Ocean Environment of the Pacific Islands

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in any WC&IL II course or HON 1000.

An introduction to the oceanography and the technologies for operating at sea. The concepts of navigation (piloting, celestial, and electronic) and physics of sail are taught from their bases in astronomy, mathematics, and equipment; the methodologies involved in the collection, reduction, and analysis of oceanographic data, and the attendant operations of sailing an oceanographic research vessel.

Credit: 3