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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

314535 (v.1) Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences 200

Area: Department of Environment and Agriculture
Credits: 25.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit will cover the fundamentals of atmosphere and ocean dynamics, meteorology, ocean tides and waves, and aims to put these in the context of climate change in the 21st century. Lectures will focus on (1) the physical mechanisms responsible for large-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulation, (2) the global energy balance and hydrological cycle, (3) mesoscale weather systems, (4) ocean waves and tides, and (5) how these processes impact the coast at the local scale. Students will be introduced to the key concept of a coupled atmosphere and ocean, and how these combined systems influence marine biogeography and coastal landforms.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010713 Oceanography
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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