Current registration counts are available. Oceanography A study of the topography and crustal dynamics of the ocean floor, physical and chemical properties of sea waters, oceanic circulation patterns, chemical reaction processes in oceans, water-air interactions, physical ecology of marine organisms, shoreline and estuary pollution, and petroleum possibilities in offshore regions. Limnology A study of the fundamental properities and dynamics of lakes through the interrelated aspects of physical, geological, chemical and biological processes. Studies of the evolution and eutrophication of lakes under natural and cultural conditions of modern environments. Techniques in collecting, identifying and preserving organisms is included.
Field trips are a required part of the work.
The evolutionary trend and stratigraphic markers of microfossil groups, less than 1 mm in size, will be correlated with historical geologic events and rock types. Ecological and sediments will be applied to paleocological interpretation. Abnormal morphology of micro-fossils, their abundance or scarcity may indicate the abnormal or polluted environments. Field work supplements lectures and laboratories. One year of geology or biology courses or permission of instructor.