Apr 20, 2024  
2019-2020 Florida Tech Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Florida Tech Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Courses are listed alpha-numerically. The 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series are undergraduate courses. The 5000 series are graduate courses that can also be taken by undergraduates with cumulative grade point averages of 2.75 or higher, who have satisfied all listed prerequisites and whose registration is approved by the department head or program chair responsible for the course. The 6000 series courses are restricted to graduate students only. Courses below 1000 are developmental in nature, are not counted in GPA calculations and do not count toward any Florida Tech degree.

Courses that may be taken in fulfillment of Undergraduate Core Requirements are designated as follows: CL: computer literacy requirement, COM: communication elective, HU: humanities elective, LA: liberal arts elective, Q: scholarly inquiry requirement, SS: social science elective, CC: cross-cultural, Hon: course may include honors sections during some semesters. These designations follow the course descriptions. Other courses that satisfy Undergraduate Core Requirements are identified by the course prefix: any MTH course can be used toward meeting the mathematics requirement; and any AVS, BIO, CHM or PHY course, or EDS 1031  or EDS 1032 , toward meeting the physical/life sciences requirement.

 

Ocean Engineering

  
  • OCE 4596 Senior Project 3

    Credit Hours: 3
    Involves student analysis, design, construction installation and operation of equipment in the ocean to perform a designated task. Data are collected and results are compiled as a finished report.
    Minimum student level - senior
    Prerequisite: OCE 4541  
  
  • OCE 4601 Introduction to Environmental Flow Modeling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces turbulence models, basic numerical simulation and computer modeling of turbulent flows. Includes models of discretization schemes for finite-difference, time marching, stability, Hirt analysis and advection schemes and applies to the ocean and atmosphere. Addresses the effects of stratification. Requires student project and presentation.
    Recommended: Background in computer programming
    Prerequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  
  • OCE 4911 Marine Field Projects

    Credit Hours: 1
    Field-oriented programs including both classroom and laboratory work, involving biological, chemical, physical and geological oceanography, and coastal engineering. Approximately one semester involves a group engineering project.
    (Q)
    Minimum student level - senior
    Prerequisite: OCE 4541  
    May be repeated for a maximum of four credits
  
  • OCE 4912 Marine Field Projects

    Credit Hours: 2
    Field-oriented programs including both classroom and laboratory work, involving biological, chemical, physical and geological oceanography, and coastal engineering. Approximately one semester involves a group engineering project.
    (Q)
    Minimum student level - senior
    Prerequisite: OCE 4541  
    May be repeated for a maximum of four credits
  
  • OCE 4913 Marine Field Projects

    Credit Hours: 3
    Field-oriented programs including both classroom and lab work, involving biological, chemical, physical and geological oceanography, and coastal engineering. Approximately one semester involves a group engineering project.
    (Q)
    Minimum student level - senior
    Prerequisite: OCE 4541  
  
  • OCE 5515 Materials for Marine Applications

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes materials (metals/reinforced concrete, wood/polymers and FRP); properties (physical, mechanical and chemical); environmental effects (corrosion, biofouling and thermal); and applications (materials selection for ocean engineering design).
  
  • OCE 5519 Corrosion Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Corrosion and materials deterioration impacts engineering activities. Includes theory, types and economics of corrosion. Uses case studies to demonstrate corrosion prevention by the use of cathodic protection, coatings and inhibitors, and materials selection and design.
    Recommended: Background in chemistry and materials, or instructor approval
  
  • OCE 5525 Coastal Processes and Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes an analysis of coastal processes (waves, tides, currents, wind and nearshore circulation) and resulting sedimentary deposits in the beach, inlet and nearshore wave-shelf environment as related to coastal engineering problems. Students study shorefront structures and system, as well as dredging technology.
  
  • OCE 5526 Advanced Coastal Engineering Structures

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes seawalls, bulkheads, jetties and breakwaters; sand bypassing systems, protective beach and dune construction-stabilization; prediction of forces, lifetime estimation, maintenance expectations, material selection and construction methods.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: OCE 4525  
  
  • OCE 5542 Ocean Engineering Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Designed to systematically find an optimum solution for ocean-related engineering problems. Discusses of a system, man-ocean systems and systems engineering. Basic techniques of systems engineering. Requires student to do a case study of an ocean engineering system.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCE 5550 Bathymetry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Determination of coastal and deep-sea bottom topography using modern techniques of remote sensing, GIS, swath and side-scan sonar, marine geodesy, computerized data acquisition and archiving, hydroacoustics and survey vessel design; includes field experience with offshore and harbor survey vessels.
    Recommended: Surveying experience
  
  • OCE 5563 Port and Harbor Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    A study of port and harbor hydrodynamics, planning, layout and construction; dredging technology; and berthing maneuvers.
    Prerequisite: OCE 3030  
  
  • OCE 5570 Marine Hydrodynamics and Wave Theory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the motion of ideal fluid; damping and added mass; wave motions encountered in the ocean; surface gravity waves, internal waves and long waves in a rotating ocean; the motion of viscous fluid; the Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer; and model testing.
    Prerequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  
  • OCE 5571 Naval Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3
    The theory of naval architecture, elements of ship design; ship lines, hydrostatic analysis, intact and damaged stability, strength, dimensional analysis, ABS rules, propulsion, steering, ship and platform motion, resistance, model testing; and design project.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCE 5573 Dynamics of Marine Vehicles

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies regular and irregular wave data as applied in ship dynamics. Includes uncoupled heaving, pitching and rolling motion equations; calculation of the added mass and damping coefficients; strip method; coupled motions; nonlinear roll motion; dynamic effects related to motions; and wave loads.
    Prerequisite: AEE 3083  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) and OCE 3030  
  
  • OCE 5575 Applied Marine Hydrodynamics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides a background for the calculation of hydrodynamic forces, forces due to waves in inviscid fluid, effect of viscosity, hydrodynamic modeling, wave drift forces and forces due to current on moored and dynamically positioned floating structures, hydrodynamic impact and its prediction, flow-induced vibration.
    Prerequisite: OCE 3030  
  
  • OCE 5586 Ocean Engineering Data Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Ocean monitoring requires measurement, analysis and description of processes in random seas. Students produce, from measurements, the statistical distributions of waves, parametric and spectral sea-state descriptions, directional wave spectra, ocean engineering design criteria and linear responses of ocean structures and systems.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCE 5590 Design of Marine Propulsion Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an understanding and working knowledge of resistance characteristics of different types of vessels. Explains the principles of propellers and water-jet operations, and the theory and performance analysis as propulsion devices. Teaches how to design an efficient propulsion system for a specific vessel under consideration.
    Prerequisite: OCE 3030  
  
  • OCE 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted petition to graduate
  
  • OCE 5901 Special Topics in Ocean Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1
    Advanced topics in selected areas of ocean engineering not covered in the regular curriculum. Offered on occasion to specific student groups.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCE 5902 Special Topics in Ocean Engineering

    Credit Hours: 2
    Advanced topics in selected areas of ocean engineering not covered in the regular curriculum. Offered on occasion to specific student groups.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCE 5903 Special Topics in Ocean Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Advanced topics in selected areas of ocean engineering not covered in the regular curriculum. Offered on occasion to specific student groups.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCE 5990 Ocean Engineering Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Presentation of technical papers and progress in research by staff, students and invited speakers.
  
  • OCE 5999 Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual work under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in the field of ocean engineering.
    Requirement(s): Admission to candidacy for the master’s degree
  
  • OCE 6899 Final Semester Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted candidacy
  
  • OCE 6993 Research in Ocean Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Research under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty.
    Requirement(s): Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree
    Repeatable as required
  
  • OCE 6999 Dissertation Research

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Individual work under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in the field of ocean engineering.
    Requirement(s): Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree

Oceanography

  
  • OCN 0002 Final Program Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  
  • OCN 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: OCN 0002   Corequisite: OCN 0002  
  
  • OCN 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: OCN 0003   Corequisite: OCN 0003  
  
  • OCN 1010 Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys oceanography including biological, chemical, geological and physical processes in the ocean. Includes field trips.
    (CC) (Hon)
  
  • OCN 2407 Meteorology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces meteorological phenomena and principles, including descriptive weather elements, general atmospheric circulation, air-sea interaction and the physical mechanisms that create atmospheric motions, mixing and transfer of momentum, mass and heat.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: MTH 1001  or MTH 1010  
  
  • OCN 2602 Environmental Geology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews the internal and external processes that have shaped Earth’s surface and how an understanding of these processes can be used to successfully manage modern problems of organization and mineral exploration. Successful management of environmental and geological hazards relies on an understanding of the basic principles of physical geology.
  
  • OCN 2801 Research Vessel Operations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers nautical skills needed for scientists and engineers working on research vessels. Includes classes of ships, marine terminology, deck machinery, ship handling, seamanship. admiralty law, charts, compasses, position fixing, first aid and safety of life at sea. Also includes cruise planning cost estimation and elements of navigation.
    Prerequisite: ENS 1001  or OCN 1010  
  
  • OCN 3101 Biological Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes relationships of biological, chemical, geological and physical aspects of the oceans to biological oceanography. Instructor advisement suggested; OCN 3111  lab may not be required as corequisite.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: (BIO 1010  or BIO 1020 ), and CHM 1102  and PHY 2002  
  
  • OCN 3111 Biological Oceanography Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Students receive field and lab experience in the use of equipment and methods in biological oceanography studies.
    Corequisite: OCN 3101  
  
  • OCN 3201 Marine and Environmental Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes a systematic examination of seawater and its constituent parts; problems associated with ocean chemistry; interaction of chemical parameters with other ocean studies; and an evaluation of the ocean as an environment.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1102  
  
  • OCN 3211 Marine and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Field and lab exercises provide practical experience in the use of equipment and methods for measuring common chemical parameters in marine and environmental chemistry.
    Corequisite: OCN 3201  
  
  • OCN 3301 Geological Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces geological oceanography; origin and evolution of ocean basins. Includes a survey of major neritic and oceanic sediment patterns and the processes that control their distribution over time and space; and paleoceanography.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: OCN 1010  and OCN 2602  
  
  • OCN 3311 Geological Oceanography Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Field and lab exercises provide experience in the use of equipment and methods relevant to geologic investigations of the ocean.
    Corequisite: OCN 3301  
  
  • OCN 3401 Physical Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies water structure and circulation of the world ocean and local areas by simple dynamical and descriptive models; and tides, wave motion and coastal processes.
    Prerequisite: PHY 2002  
  
  • OCN 3411 Physical Oceanography Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Field and lab exercises provide experience in the use of equipment and methods in physical oceanography.
    Corequisite: OCN 3401  
  
  • OCN 3430 Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluids

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the basic properties of Earth’s fluids; statics and kinematics; integral expressions for the conservation of mass, momentum, angular momentum and energy; dynamic similitude, dimensional analysis and boundary-layer principles; applications to meteorology, oceanography and geophysics.
    Prerequisite: (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) and PHY 2002  
  
  • OCN 3433 Geophysical Fluids Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Experiments in fundamental and applied fluid mechanics. Includes viscosimetry, stability of flows, vorticity, gravity waves and Reynolds stresses; physical models in meteorology, oceanography and other geophysical fluid flows.
    Corequisite: OCN 3430  
  
  • OCN 3911 Marine Field Projects: Proposal

    Credit Hours: 1
    Preparations are made for the summer research program (Marine Field Projects). Students are guided through the process of selecting, designing and proposing research projects to be carried out during the summer marine field project.
    (Q)
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (7080). Minimum student level - junior
  
  • OCN 4102 Marine and Estuarine Phytoplankton

    Credit Hours: 3
    Systematic and ecological studies of marine phytoplankton; discussions of environmental parameters that affect primary production and plankton distribution; and collection, sampling, culturing methods, lab techniques and field trips.
    Prerequisite: OCN 3101  
  
  • OCN 4103 Marine and Estuarine Zooplankton

    Credit Hours: 3
    Systematic and ecological studies of marine zooplankton; discussions of parameters that affect secondary production; phytoplankton-zooplankton relationships, patchiness, migration and distribution; and collection, sampling, lab techniques and field trips.)
    Prerequisite: OCN 3101  
  
  • OCN 4104 Marine and Estuarine Benthos

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies population and community ecology of marine soft-sediment systems from shallow water and deep sea; rocky intertidal ecology; and ecology of seagrass systems.
    Prerequisite: OCN 3101  
  
  • OCN 4105 Survey of Florida Reef Systems

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lectures and field studies on the biological, geological and physical aspects of coral reef systems in the Florida Keys. Conducted in the Florida Keys.
    Prerequisite: OCN 3101  and OCN 3301  
  
  • OCN 4106 Mitigation and Restoration of Coastal Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces current activities in mitigation and restoration of coastal systems. Integrates lectures, guest speakers and field trips in a case-study format to demonstrate the process of restoration planning. Students develop a mitigation plan for a hypothetical development project.
    (CC)
    Minimum student level - senior
  
  • OCN 4107 Pacific Coastal Environments

    Credit Hours: 3
    A two-week field course examines environmental science and biological oceanography on the Pacific coast (Oregon or another locale). Covers such habitats as rocky intertidal, mudflats, sandy beaches and subtidal environments. Includes daily field trips with mild hiking, Travel, room and board managed by instructor.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  or OCN 1010  
  
  • OCN 4204 Marine and Environmental Pollution

    Credit Hours: 3
    A holistic approach to the study of pollution. Defines and discusses pollutants, quantities, sources and their impacts. Considers past and present waste disposal techniques and proposed alternatives.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: CHM 1102 , and (OCN 1010  or OCN 3201 )
  
  • OCN 4405 General Dynamic Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Currents and current systems in the world oceans based on the principles of fluid dynamics; geostrophy, the role of friction and inertia; vortex theory and the conservation theorems in circulation theory; and dimensional analysis. Gives treatments of surface waves and certain meteorological phenomena.
    Prerequisite: OCN 3401  and OCN 3430  
  
  • OCN 4704 Remote Sensing for Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Interaction of radiation with water environments; radiative processes in the atmosphere; spectral characteristics of plankton, sediments, land and water; applications to sea surface temperature, heat flux, color, dynamic topography, surface winds and weather prediction; instrumentation and computer-assisted image analysis.
    Prerequisite: PHY 2002  
  
  • OCN 4901 Special Topics in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 1
    Special topics not covered in the regular curriculum, offered to specific student groups.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    May be repeated for a maximum of three credits
  
  • OCN 4902 Special Topics in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 2
    Special topics not covered in the regular curriculum, offered to specific student groups.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    May be repeated for a maximum of six credits
  
  • OCN 4903 Special Topics in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Special topics not covered in the regular curriculum, offered to specific student groups.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits
  
  • OCN 4911 Marine Field Projects 1

    Credit Hours: 1
    In-depth field/lab study of important facets of the Indian River Lagoon and/or nearshore waters. Student teams are specifically configured to accomplish the desired objectives. Oceanographic data are collected by using standard instrumentation and devices.
    (Q)
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (7080). Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval or senior standing in Oceanography  
    May be repeated for a maximum of four credits
  
  • OCN 4912 Marine Field Projects 2

    Credit Hours: 2
    In-depth field/lab study of important facets of the Indian River Lagoon and/or nearshore waters. Student teams are specifically configured to accomplish the desired objectives. Oceanographic data are collected by using standard instrumentation and devices.
    (Q)
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (7080). Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval or senior standing in Oceanography  
    May be repeated for a maximum of four credits
  
  • OCN 4913 Marine Field Projects 3

    Credit Hours: 3
    In-depth field/lab study of important facets of the Indian River Lagoon and/or nearshore waters. Student teams are specifically configured to accomplish the desired objectives. Oceanographic data are collected by using standard instrumentation and devices.
    (Q)
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (7080). Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval or senior standing in Oceanography  
  
  • OCN 4991 Undergraduate Research in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 1
    Student planning and research on a project using equipment and techniques in oceanography. Projects may be done by an individual or a group. Requires an individual proposal and results written as a formal report.
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (7080). Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval or senior standing in Oceanography  
  
  • OCN 4992 Undergraduate Research in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 2
    Student planning and research on a project using equipment and techniques in oceanography. Projects may be done by an individual or a group. Requires an individual proposal and results written as a formal report.
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (7080). Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval or senior standing in Oceanography  
  
  • OCN 4993 Undergraduate Research in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Student planning and research on a project using equipment and techniques in oceanography. Projects may be done by an individual or a group. Requires an individual proposal and results written as a formal report.
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (7080). Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval or senior standing in Oceanography  
  
  • OCN 5001 Principles of Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    A comprehensive survey of the ocean and coastal zone. An integrated study of the relationships and applications of chemical, biological, geological, physical and meteorological sciences to oceanography and ocean engineering.
  
  • OCN 5101 Principles of Biological Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes biological aspects of the marine environment, physicochemical parameters and interrelationships between organisms and these parameters. Also discusses pollution and productivity.
  
  • OCN 5102 Marine Phytoplankton

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes detailed studies of phytoplankton, and physical and chemical factors that affect plankton production and distribution; sampling, culturing methods and laboratory familiarization of organisms; and field trips.
  
  • OCN 5103 Marine Zooplankton

    Credit Hours: 3
    Detailed studies of zooplankton and relations to selected aspects of biological oceanography; study of phytoplankton-zooplankton relationships and sampling methods; lab familiarization of organisms; and field trips.
  
  • OCN 5104 Marine Benthos

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes the environments, populations and communities of the deep sea and estuaries. Includes sampling methods and lab familiarization of faunal components; and field trips.
    Prerequisite: OCN 5101  
  
  • OCN 5106 Mitigation and Restoration of Coastal Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces students to current activities in mitigation and restoration of coastal systems. Integrates lectures, guest speakers and field trips in a case-study format to demonstrate the process of restoration planning. Students develop a mitigation plan for a hypothetical development project.
  
  • OCN 5107 Pacific Coast Environments

    Credit Hours: 3
    A two-week field course examines environmental science and biological oceanography on the Pacific coast (Oregon or another locale). Requires student project mirroring classic marine ecological studies. Includes daily field trips with mild hiking. Travel, room and board managed by instructor.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCN 5203 Advanced Chemical Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses in depth advanced chemical concepts of the oceans, such as element speciation, the physical chemistry of seawater, interactions at the air-sea interface, absorption, diffusion and radiochemistry.
    Prerequisite: OCN 5210  
  
  • OCN 5204 Marine Pollution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Integrates political and social concepts into the scientific study of pollution. Includes definitions of pollution, toxicity of contaminants and a number of case studies of significant marine pollution events.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • OCN 5210 Marine and Environmental Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    The chemical composition and important reactions along the global water cycle including rain, soil and groundwater, rivers, lakes, estuaries and seawater. Includes weathering, redox processes, carbonate equilibria and nutrients, and lab exercises.
  
  • OCN 5301 Principles of Geological Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the origin and evolution of the ocean basins. Reviews general biological, chemical and physical processes of the coastal and open ocean, emphasizing how they contribute to marine sedimentation and stratigraphy. Includes field trips.
  
  • OCN 5304 Coastal and Estuarine Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies physical, biogenic and sedimentation processes in coastal and estuarine environments. Processes include shoaling waves, tides and tidal currents, estuarine circulation, storm processes and transient currents. Includes implications for coastal engineering and coastal zone management.
    Prerequisite: OCN 5301  
  
  • OCN 5315 Marine Geochemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the sources, transport and deposition of sediments. Examines land-derived sediments that undergo certain alterations in saline water, and the cause and nature of the modifications, as well as marine sediments that are generated by the biota and from the water column.
    Prerequisite: OCN 5210  
  
  • OCN 5401 Principles of Physical Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces physical oceanography including the properties of seawater, basic concepts of fluid dynamics, heat budget, atmospheric circulation, structure and circulation of the ocean, and tidal and wave motion.
  
  • OCN 5403 Ocean Wave Theory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the motion of ideal fluid; damping and added mass; wave motions encountered in the ocean; surface gravity waves, internal waves and long waves in a rotating ocean; the motion of viscous fluid; the Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer; and model testing.
    Prerequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  
  • OCN 5405 Dynamic Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces geophysical fluid dynamics and its application to the study of ocean currents. Includes linear and nonlinear models, vorticity theory and critical discussion of classical papers on ocean circulation.
    Prerequisite: (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) and OCN 5401  
  
  • OCN 5407 Marine Meteorology

    Credit Hours: 3
    The application of the basic laws of thermodynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics to the behavior and circulation of the atmosphere-ocean system.
  
  • OCN 5409 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Advanced analytical and numerical models of ocean and atmospheric mesoscale, macroscale and global-scale flows with diagnostic and prognostic applications including coupled air/sea circulation physics.
    Prerequisite: MET 5305  or OCN 5405  
  
  • OCN 5704 Oceanic Remote Sensing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Radiative processes, remote sensors and sensor platforms; photogrammetry, radiometry and multispectral pattern recognition; image interpretation, data processing and applications. Also includes ocean research examples from aircraft and spacecraft.
  
  • OCN 5709 Numerical Analysis of Biological Data

    Credit Hours: 3
    Application of statistical methods and computer programs to biological studies. Also includes experimental designs appropriate for statistical applications.
  
  • OCN 5801 Coastal Systems Planning

    Credit Hours: 3
    Uses systems theory to describe the physical and biological character of the coastal zone. Concepts and techniques in planning and management are the basis for the study of the use of coastal resources for recreation, transportation and waste disposal.
    Must be enrolled in College of Engineering and Science degree program
  
  • OCN 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted petition to graduate
  
  • OCN 5901 Special Topics in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 1
    Special topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval. Offered on occasion to specific student groups
  
  • OCN 5902 Special Topics in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 2
    Special topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval. Offered on occasion to specific student groups
  
  • OCN 5903 Special Topics in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Special topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval. Offered on occasion to specific student groups
  
  • OCN 5990 Oceanography Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Presents research and review of areas of interest by staff, students and invited speakers in the field of oceanography.
  
  • OCN 5996 Internship

    Credit Hours: 0 - 3
    Application of coastal zone management principles to involve the student in actual experience with planning or other related agencies. Includes on-campus preparation, off-campus work experience and a final on-campus debriefing.)
    Must be enrolled in oceanography (8093)
  
  • OCN 5999 Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual work under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in the field of oceanography.
  
  • OCN 6899 Final Semester Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted candidacy
  
  • OCN 6993 Research in Oceanography

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Research under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty.
    Repeatable as required
  
  • OCN 6999 Dissertation Research

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Individual work under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in the field of oceanography.

Operations Research

  
  • ORP 0002 Final Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  
  • ORP 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: ORP 0002   Corequisite: ORP 0002  
  
  • ORP 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: ORP 0003   Corequisite: ORP 0003  
  
  • ORP 5001 Deterministic Operations Research Models

    Credit Hours: 3
    An applied treatment of modeling, analysis and solution of deterministic operations research problems. Includes model formulation, linear programming, network flow and transportation problems and algorithms, integer programming and dynamic programming.
    Recommended: At least one upper-level undergraduate math course
  
  • ORP 5002 Stochastic Operations Research Models

    Credit Hours: 3
    An applied treatment of modeling, analysis and solution of probabilistic operations research problems. Topics chosen from decision analysis, game theory, inventory models, Markov chains, queuing theory, simulation, forecasting models.
    Recommended: At least one upper-level undergraduate math course, preferably probability and statistics
  
  • ORP 5003 Operations Research Practice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes OR methodology, how an OR analyst interacts with clients, and preparation and presentation of oral reports. Students form teams to analyze real cases where each student gets an opportunity to be a team leader and present oral reports.
    Prerequisite: ORP 5001  and ORP 5002  
 

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