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MAR 105 -Honors Introduction to Oceanography

Dr. Anastasia

1Dr. Jean R. AnastasiaOffice: M 211Phone: 451-4923Email: anastaj@sunysuffolk.eduHome page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj

Office Hours: Mon 1:30-2:30Tues online 3:00-4:00Wed 12:30-1:30Thursday 9:45-10:45Friday 9:45-10:45

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Attendance

• All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered.

• Cannot miss lab-

– must do a make-up or will receive a zero

– Can only make-up 2 labs maximum

• Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance.

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Textbook

•Essentials of Oceanography, 10th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2011.

•Options for e-book version or rental

•Let me know if you have another text

•No lab book

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Grading Lecture:

3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY IF

all exams have been takenNo- make-up exams will be given

unless there is a validated emergency reason

2 highest grades combine to make up 45% of your course grade

 

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Grading

 Laboratory:

35% of your course grade   lab exercises (10 pts)

field trips (10 pts)

quizzes (30 pts)

•All laboratory assignments are due at the end of the lab period unless you get permission to hand it in next class

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Grading

Final Exam:

–A cumulative final exam will constitute 20% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class

 

1Extra Credit

• 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article

• Due by Dec 9th– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

1Field Trips

• This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods.

• Attendance on these field trips is expected.- make-ups are available with instructor’s permission

• PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCHEDULE

• LABS ARE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WEEKEND FIELD TRIPS

1Be Courteous

•No cell phones or texting

•Be on time and plan to stay entire class (and lab)

•No excessive talking or disruptive behavior

•NO CHEATING OR PLAGIARISM- zero tolerance

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The Ocean

Ocean Facts:

• Covers 71% of the earth’s surface

• Accounts for 97% of the water on earth (rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes & rivers)

• Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451 feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft)

• Average temp = 3.9oC (only 39oF)

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Fig. 1-1b, p. 2

Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water

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Figure 1.3

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Figure 1.2

4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World

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Local Saltwater…Water Bodies of Long Island

Peconic

Bay

Moriches Bay

Shinnecock Bay

• Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean by applying traditional sciences, such as physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and engineering, to all aspects of the ocean.

Oceanography: What Is It?

Subdisciplines of Oceanography

• Geological Oceanography-

– Composition of ocean floor and the earth• Physical oceanography-

– Movement of water (waves, currents…)• Chemical Oceanography-

– Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases • Marine biology (Biological

Oceanography)-

– marine organisms, the impact of human activities on these organisms