Come join a winning team. Enrollment in the Oceanography minor is open to all UW students. The minor was created to provide a student the educational essentials to compete for career positions or to pursue graduate studies in the marine sciences. Careers are predominantly in research, both pure and applied, in research institutions, government agencies, consulting firms, and companies extracting and harvesting resources from the ocean. The minor could also serve as a background for a career in teaching, administration, marine affairs, environmental studies, production, inspection, instrumentation development, and statistical analysis.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN OCEANOGRAPHY (25 Credits}

1) OCEAN 200, 210 and 220 (9 credits)

• OCEAN 200 INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY (3) A Emphasis on the relationships and interactions of biology, chemistry, geology and physics in marine environments at macro-, meso- and microscales. Introduces basic oceanographic information, techniques and methods in an integrated fashion to science majors. (Ocean 101 can substitute for Ocean 200 with permission from the depratment)
• OCEAN 210 OCEAN CIRCULATION (3) W Large-scale circulation of the ocean. Topics include temperature-salinity analysis; water mass identification; water, salt and heat budgets; chemical tracer distributions; advection and diffusion. Prerequisites: OCEAN 200 or 101
• OCEAN 220 INTRODUCTION TO FIELD OCEANOGRAPHY (3) Sp Methods of oceanographic field study. Instruments and sampling techniques. Writing assignment to teach report-writing skills. Prerequisite: OCEAN 210.
  

2) ONE OF THE FOLLOWING (4 credits):

• OCEAN 400 CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (4) A Physical and chemical properties of seawater and marine products; processes determining chemical makeup of oceans. Stable isotopes and geochemistry of marine sediments and biogeochemistry. Prerequisites: OCEAN 210, CHEM 152.
  
• OCEAN 410 MARINE GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS (4) A Overview of sedimentological and petrologic processes that determine the geologic record. Prerequisites: either GEOL 101 or 205.
• OCEAN 420 PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN THE OCEAN (4) W Physical properties and processes; theories and methods describing ocean currents, waves and tides. Prerequisites: OCEAN 210; either MATH 126 or QSCI 293; either PHYS 116 or PHYS 123.
• OCEAN 430 BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (4) W Marine organisms, their quantitative distribution in time and space and their interactions with the ocean. Prerequisites: OCEAN 210, either BIOL 102, BIOL 203 or BIOL 220.

3) OCEAN 442 (3 credits):

• OCEAN 442 OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE PUGET SOUND (3) A Learn about Puget Sound and explore the role of oceanography in regional issues. This course includes field opportunities and active investigation of oceanographic problems. Mixture of lectures, films, field trips, guest speakers, and student discussion. Open to all science majors with junior standing, no oceanography experience necessary.
  

4) OCEAN Electives (9 credits)

• Any other courses in Oceanography. Options include 'Spatial Analysis and GIS', 'Fluid Dynamics' and many others.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Your major adviser or the University Advising Center staff are available to answer questions about a minor, or you may consult Oceanography's adviser Michelle Townsend, (mtown@ocean.washington.edu). Students should also consult with their major advisers to determine which, if any, Oceanography courses would serve as science electives toward their major degree.