Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- EOS110: Oceans and Atmosphere
- EOS120: The Dynamic Earth
- EOS130: Climate Change
- EOS170: Natural Hazards
- EOS201: Sedimentary Geology
- EOS202: Structural Geology
- EOS205: Mineralogy
- EOS210: Introductory Geophysics
- EOS220: Weather and Climate
- EOS230: Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis
- EOS240: Geochemistry
- EOS261: The Climate System
- EOS300: Earth Science Field School
- EOS311: Biological Oceanography
- EOS312: Introductory Chemical Oceanography
- EOS313: Introductory Geological Oceanography
- EOS314: Descriptive Physical Oceanography
- EOS316: Igneous and Metamorphic Geology
- EOS321: Earth History
- EOS325: Earth System Modelling
- EOS330: Paleobiology
- EOS335: Isotopes in Natural Sciences
- EOS340: Atmospheric Physics
- EOS350: Understanding the Oceans
- EOS365: Climate and Society
- EOS400: Advanced Field Geology
- EOS401: Oceanographic Field School
- EOS403: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- EOS408: Marine Geology
- EOS410: Global Tectonics
- EOS416: High Temperature Petrology
- EOS420: Resource Geology
- EOS423: Advanced Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- EOS425: Aqueous Chemistry in the Earth and Ocean
- EOS427: Geophysics
- EOS431: Physical Oceanography
- EOS433: The Physics of Climate
- EOS440: Hydrogeology
- EOS450: Quaternary Geology
- EOS451: Introductory Dynamic Meteorology
- EOS460: Earth System Science
- EOS480: Applied Geophysics
- EOS490: Directed Studies in Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EOS491: Advanced Topics in Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EOS492: Advanced Laboratory Topics in Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EOS499A: Honours Thesis I
- EOS499B: Honours Thesis II
EOS314
Descriptive Physical Oceanography
An introduction to the geography of Earth's fluid ocean and the physics that govern it. Topics include fundamental physical variables and their distribution, air/sea interaction, water masses and their formation, large-scale ocean dynamics, equatorial and coastal physical oceanography, and interactions between physical, chemical, and biological processes in the ocean. Participation in a single-day oceanographic cruise is expected.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 3h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5