Course Name	Coastal Oceanography
Credits	2
Professor(s)	Name	Woo-Seok Gwak
	Affiliation	Dept. Marine Biology and Aquaculture

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

Introduces physical and chemical oceanography, marine biology, and plate tectonics. Students also discuss environmental issues.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Introduction to Ocean Science

Invitation to Oceanography

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: reports on the relationship between ocean and global climate change

Grading Scheme: depending on the test score and attendance

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Provides an overview of ocean science issues, including the potential impacts of overfishing, undersea mining, habitat loss, pollution, coastal development, and global climate change. Examined in the context of the innate relationship between humans and the sea.

- Explain the prevailing theory of the origin and history of the Earth’s oceans.

- List and explain the basic physical and biological factors affecting ocean ecology.

- Describe the elements of natural variability in the ocean.

- List the major biological resources in the ocean and describe the known and

potential environmental impacts related to their extraction.

- Provide a comprehensive definition of “ocean pollution”.

- Summarize the ecological impacts associated with organic waste disposal in the ocean.

- Describe the documented and hypothesized impacts on the ocean due to global climate change.

- Explain the reasons for observed habitat losses in the coastal zone, estuaries, and coral reefs

over the past century.

- Enumerate and evaluate scientific priorities dealing with studies of marine environmental change

in the coming decades.

- Summarize key past and present international agreements and treaties that govern human use of

the ocean, and assess their success in protecting the marine environment.

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 055-772-9152                           e-mail: wsgwak@gnu.ac.kr