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Courses: 
Courses 303, 601-602, 616 and 624 are offered in alternate years 
with 603, 605-606, 611-612 and 626. The latter are among the 
courses available in 1963-64. 
General: 
301 INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY -GENERAL STROUP 
A broad description of the marine environment including 
characteristics of sea water and theories of ocean 
currents. An elementary presentation especially for 
students in science and engineering; not applicable 
toward a minor in oceanography for the Ph.D. degree. 
611-612 SEMINAR IN OCEANOGRAPHY STAFF 
Required of all students in the department. 
614 ASPECTS OF MARINE GEOLOGY FOR OCEANOGRAPHERS PRITCHARD 
Directed reading and conference course. 
615 RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN OCEANOGRAPHY STAFF 
Independent research for the Ph.D. dissertation. 
Open to candidates for the Ph.D. degree. 
Physical Oceanography 
601-602 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY MONTGOMERY 
Both geographic and hydrodynamic aspects of ocean- 
ography are stressed. Topics: instruments; relief 
of the ocean floor; observed distributions of 
temperature, salinity and currents; physical 
properties of sea water; heat and light; scalar 
and vector fields; kinematics; hydrostatics; momen- 
tum dynamics; vorticity dynamics; viscosity; Ekman's 
studies of currents; eddy flux; map projections. 
Practice is provided in analysis of oceanographic data. 
605-606 WAVES AND TIDES KINSMAN 
Theory of surface and internal waves; wave forecasting; 
transformation of waves in shallow water. Tide theory; 
analysis and prediction of tides and tidal currents. 
628 ADVANCED WIND WAVE THEORY KINSMAN 
Modern theories of wind wave generation, dissipation 
and energy transfer on the ocean surface. 
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