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THE OCEANS 
Application of the principles of physical and dynamical 
oceanography to the individual oceans and their special 
problems. Description of the various oceans and seas. 
OCEANOGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH 
Practical work at sea with standard oceanographic instruments 
such as Nansen bottles, reversing thermometers, bathythermo- 
graphs, current meters, bottom samplers, and specially 
designated equipment. 
ANALYSIS OF OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA 
Processing of oceanographic observations. Methods of evalua- 
tion of records. Presentation and analysis of physical and 
chemical observations. 
SELECTED PROBLEMS IN OCEANOGRAPHY 
Discussion and review of modern work in oceanography. 
RESEARCH METHODS IN METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 
Lectures and applied work on such topics as selection and 
delimitation of the research problem, bibliographic research, 
preliminary experiments, controls and tests, the research 
record, statistical methods, and the writing of the final report. 
RESEARCH IN OCEANOGRAPHY 
Candidates for the master's degree in oceanography meet regularly 
with the staff advisers to whom they are assigned to report on 
the progress of their master's thesis. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH IN OCEANOGRAPHY 
Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy who have passed 
the preliminary examinations in oceanography meet regularly with 
the staff advisers to whom they are assigned to report on the 
progress of their doctoral dissertations. 
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