A Distance Education Course offered by the University of British Columbia
EOSC 314
The Ocean Environment

One of the topic modules below is (or will soon be) linked to a sample lesson.  Students who register for this course can see all the lessons.


Module A.  The Blue Planet

Module A. Introduction
Lesson 1: The Science of Oceanography
Lesson 2. Origins of the Blue Planet
Lesson 3. Sediments: The Ocean's Detritus
Lesson 4. Water and Seawater		blue ocean

Module B.  Surface Ocean and Thermohaline Circulation

Module B: Introduction
Lesson 5. Physical Structure of Ocean Water
Lesson 6. Surface Ocean Circulation
Lesson 7. Deep Ocean Circulation
Lesson 8. Waves and Water Dynamics
Lesson 9. Tides		gulf stream

Module C.  The Ocean's Impact on World Climate

Module C. Introduction
Lesson 10. El Niño/La Niña
Lesson 11. Carbon Dioxide and the Global Ocean		El Nino

Module D. The Coastal Ocean and Sea Level Change

Lesson 12. Beaches and Shoreline Processeslongbeach


See samples of other Distance Ed courses offered by the UBC Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science Dept.
See learning goals and textbook info for this course.
Photo credits:
1) Pacific Ocean image courtesy of NASA.
2) Gulf Stream image courtesy of NASA.
3) El Niño and La Niña images courtesy of NOAA.
4) Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park, Canada.
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