Hosted at UMass Dartmouth | Undergraduate
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...
Marine Sciences | 515.12461, Section 1
Available to: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, UMass Chan Medical
Hosted at UMass Dartmouth | Undergraduate
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...
Marine Sciences | 540.12462, Section 1
Available to: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, UMass Chan Medical
Hosted at UMass Dartmouth | Undergraduate
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.
Marine Sciences | 555.12463, Section 1
Available to: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, UMass Chan Medical
Hosted at UMass Dartmouth | Undergraduate
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...
Marine Sciences | 511.13436, Section 1
Available to: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, UMass Chan Medical
Hosted at UMass Dartmouth | Undergraduate
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...
Marine Sciences | 110.12460, Section 1
Available to: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, UMass Chan Medical
Hosted at UMass Dartmouth | Undergraduate
Practice and development of skills for communicating scientific research to a diverse set of audiences. This course is for students in the sciences interested in applications of their research to management and policy, focusing on the importance of...
Marine Sciences | 522.12735, Section 1
Available to: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, UMass Chan Medical
Hosted at UMass Dartmouth | Undergraduate
Instruction, demonstration and exercises in population modeling, as applied to fishery resources. First principles of population dynamics are reviewed from the perspective of model building, and several dimensions of complexity are explored. A wide...
Marine Sciences | 544.12736, Section 1
Available to: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, UMass Chan Medical
