.
· Computer Knowledge and
Skills:
- Students in this course should be familiar with the following computer skills.
- File Management- You should be familiar with finding and saving files on your computer.
- The Internet- You should be familiar with connecting to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider or Network Connection.
- Web Browser Software- You should be familiar with using web browser software to navigate the Internet and locate information.
- Email- You should be familiar with sending and receiving email messages.
- Discussions- You should be familiar with posting and reading discussion messages in a threaded format.
- Attachments- You should be familiar with sending email messages with attached files.
- Word Processing - You should be familiar with creating, editing, saving, and printing documents using Microsoft Word.
Orientation to Online Learning
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To be successful in an online course, you should assess your readiness to
successfully engage in an online learning class at Broward College. You can
complete the Orientation to Online Learning to determine if an online class
is a right fit for you and to learn how to navigate the system. Upon completion of the orientation, you will
earn a certificate. Some professors
require you to submit this certificate during orientation, so make sure to save
it in an easily accessible folder on your computer.
Course Attendance and Participation Policy
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During the first week
of class, you must complete the Syllabus Quiz from the course orientation, or
you will be withdrawn from the course. Simply logging into the course will not
satisfy your attendance during this time. As with an on-campus course, students
who are reported for non-attendance in an online course and are withdrawn are
still responsible for paying for the course. If you do not complete the
requirements of the first week of class, you should drop the course by the
official drop/add deadline or expect to pay for the course.
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It is very important
for you to actively participate in this online class. If you stop participating
in class discussions, do not submit assignments, or fail to take quizzes or
tests prior to the withdrawal date, you will be withdrawn from class and
receive a W or, if it is your third attempt, an F.
If you stop participating after the withdrawal date, you will receive an F. To avoid this situation, you should remain an active learner in this class and always communicate extenuating circumstances to your instructor. Ongoing communication with the instructor is critical to your course success. Completion of tests, assignments, and other class activities are used as indicators of your participation in order to satisfy this reporting requirement. See the list of activities required for participation and attendance on the General Course Policies page.
If you stop participating after the withdrawal date, you will receive an F. To avoid this situation, you should remain an active learner in this class and always communicate extenuating circumstances to your instructor. Ongoing communication with the instructor is critical to your course success. Completion of tests, assignments, and other class activities are used as indicators of your participation in order to satisfy this reporting requirement. See the list of activities required for participation and attendance on the General Course Policies page.
Methods of Instruction
This is a 3-credit hour fully online
course with/without proctored exams. In this class, you will engage in
structured out-of-class and online activities. The online activities may
include, but are not limited to, readings, discussions, essays, case studies,
research, and/or online quizzes and tests. See the course schedule for a
detailed description of activities. Students are responsible for regularly
reviewing the course schedule and completing all required assignments.
See the course schedule for a
detailed description of learning activities for scheduled class meetings and
outside or online assignments. Students are responsible for regularly reviewing
the course schedule and completing all required class assignments.
In this class, we will not meet,
however, student could be automatically withdrawn from this course if they miss
their online orientation.
Read and refer to this document regularly. It will tell you what assignments you should complete, and how
Read and refer to this document regularly. It will tell you what assignments you should complete, and how
- Discussion Postings: Discussions are due every Sunday before 11:50PM
- Quizzes:You will have a week to take the weekly quiz. You will have 15 minutes to complete the quiz once started. You will not see the grade until the testing period has ended.
- Tests. 3 exams to be held at the central testing center
- Assignments: You need to submit a written lab report every Sunday before 11:50PM corresponding to the lab content of that week. See schedule below for details.
Read and refer to this document
regularly. It will tell you what assignments you should read and when, and how
and when you will be assessed.
The assignments will be available
from June 26 through August, 2014
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this
course, the student shall be able to develop and use critical thinking and
course reading assignments to formulate an understanding of the basic principles
of the ocean sciences and stress the interdisciplinary nature of oceanography.
*Required Competencies
1)
Read with critical comprehension.
The
student will be introduced to the basic texts, concepts, vocabulary, and methods
necessary for developing an understanding of the discipline and meeting the
required benchmarks as stated in the course outline.
2)
Write clearly and coherently.
The
student will demonstrate an understanding and mastery of subject matter in a
variety of ways, including writing. Writing activities may include both graded
and ungraded essays, short answer quizzes, summaries, reactions, journals, and
various other reports.
3)
Demonstrate and apply literacy across all the disciplines (indicate which ones
apply).
a)
Information literacy means understanding how to locate needed information,
using the appropriate technology for the task, managing and evaluating the
extracted information and using it effectively and ethically.
b)
Technology literacy is the ability to responsibly and effectively use appropriate
technology to access, manage, integrate, or create information, and/or use
technology to accomplish a given task.
c)
Workplace literacy is having the appropriate knowledge and skills to
communicate andwork with others effectively and perform job duties, whether it
is through the use of computers and/or other technology.
d)
Cultural literacy is recognizing, understanding, and appreciating the
similarities and differences between one’s own culture and the cultures of
others through a study of the arts, customs, beliefs, values, and history that
define a culture.
e)
Quantitative literacy is having the ability to formulate, solve and interpret
mathematical/statistical operations and graphical/tabular representations to
make informed decisions
f)
Scientific literacy means understanding the methodology and application of the
scientific process, the physical and biological worlds, and recognizing that
scientific knowledge is continuously updated or revised as new information is
discovered.
g)
Environmental literacy is creating a context within which environmental issues
can be viewed, imparting knowledge to enhance one’s ability to analyze the
issues, make the connections between humans’ decisions and actions and the
challenges facing the environment, and instilling the desire to sustain the
environment through ethical practices in both one’s professional and personal
lives.
UNIT TITLES:
Unit 1 = Reading
and Writing for Oceanography
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1)
Read with critical
comprehension.
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The
student will be introduced to the basic texts, concepts, vocabulary, and methods
necessary for developing an understanding of the discipline and meeting the
required benchmarks as stated in the course outline.
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2)
Write clearly and coherently.
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The
student will demonstrate an understanding and mastery of subject matter in a
variety of ways, including writing. Writing activities may include both graded
and ungraded essays, short answer quizzes, summaries, reactions, journals, and
various other reports.
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3)
Demonstrate and apply
literacy across all the disciplines (indicate which ones apply).
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a)
Information literacy means understanding how to locate needed information,
using the appropriate technology for the task, managing and evaluating the
extracted information and using it effectively and ethically.
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b)
Technology literacy is the ability to responsibly and effectively use appropriate
technology to access, manage, integrate, or create information, and/or use
technology to accomplish a given task.
Unit 2 Origins of oceanography
General Outcome:
2.0
The student shall: be able to demonstrate basic knowledge and comprehension of
the
major contributions made to the science of oceanography throughout history.
Specific
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, the
student shall be able to:
2.1 Discuss the ocean’s role in human history.
2.2 Describe the development of ocean science.
2.3 Evaluate how ocean science contributes to
human activities.
2.4 Describe how advances in technology have
changed the way we study the ocean.
2.5
Describe the extent and boundaries of the world ocean and land masses.
2.6 Describe the physiography of the ocean
basins and land masses.
2.7
Locate marginal seas, basins, bays, estuaries, gulfs, straits, major rivers, and
key continental features which influence ocean processes.
2.8 Explain the global hydrologic cycle and
relate to global heat transport.
2.9
Use the Cartesian coordinate system used for site location and navigation
(latitude, longitude, nautical mile, degrees, minutes, and seconds).
2.10
Explain the meaning of northern, southern, eastern, and western hemispheres.
2.11
Discuss the origin of the solar system, earth, oceans, and life.
3. Geological Oceanography
General Outcome:
3.0
The student shall: be able to demonstrate basic knowledge and comprehension of
the geologic principles that have contributed to the formation and evolution of
Earth’s oceans, ocean basins, seawater characteristics, atmosphere, and climate.
Specific
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, the
student shall be able to:
3.1 Describe the Earth’s interior structure
3.2 Define isostasy and discuss how this
concept relates to the Earth’s plates.
3.3 Compare the theory of plate tectonics to
sea floor spreading and continental drift.
3.4 Describe hot spots.
3.5 Describe magnetic anomalies and
paleo-magnetism and their relation to plate tectonics.
3.6 Discuss hydrothermal circulation at mid
ocean ridges.
3.7 Compare and contrast active and passive
margins.
3.8
Describe mantle convection and its relationship to plate tectonics.
3.9 Discuss the geologic history of the
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins.
3.10
Compare and contrast the sources and transport of marine sediment particles.
3.11
Compare and contrast the characteristics of terrigenous, biogenous, hydrogenous
and
cosmogenous
sediments.
3.12 Compare the relationship between sea
level and sediment deposits.
3.13
Analyze the distribution of sediment types in the world’s oceans.
3.14 Interpret the record of ocean history and
global climate change recorded in sediment deposits.
3.15 Identify resources derived from marine
sediments.
3.16
Describe the different types of shorelines and the processes that have helped
shaped coastal areas.
4. Physical
Oceanography
General Outcome:
4.0
The student shall: be able to demonstrate basic knowledge and comprehension of the
processes that govern the physics of the ocean and atmosphere.
Specific
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, the
student shall be able to:
4.1 List the most important elements of
weather and climate, such as rain, wind, temperature,etc.
4.2 List the major and variable components of
air.
4.3 Describe the extent and structure of the
oceans and atmosphere.
4.4 Describe how the oceans and atmosphere are
heated.
4.5 Explain the causes of the seasons.
4.6 Describe and evaluate the general
distribution of global air and surface water temperatures.
4.7
Evaluate and describe the processes that cause water to change from one state
of matter to another.
4.8
Calculate latent heats of vaporization and melting, condensation and freezing.
4.9 Identify the three processes that initiate
the vertical movement of air.
4.10
Describe air pressure, how it is measured, and why it changes with altitude.
4.11
Explain how the pressure gradient force, Coriolis Effect, and friction
influence wind.
4.12 Describe and evaluate the idealized
global patterns of pressure and wind.
4.13 Relate the global distribution of
precipitation to the global wind patterns.
4.14 Classify air masses based on their climate
characteristics.
4.15 Compare and contrast warm fronts and cold
fronts.
4.16 List and explain the atmospheric
conditions that produce hurricanes.
4.17 Discuss what is meant by the Earth's
climate system.
4.18 Describe and analyze the water and heat
budget of the oceans.
4.19
Describe the oceans vertical structure and oceanic depth zones
4.20
Evaluate temperature-salinity relationships in the oceans.
4.21 Discuss the formation and effects of sea
ice on the oceans.
4.22 Compare and contrast the characteristics
of the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
4.23
Examine and discuss the movement of the ocean surface and subsurface currents.
4.24 Relate the Ekman Spiral to wind driven
currents.
4.25 Describe geostrophic current flow and
ocean basin gyres.
4.26 Describe thermohaline circulation and
bottom water formation.
4.27 Describe the formation and basic
structure of waves.
4.28 Calculate the celerity of deep and
shallow water waves.
4.29 Calculate resulting wave heights due to
wave interference
4.30
Differentiate between shallow water and deep-water waves.
4.31 Discuss how waves modify the shorelines
4.32 Describe the formation of storm surges
and tsunamis.
4.33 Discuss the general features and analyze
the patterns of ocean tides
4.34
Describe coastal waters such as estuaries, lagoons and marginal seas.
4.35
Discuss the importance of coastal wetlands.
4.36
Identify the types of marine pollution.
4.37
Discuss the processes that cause global climate change, including the
Milankovitch cycles and the collective effects of changes in the Earth’s
orbital parameters upon its climate
5. Chemical Oceanography
General Outcome:
5.0
The student shall: be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the
processes that govern the chemistry of the ocean.
Specific
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, the
student shall be able to:
5.1 Describe the molecular structure of water.
5.2 Describe the structure of water ice.
5.3 Evaluate how temperature affects water.
5.4
Discuss seawater viscosity and the influence on marine organisms.
5.5 Define salinity.
5.6 Relate ocean water density to water column
stability.
5.7
Discuss the effects of salinity on the physical properties of water.
5.8
List the atmospheric gases dissolved in water and discuss their importance.
5.9 Explain the importance of acidity and
alkalinity of seawater.
5.10 Describe the carbon cycle and relate this
cycle to global climates and primary production.
5.11 Compare the physical and biological
processes controlling sea salt composition.
5.12
Calculate residence times for the dissolved constituents in seawater and relate
to biological, physical and geological ocean processes.
5.13 List the resources derived from seawater.
6. Biological
Oceanography
General Outcome:
6.0
The student shall: be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the
processes that control the distribution and abundance of life in the ocean
Specific
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, the
student shall be able to:
6.1 List and discuss marine habitats and
life-styles
6.1.1 Define plankton and nekton.
6.1.2
Define phytoplankton, zooplankton, holoplankton, and meroplankton, giving
examples each and discussing their role in marine ecosystems
6.1.3
Evaluate life strategies and adaptations of open ocean plankton and nekton such
as feeding, defense, reproduction, migration.
6.1.4
Identify representative marine mammals, seabirds, reptiles and evaluate their
role in marine and ecosystems.
6.1.5
Discuss the benthic marine environment and how benthic organisms compete for
space and food (life strategies).
6.1.6
Discuss the distribution and controls on marine life in the intertidal zone
6.1.7
Compare and contrast the distribution and controls on marine life in the sandy and
rocky shore intertidal zones, tide pools, muddy bottom, and sandy bottom
communities, salt marshes and sea grass beds, kelp forests, oyster reefs, coral
reefs, mangrove reefs, and deep ocean benthos
6.1.8
Discuss the distribution and controls on deep ocean vent communities.
6.2
List the principal features of an oceanic ecosystem such as salinity,
temperature, pressure, and density and discuss how each affect marine life
distribution.
6.3
Define and discuss primary and secondary production in the ocean, food chains,
and food webs.
6.4 Explain how marine organisms affect
seawater.
6.5
Relate the controls on primary production and its distribution in the ocean
with respect to light limitation and nutrient levels.
6.6
Illustrate and explain the primary nutrient cycles and controls
6.7
Define chemosynthesis and give examples.
6.8 Explain what is meant by maximum
sustainable yield.
General
Policies and Technical Requirements
You are responsible for being familiar
with all BConline policies and procedures related to your activity in this
course.
Broward
College Policies
- Review the Broward College Policies on topics including disability services, academic honesty, privacy, and critical event procedures.
BConline
Policies
- Review the General Course Policies for topics including rules for netiquette, definition of participation, and other information.
Proctored Exam Policy
- This course may have proctored exams that must be taken at a campus e-Testing Center or at an alternate pre-approved testing location. For detailed instructions please visit our Proctored Exam Policy page.
Technical
Requirements
- Students taking an online course are expected to be moderately proficient in using a computer. Please go to the Technical Requirements page for a complete list of computer skills and technical requirements.
Required Course Materials
Course Materials
Required Text:
Title: Oceanography Author: Garrison Publisher, Edition: Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 8th Edition ISBN 13: 9781111990848 http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/isbn/9781111990848 Software: MS Excel and MS Word (REQUIRED)
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Course emails and discussion posts
will be answered within 48 hours. Emails sent on Saturday or Sunday may not be
answered until Monday. It is recommended that you post course related questions
in the discussion area. If you need info related to a test or assignment, plan
ahead and submit your questions well ahead of the due date. Your instructor is not
online 24 hours per day, so please allow time for response.
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Grades for
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date. Should you have a question regarding an upcoming assignment, exam,
etc., please submit your question through BConline within the timeframe that
the Instructor is online so that this allows you to complete your assignment by
the due date. I will not accept late assignments because you emailed me a
question on a Sunday an hour before the assignment is due and you couldn't
complete your assignment. Should you ask a question on a weekend and/or
holiday, perhaps another student may respond to you! However, AGAIN--I am
online Monday through Friday ONLY!!!
Please notify the instructor by
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THE DUE DATE! Generally, late assignments are not accepted unless you can
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etc..) before an assignment is due.
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- Notify the Office of Disability Services as early in the term as possible. It is the student's responsibility to contact the Disability Support Office prior to document disability prior to receiving services.
- Notify the instructor after you have contacted the Office of Disability Services so that the instructor can consult with the Office of Disability Services to discuss what reasonable accommodations would be appropriate for your situation.
Academic Honesty
- Each student's academic work must be the result of his or her own thought, research, or self-expression.
- Cheating includes, but is not limited to: copying the work of another person (plagiarism) or permitting your work to be copied by another person, discussing test answers or questions with people who have not completed the test, distributing assignment materials to other students, poses sing course materials that have not been formally released to students in the course, and collaborating on the completion of assignments not specifically designated in the syllabus as being group projects".
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- In the event of a school closing due to weather or other major event that might impact class schedules, the instructor will post an announcement indicating what changes, if any, the event will have on the course schedule and due dates.
Changes to the Syllabus
- The instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus. In the event that changes become necessary, students will be notified through BConline Email.
In order to be successful in this
course, you need to be organized and manage your time well so that you can
complete all assignments and assessments on time. You will need to devote at
least 6 hours per week to complete the learning activities required in this
course. Make sure that you do not allow yourself to procrastinate, and that you
communicate with the instructor or your classmates, via BConline email, if you have
any questions on any course materials or need assistance completing any
assignments.
- Be prepared to read the lab, complete the review questions within BConline, answer "discussion" questions and complete projects/assignments on time. The assignment dropbox will close at the indicated times. Therefore, assignments will not be accepted late. A grade of (0) will be recorded for a late assignment. Taking an online course is a rigid commitment. You must keep up with your assignments.
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