Undergraduate Courses Open to All

EOS 110 Oceans and Atmospheres

Origin and structure of the oceans and atmosphere. Dynamic processes that drive ocean and atmosphere circulation, weather patterns and global climate change. The coastal ocean, marine ecosystems, nutrient and carbon cycles, human influences on ocean environments, marine resources, and sustainability. This course has a laboratory component and is a prerequisite to most upper-level EOS courses.

EOS 120 The Dynamic Earth

Internal and external processes that shape the Earth and its landscapes. Nature of tectonic forces, earthquakes, volcanoes, rocks and minerals, and mountain building. Processes of erosion, sediment transport and deposition, and glaciation. Global water cycle and hydrological processes. Geologic record of past environmental change and its impact on life. Natural resources, natural hazards, and sustainability. This course has a laboratory component and is a prerequisite to most upper-level EOS courses.

EOS 170 Natural Hazards

An overview of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami, landslides, flooding, extreme weather, and meteor impacts. Particular attention is given to hazards related to climate change, hazards affecting south-western British Columbia, and important historic natural disasters. This is an introductory-level course that requires no science or math background.

EOS 350 Understanding the World's Oceans

Highlights the scientific basis of current topics and issues affecting the world's oceans. Focus may include: deep-sea exploration, mineral exploitation, El Nino, climate change, ocean circulation, waste disposal, food chains and/or over-fishing. Students taking this class should have at least second-year standing, but there are no other prerequisites. May not be used for credit towards a SEOS degree.

EOS 365 Climate and Society

A survey of the climate system and its interaction with past, present, and future societies. Topics include: climate change and the onset of agriculture/domestication, climate change and the rise and fall of early civilizations, the anthropocene and global warming. The interplay between science, media, public relations and public policy will also be addressed. Students taking this class should have at least third-year standing, but there are no other prerequisites.

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100-Level Course Descriptions

EOS 110 (1½) Oceans and Atmospheres
The dynamic processes acting within the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere. The underlying principles of air-sea interactions, wind and current systems, weather patterns, global climate change, and the origin and structure of the ocean basins are explored.
Notes: Not open to students with credit in GEOG 213, GEOG 203B, or GEOG 216; credit will be given for only two of EOS 100, EOS 101, (EOS 110, GEOG 110 or GEOG 216), or (EOS 120, GEOG 120 or GEOG 217).

EOS 120 (1½)  The Dynamic Earth
Principal geological processes which shape the Earth, the relationships among the geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, and the history of past life and environments. Nature of tectonic forces, earthquakes, volcanoes, rocks and minerals, mountain building and the evolution of continents. Processes of erosion, transport and deposition of sediments on land and under the ocean. Linkages between plate tectonics and natural hazards and resources in the context of human development.
Notes: Not open to students with credit in GEOG 213, GEOG 203B, or GEOG 216; credit will only be given for two of EOS 100, EOS 101, (EOS 110, GEOG 110 or GEOG 216), or (EOS 120, GEOG 120 or GEOG 217).

EOS 170 (1½)  Natural Hazards
An overview of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami, landslides, flooding, extreme weather, and meteor impacts. Particular attention is given to hazards related to climate change, hazards affecting south-western British Columbia, and important historic natural disasters. This is an introductory-level course that requires no science or math background.

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200-Level Course Descriptions

EOS 201 (1½) Sedimentary Geology

The physical, chemical and biological nature of sediments at sea and on land. The process of sediment transport, deposition and diagenesis. The origin and internal stratigraphy of sedimentary basins in the context of plate tectonics. The sedimentary record as used to reconstruct past climates, geographies, and earth and ocean dynamics. The geological evolution of western Canada as deduced from its stratigraphic record. 
Prerequisites: Two of 100, 101, (110, GEOG 110 or GEOG 216), or (120, GEOG 120, or GEOG 217); 205.

EOS 202(1½) Structural Geology

Geometric, kinematic and dynamic analysis of deformation structures in rock bodies at different scales, in both brittle and ductile regimes. Stress and strain in rocks and their relationship to geologic structures. Interpretation of the physical mechanisms of folding and faulting in rocks with structural data and geological maps. The origin of crustal deformation zones in the context of plate tectonics. 
Prerequisites: Two of 100, 101, (110, GEOG 110 or GEOG 216), or (120, GEOG 120, or GEOG 217).

 

EOS 260(1½) Earth System Evolution Through Deep Time Earth evolution has involved long periods of stability punctuated by catastrophic irreversible crises. This course focuses on multidisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of key planetary crises including: birthing of the moon, the great oxidation event, the Neoproterozoic snowball Earth, the great Permian extinction, and the Cretaceous superplume. Implications for the future evolution of the Earth System are investigated.
Pre- or co-requisites: Two of 100, 101, (110 or GEOG 110, or GEOG 216), or (120 or GEOG 120 or GEOG 217).

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300-Level Course Descriptions

EOS 300 (1½) Earth Science Field School

An up to two-week field course in and around southern Vancouver Island during which the students will be introduced to geological fieldwork (mapping, traversing, drawing sedimentary logs, sampling, recording field notes) and the regional geology and tectonics of Vancouver Island. Normally held in late April - early May after examinations for Year 2.

EOS 311 (1½) Biological Oceanography
An introduction to the ways in which physical, chemical and biological processes interact to regulate structure and productivity of marine ecosystems. Lectures will focus primarily on planktonic ecosystems. Participation in two single-day oceanographic cruises expected.
Prerequisites: MATH 100 or 102, PHYS 102 or 112, and CHEM 101/102; BIOL 215 recommended.

EOS 312 (1½) Introduction to Chemical Oceanography
An introduction to the sources, distribution, and transformations of chemical constituents of the ocean, and their relation to biological, chemical, geological, and physical processes. Topics include: controls on average concentration of chemicals in the ocean; vertical and horizontal distributions of ocean constituents; air-sea interactions; production, export, and remineralization of organic matter; the ocean carbon cycle; human-induced changes; stable isotopes and trace elements.
Prerequisites: One of 110, 314, 350, 431; CHEM 101 or 150, and 102; MATH 100 or 102.

EOS 313 (1½) Geological Oceanography
An introduction to the geological processes that shape the ocean basins, oceanic plate creation and structure, hydrothermal circulation at mid-ocean ridges, bathymetry, ocean islands, different types of ocean margins, ocean sediments, the sedimentary record of past ocean circulation, coastal geology.
Prerequisites: 120; CHEM 101 or 150.

EOS 314 (1½) Descriptive Physical Oceanography
An introduction to the geography of Earth's fluid ocean and the physics that govern it. Topics include fundamental physical variables and their distribution, air/sea interaction, water masses and their formation, large-scale ocean dynamics, equatorial and coastal physical oceanography, and interactions between physical, chemical, and biological processes in the ocean. Participation in a single-day oceanographic cruise is expected.
Prerequisites: Two of MATH 100, 101, 102, 151; one of PHYS 102, 112, 120.

EOS 315 (1½) Acoustical Oceanography
An introduction to ocean science through the window of underwater sound, with applications to physical, biological and geological processes in the ocean. The main subjects treated are the effects of boundaries (sea surface and bottom) and the water-column sound speed profile, sound sources in the ocean, transducers and hydrophones, and basic sound propagation models (ray theory and the sonar equations). Applications include ocean acoustic tomography, fisheries science, marine mammal acoustics, sea floor mapping, and marine seismic exploration and surveying.
Prerequisites: 110, 120; two of MATH 100, 101, 102, 151; one of PHYS 102, 112, or 120.

EOS 316 (1½) Igneous and Metamorphic Geology
The physical and chemical processes governing changes that rocks undergo as they equilibrate at different pressure and temperature conditions within the Earth. Melting, crystallisation and sub-solidus recrystallisation as a function of bulk composition. The role of different plate tectonic settings in controlling the pressure-temperature-composition conditions of formation of different igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Prerequisites: 205, 240.

EOS 325 (1½) Earth System Modelling - this course has been re-numbered (please see EOS 225)

EOS 330 (1½) Paleobiology
Processes and patterns in the evolution of life through time: extinction, evolution and diversification as recognized from the fossil record. Major events in the history of life. The relationship of biotas to depositional systems: paleoecology, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. The major groups of microfossils and invertebrates will be studied with emphasis on their applications in Earth Sciences. Laboratories and field trips will provide illustrative fossil examples.
Prerequisites: 201 and Grade 12 Biology or BIOL 150A; or permission of instructor. 
Note: Credit will be given for only one of EOS 330 or EOS 360.

EOS 335 (1½) Isotopes in Natural Sciences
Basic principles controlling isotope distribution, including natural abundances, radiogenic decay, equilibrium and kinetic isotope effects. Applications of the principles in the fields of: Earth history-global processes and chronology; mineralization-diagenesis, catagenesis; hydrogeology and characterization of water and air masses; and biogeochemistry and biological fractionation isotopes.
Prerequisites: 240, or permission of department.

EOS 340 (1½) Atmospheric Sciences
Introduction to the fundamental process and forces governing the Earth's weather and climate. Specific applications such as weather systems and global climate/change. Topics include clouds, precipitation, tornadoes, thunderstorms, cyclones, air-sea interaction, El Niño, Greenhouse Effect, ozone hole, and acid rain.
Prerequisites: 325 or two of MATH 200, 201, 205.

EOS 350 (1½) Understanding The World's Oceans
Highlights the scientific basis of current topics and issues affecting the world's oceans. Focus may include: deep-sea exploration, mineral exploitation, El Nino, climate change, ocean circulation, waste disposal, food chains and/or over-fishing.
Prerequisite: Second year standing.
Note: Course may not be used as credit toward SEOS general, major, honours, or combined degree programs.

EOS 365 (1½) Climate and Society
A survey of the climate system and its interaction with past, present, and future societies. Topics include: climate change and the onset of agriculture/domestication, climate change and the rise and fall of early civilizations, the anthropocene and global warming. The interplay between science, media, public relations and public policy will also be addressed.
Prerequisites: Third-year standing.

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400-Level Course Descriptions

EOS 400 (1½) Advanced Field School
An up to two-week field trip through the Southern Canadian Cordillera, examining the rock units and structures of the major tectonic elements in southern British Columbia and Alberta. Parallels, where possible, recent COCORP and LITHOPROBE seismic survey routes. Introduces the complex evolutionary states of the western margin of North America. Normally held in late August - early September, prior to registration.
Prerequisite: 300

EOS 403 (cross-listed with EOS 503) (1½) Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Organic matter is studied from its formation (primary production) through its transformation and destruction during transport, depositional, and diagenetic remineralization processes. Global carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulphur cycles are discussed. Emphasis is placed on describing the fluxes of nutrients and other major compounds within and across the interface of soils, and the sedimentary and water columns.
Prerequisite: 240; or permission of instructor.

EOS 408 (1½) Marine Geology
A combined lecture and seminar course covering modern marine geological processes in a wide range of oceanic environments: mid-ocean ridges, mid-plate volcanoes and hot spots, coastlines, continental margins and abyssal plains. Modern methods of data collection and analysis, including the Ocean Drilling Program.
Prerequisite: 201, 310, and 340; or permission of instructor.

EOS 410 (1½) Global Tectonics
A study of global tectonic systems including geological, geophysical, geochemical and geographical perspectives on major tectonic environments. A wide range of examples from different continents will be used. Vancouver Island will also be examined.
Prerequisite: 202; or permission of instructor.

EOS 416 (1½) High Temperature Petrology
The thermodynamic and kinetic principles controlling the origin and behaviour of rocks at high temperatures and pressures. Thermodynamic and kinetic relations in igneous and metamorphic systems applied to understanding the petrogenesis of magmatic and metamorphic rock suites. Applications to the geodynamic, hydrothermal and tectonic evolution of the Earth and terrestrial planets.
Prerequisites: 316 or 310 or 320; 335 or 430.

EOS 420 (1½) Resource Geology
A geological study of the major types of economically important metallic and nonmetallic minerals and fossil fuels, basic processes of ore formation, exploration and mining techniques. The impacts of these activities on the environment are also considered.
Prerequisites: 201, 310, and 320.

EOS 422 (1½) Energy Resources
This course discusses the Earth's major economic natural energy resources. The focus is on conventional oil and gas, coal, CBM and tar sands, including modes of formation, accumulation and recovery, along with the mechanisms of migration and trapping. Canadian examples of petroleum systems and basin modelling augment the material. To a lesser degree, other energy sources are looked at, such as nuclear fuels, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, biogas, wind and tidal, as well as related socio-economic-environmental issues.

EOS 425 (cross-listed with EOS 538)(1½) Aqueous Geochemistry and the Envrionment
What controls the concentrations of aqueous species in the hydrosphere? Principles of chemical equilibrium and kinetics are applied to the major aspects of the global hydrochemical cycle. Investigates reactions and sources and sinks of elements in oxic and anoxic aquatic systems such as rainwater, rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries, and oceans; also the application of natural and anthropogenic tracers to geochemical problems within aquatic systems.
Prerequisites: 240 and 335 or 430; or 3rd year Chemistry; or permission of department.

EOS 427(1½) Geophysics
Principles of seismology, gravity, geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and heat flow, and how they contribute to our understanding of whole Earth structure and plate tectonics.
Prerequisities: One of MATH 301, 330B, 438; MATH 326 or 346.

EOS 431 (cross-listed with EOS 531) (1½) Physical Oceanography
Observations and theories explaining the wind- and buoyancy-driven circulations of the ocean. Topics include wind-forced currents; ocean-scale gyres; coastal circulation; conservation of dynamical tracers; mixing, potential energy and the resulting basin-scale overturning circulations; waves.
Prequisites: 325 or two of MATH 200, 201, 205; PHYS 112 or 120; or permission of department.

EOS 433 (cross-listed with EOS 550) (1½) The Climate System **NOTE: 433 wil not be offered in Spring 2010
Studies of the Earth's climate require an understanding of the intimate links between the hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere and biosphere. Basic theories of the dynamics of ocean and atmosphere. The physics and biogeochemistry of coupled models are examined with emphasis on simple intuition-building mathematical models as well as discussion of large computer models.
Prerequisites: 340, 431; MATH 301 or 330B; MATH 326 or 346; PHYS 317, 321A, 325, 426; or permission of department.

EOS 434 (cross-listed with EOS 534) (1½) Ocean Mixing Processes
The distribution of properties in the ocean and ocean circulation are greatly influenced by small scale processes that cannot be explicitly included in numerical models the ocean. The physics and parameterization of processes such as breaking internal waves, double diffusion and boundary mixing are analyzed, with discussion of observational techniques as well as theories.
Pre- or co-requisites: 431, MATH 326, MATH 330B, PHYS 317, PHYS 321A, PHYS 325 and PHYS 426; or permission of instructor.

EOS 435 (cross-listed with EOS 530) (1½) Waves in the Ocean
The mathematical theories and physics of surface gravity waves, internal waves, Rossby waves and other wave motions in the ocean are introduced, with an emphasis on general results that describe the effects on the waves of variable properties of the medium, and the back effects of the waves on the mean flow.  Pre- or co-requisites: 431; MATH 301 or 330B; MATH 326 or 346; PHYS 317, 321A, 325, 426; or permission of department.

EOS 440 (1½) Hydrogeology
Interdisciplinary and quantitative approaches to the nature and migration of fluids in the Earth's crust. Theory of groundwater flow in fractured and porous media. Surface-groundwater interactions and changes in water quality; well flow; waste disposal; groundwater contamination.
Prerequisites: 240; 325 or two of MATH 200, 201, 205; or permission of department.

EOS 450 (1½) Quaternary Geology
The methods and theory of Quaternary research, stressing the processes of interaction between the geosphere and biosphere. Topics include dating methods, paleoenvironmental studies, glaciation and global change, geological hazards, interdisciplinary research and applied studies, particularly the influence for engineering design.
Prerequisites: 201 and 240; or permission of department.

EOS 460 (1½) Earth System Science
An examination of the interrelationships between the complex systems operating in the solid Earth, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere; methods of systems analysis for the planet; modelling of global processes.
Prerequisites: 260, 335, or 430, and completion of at least two other EOS courses numbered 300 or above (excluding 350, 360, 365, and 370).

EOS 480 (1½) Applied Geophysics
An introduction to geophysical methods used in resource exploration and in investigations of crustal structure. Topics include principles and applications of seismology, gravity, magnetics, heat flow, radioactivity and electrical methods. Emphasis will be placed on interpretation of geophysical data for earth structure.
Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in SEOS or Physics; or permission of instructor.

490 (1½ or 3) Directed Studies in Earth and Ocean Sciences
With the consent of the School and the faculty member concerned, a student may be permitted to pursue a course of directed studies.
Note: students are permitted to take no more than three units of EOS 490 studies.

EOS 499 (3) Honors Thesis
A research project conducted under the direction of faculty. This course is normally restricted to Earth and Ocean Honours students.
Grading: INP; letter grade

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Graduate Course Descriptions

The courses required for your program will be decided through consultation with your supervisor/committee.  The School offers a number of graduate courses but only a limited selection are taught in any given year. SEOS Faculty (both regular and limited term/adjunct) will generally offer courses when interest exists, so students should ensure that they (and their supervisors) communicate their interest to potential course instructors and/or the Grad Advisor.

Graduate students will have the freedom to take courses from departments other than the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. Courses offered by the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical and Computing Engineering, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy are likely to be particularly relevant. Permission of the Instructor and of the Grad Advisor is a prerequisite for all graduate courses offered by the School. Some courses may require specific undergraduate credit for background preparation. Student academic records will be reviewed on an individual basis at the time of admission.

**NOTE:  All Graduate Students in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences are required to take EOS 525 and EOS 570 in order to complete their program.

In case of a discrepancy between the listing below and the official UVic Calendar, the latter should be taken as correct.  Course schedules can be viewed on-line via uSource.

See red text for courses being offered in the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 terms.

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EOS 500 (1½) ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
This course tracks the fate of organic matter from its formation through its transformation and destruction during depositional, diagenetic (remineralization) and catagenic (petroleum generation) processes. The concepts and analytical techniques of water and interstitial fluid chemistry, geochemical biomarkers, stable isotope geochemistry and petroleum source rock geochemistry are examined.

EOS 503 (1½) GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
This course tracks the fate of organic matter from its formation (primary production) through its transformation and destruction during transport, depositional, and diagenetic remineralization processes. Global carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulphur cycles are discussed. Emphasis is placed on describing the fluxes of nutrients and other major compounds within soils, and the sedimentary and water columns, and across their interface.

EOS 504 (1½ or 3) SELECTED TOPICS IN GEOCHEMISTRY

• EOS 504B (1½) High Temperature Petrology (1½) Offered Spring 2010 - CRN 27310

This course may repeat with a different content (offered as 504A, 504B, 504C and 504D). Topics will be selected in or will span the fields of solid earth, marine, atmospheric and planetary geochemistry. Examples include ocean biogeochemical processes, applications of geochemical tracers in oceanography and climate, principles of isotope geochemistry, hydrosphere-lithosphere reactions, and mantle-lithosphere exchange processes, discussion of geological controls on major and trace element and isotope signatures of coal, oil, carbonaceous shales, and environmental implications of use.

EOS 506 (1½) GLOBAL BIOEVENTS AND THE PALEOBIOLOGICAL RECORD
Analysis of major global bioevents in the Phanerozoic paleobiologic record; causes and consequences of extinction bioevents; patterns of adaptive radiation; changes to the planetary biota in relation to continental drift, ocean chemistry and circulation, climate change, and bolide impacts.

EOS 508 (1½) MARINE GEOLOGY
A seminar course covering modern processes of marine geology, including depositional processes and diagenesis of marine sediments. The course will examine a range of depositional environments: fjord and coastal, shelf, slope, and oceanic; with consideration of the data obtained from DSDP and ODP drilling.

EOS 510 (1½) PLATE TECTONICS: THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD Offered Spring 2010 - CRN 27301
An examination of the processes of plate tectonics as revealed by the geological record, including Precambrian evolution of cratons; rifts and passive margins; convergent margins and orogens; plate motions through time.

EOS 511 (1½) PLATE TECTONIC PROCESSES
An overview of plate tectonic regimes with emphasis on physical processes and geophysical aspects related to the evolution of the earth's plate system. The course will be organized primarily as seminars and discussions, supplemented by special lectures by faculty and adjuncts.

EOS 512 (1½) EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
An examination of the interrelationships between the complex systems operating in the solid Earth, hydrosphere and atmosphere; methods of systems analysis for the planet; modelling of global processes, especially past and future climate change.  Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 512, 460.

EOS 516A (1½) OCEAN ACOUSTICS I
This course provides an introduction to the ocean as an acoustic medium, sound sources in the ocean, ray theory, normal modes, reflection and refraction processes at ocean boundaries and discusses sound propagation in deep and shallow water. The basic concepts are applied to special topics such as parabolic equation propagation models, sound propagation in bubbly fluids and ambient noise models.

EOS 516B (1½) OCEAN ACOUSTICS II
This course deals with theory and applications of ocean acoustic propagation modelling and acoustic signal processing. Propagation modelling topics to be considered include the normal-mode model including adiabatic and coupled modes and the ray-mode equivalence, and wave-number integration methods. Applications to acoustic interaction with the seabed, such as reflection from elastic media, are considered. Signal processing topics include the sonar equation, plane-wave beamforming techniques, and matched-field processing and inversion.

EOS 519 (1½) SELECTED TOPICS IN GEOPHYSICS
Selected topics in geophysics.

EOS 520 (1½) (formerly EOS 520A) GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS
This course will examine fluid motions in the atmosphere and ocean for which the earth's rotation cannot be ignored. Emphasis will be placed on flow instabilities, and their manifestation in the atmosphere and ocean. Topics will include general criteria for instability, shear instabilities, the Eady and Charney problems, convective instabilities, instabilities of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system, as well as the Lorenz problem.

EOS 523 (1½) SEISMOLOGY
Theoretical and practical aspects of seismic wave propogation, earthquake seismology, and processing and interpretation of reflection and refraction data.

EOS 525 (1½) RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCE
This interdisciplinary Earth and Ocean Sciences course examines, in detail, global topics that are current, significant and which require input and integration across diverse disciplines. The specific topics of the course change annually and the subject is team-taught by several SEOS/UVic faculty members. Note: Course may be taken more than once for credit.

EOS 526 (1½) INVERSE THEORY IN EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES
Inverse theory and its applications in Earth and Ocean Sciences. Topics include non-uniqueness, general linear least-squares, singular-value decomposition, empirical orthogonal functions, regularization, linearization, and global inversion methods such as simulated annealing and genetic algorithms. Applications will be drawn from the research literature and include topics such as inversion of geo-electromagnetic and seismic data, tomography, matched-field inversion, modal decomposition, and remote sensing.

EOS 530 (1½) WAVES IN THE OCEAN
The physics and mathematical theories of surface gravity waves, internal waves, Rossby waves and other wave motions in the ocean are introduced, with an emphasis on general results that describe the effects on the waves of variable properties of the medium, and the back effects of the waves on the mean flow.

EOS 531 (1½) PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Physical properties of sea water, equation or state, gravitational stability, large-scale ocean currents, meridional distribution of salinity and temperature, surface heat budgets, water masses, estuary flows.

EOS 534 (1½) OCEAN MIXING PROCESSES
The distribution of properties in the ocean and ocean circulation are greatly influenced by small-scale processes that cannot be explicitly included in numerical models of the ocean. The physics and parameterization of processes such as breaking internal waves, double diffusion and boundary mixing are analyzed, with discussion of observational techniques as well as theories.

EOS 537 (1½) ISOTOPES IN EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES
Basic principles controlling isotope distributions, including natural abundances, radiogenic decay, equilibrium and kinetic isotope effects. Applications of these principles in the fields of: 1) Earth history ­ global processes and chronology; 2) mineralization ­ diagenesis, catagenesis; 3) hydrogeology and characterization of water and air masses; 4) biogeochemistry and biological fractionation of isotopes. Note: Credit will be grantd for only one of 537, 430.
Prerequisites: EOS 240 or permission of instructor.

EOS 538 (1½) AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Major aspects of the global water cycle, sources, sinks of chemical elements present in aquatic systems, weathering reactions, solution geochemistry of oxic and anoxic environments in natural aquatic systems (rainwaters, ground waters, rivers, lakes, estuaries and oceans). The computer program, "Hydraql" will be introduced and used for solving problems. Other topics include the application of natural and anthropogenic tracers to geochemical problems with aquatic systems.  Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 425, 538.
Prerequisites: 3rd year Chemistry, or permission of instructor.

EOS 540 (1½) HYDROSPHERE-LITHOSPHERE REACTIONS IN HYDROGEOLOGY

Offered Spring 2010 - CRN 24182
The location, chemistry, age and migration of fluids in the Earth's crust and surficial deposits. Theory of groundwater flow, surface-groundwater interactions, changes in ground water quality, and isotope hydrogeology. Minor treatment of hydrogeology. Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 540, 440.
Prerequisites: EOS 240, MATH 200, or 205 and MATH 201 or equivalents or permission of Instructor.

EOS 550 (1½) THE OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM

Offered Spring 2010 - CRN 27228
Studies of the Earth's climate require an understanding of the intimate links between the ocean and atmosphere. Basic theories of the circulation of each are discussed and the physics of coupled models examined, with emphasis on simple intuition-building mathematical models as well as discussion of large computer models.

EOS 551 (1½) INTRODUCTORY DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY

Offered Spring 2010 - CRN 27242
An introduction to the dynamics and thermodynamics of rotating atmospheres. Topics include: equations of motion, circulation theorems, geostrophy and quasigeostrophy, boundary layer dynamics, waves in the atmosphere, barotropic and baroclinic instabilities, and the general circulation of the atmosphere.

EOS 552 (1½) NUMERICAL METHODS IN ATMOSPHERICE AND OCEANIC MODELLING
Description of numerical models used to investigate the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean. Specific topics to be discussed include finite differencing techniques; finite difference approximations; computational instability, accuracy and efficiency; Galerkin spectral and finite element techniques; numerical methods based on the primitive equations; special numerical considerations in the parameterization of physical processes.

EOS 553 (1½) CARBON CYCLE DYNAMICS
Studies of climate change require an understanding of the processes that maintain and alter the abundance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Observations and theories about the global carbon cycle will be reviewed. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the processes that exchange carbon dioxide among the atmosphere-ocean-terrestrial system on seasonal to millennial time scales. Techniques and data for developing and evaluating models are outlined, and existing models that attempt to explain the variations are examined to highlight their strengths and limitations.

EOS 554 (1½) (formerly EOS 520B) ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
This course will examine theories explaining the large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere with an emphasis on those describing wave mean-flow interactions. Specific topics will include barotropic and baroclinic Rossby waves; wave propagation; the non-acceleration and Eliassen-Palm theorems.

EOS 560 (1½) TIME SERIS ANALYSIS
Many data sets in the ocean and Earth sciences arise from continuous sampling in either space or time. Analysis techniques are based on spectral (Fourier) decomposition, starting with univariate analysis and progressing to concepts such as frequency-domain empirical orthogonal functions. Techniques of statistical prediction are also outlined.

EOS 570 (0) GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP

Offered Fall 2009 - CRN 16903 and Spring 2010 - CRN 26861

You must register to both terms.

Registered students are required to present results of their research at the SEOS Annual Graduate Student Workshop normally held every spring. EOS 570 should be taken prior to degree completion, but late enough in the program that students can present a substantive overview of their thesis projects at the Workshop. In addition, students are encouraged to attend SEOS departmental seminars. This program of seminars by internal and external speakers is designed to provide discussion on topics beyond those covered in courses taken for credit. Students may register after consulting with their supervisor and with the permission of the Graduate Advisor. All SEOS graduate students are expected to attend the seminars. (Grading: COM)

EOS 580 (1 to 3) DIRECTED STUDIES
A course designed to enable students to pursue individual interests. Note: May be taken more than once for credit.

EOS 599 (credit to be determined, but normally 9 units) MSc THESIS
The thesis or dissertation requirement for advanced degrees (599 or 699) applies to all students in the School.  (Grading: INP, COM, N or F)

EOS 699 (credit to be determined) PhD DISSERTATION  

The thesis or dissertation requirement for advanced degrees (599 or 699) applies to all students in the School.  (Grading: INP, COM, N or F)