Natural Sciences

• CAS NS 221: Oceanography
  A survey of the characteristics and processes of the global ocean. Oceanographic concepts are introduced and developed from their bases in biology, physics, chemistry, and geology.
• CAS NS 222: Maritime Studies
  A multidisciplinary study of the history, literature, and art of our maritime heritage, and the political and economic problems of contemporary maritime affairs.
• CAS NS 223: Nautical Science
  An introduction to the technologies of operation at sea. The concepts of navigation (piloting, celestial, and electronic), naval architecture, ship construction, marine engineering systems, and the physics of sail are taught from their bases in astronomy, mathematics, and physics.
• CAS NS 224: Practical Oceanographic Research
  This course in oceanography is designed to provide the student with a knowledge of the equipment and methodology used in the study of the oceans. Each student collects and analyzes data in support of a research project in a selected aspect of oceanography aboard the SSV Westward or SSV Corwith Cramer.
• CAS NS 291: Introduction to Scientific Research
  An introduction to the performance of scientific research through lectures, discussions, and readings about the design of projects, understanding of scientific literature, and ethics of research and publication. Includes 4-6 weeks of practical research experience.
• CAS NS 320: Ocean Science and Public Policy
  Examines the connections among science, culture, and marine related public policy. Through a case study of a single policy issue, explores the power, use, and limitations of science and the scientist's voice in determining ocean policy.
• CAS NS 321: Oceans in the Global Carbon Cycle
  An exmination of the role of the oceans in the climate system, addressing topics such as the global carbon cycle, the thermohaline circulation, and aspects of global change including warming and sea level rise.
• CAS NS 322: Maritime History and Culture
  Examines the impact of maritime ventures on the societies they contacted. Focus on the resulting social, political, economic, and cultural changes in the Atlantic and Pacific, and on responses documented in the post-Colonial literature of indigenous people.
• CAS NS 323: Marine Environmental History
  Sources and methods of the historian are used to examine the role of human societies in environmental change in the oceans and coastal regions, including overfishing, pollution, invasive species, and climate change.

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