Marine Environment (MARS 157)

Fall - 2002

 

Jessica Lundquist

Office: Science Offices 106                 Office Hours: Tues. 7:30-8:30, Thurs. 10:30-11:30 or by appointment

Phone: 858-534-1504                        E-mail: jlundquist@ucsd.edu

 

Michael G. Hinton

Office: Science Offices 106                   Office Hours: Friday (time to be announced)

Phone: 858-546-7033                          E-mail: mhinton@sandiego.edu

 

Week                                                               Day                  Topic

 

Ocean/Climate Interactions (taught by Jessica Lundquist)

Sep 5                                                               Th                    Introduction/Overview

Sep 10                                                             T                      Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions/Circulation

                                                                        Th                    El Niño/Southern Oscillation

Sep 17                                                             T                      Paleoclimate

                                                                        Th                    Greenhouse Effect/Feedbacks

Sep 24                                                             T                      Climate Change

                                                                       Th                    MIDTERM 1

 

Living Marine Resources (taught by Michael Hinton)

Oct 1                                                               T                      Fisheries

                                                                        Th                    Fisheries

Oct 8                                                               T                      Aquaculture

                                                                        Th                    Natural Products                                             

Oct 15                                                             T                      MIDTERM 2

 

Nonliving Marine Resources (taught by Jessica Lundquist)

                                                                        Th                    Mineral Resources

Oct 22                                                             T                      Mineral Resources

                                                                        Th                    Mineral Resources

Oct 29                                                             T                      Mineral Resources

                                                                        Th                    Petroleum Resources

Nov 5                                                              T                      Energy from the Sea

                                                                        Th                    MIDTERM 3

 

Marine Pollution (taught by Jessica Lundquist)

Nov 12                                                            T                      Intro, Oxygen-Demanding Wastes (Ch. 1-3)

                                                                       Th                    Petroleum (Ch. 4)

Nov 19                                                            T                      Petroleum (Ch. 4)

                                                                       Th                    Metals (Ch. 5)

Nov 26                                                            T                      Halogenated Hydrocarbons (Ch. 6)

                                                                        Th                    NO CLASS - Be Thankful

Dec 3                                                               T                      Presentations

                                                                        Th                    Presentations

Dec 10                                                             T                      Presentations

 

FINAL EXAM                       Thursday, December 19: 8:00-10:00 am

 

Texts:               Marine Pollution, Fifth Edition, Clark

- Additional required readings will be on reserve in the library and will also be available in pdf format via E-reserves.  I may assign internet “homework” as well.

 

 

Grades:

              Presentation                                                    150 points (50 written, 100 oral)

              Midterm Exams (3)                                         100 points each

              Final Exam (non-cumulative)                           100 points

              Total                                                              550 points

 

Grades

            In addition to the 550 "mandatory" points, it will be possible to earn up to 25 extra credit points by successfully completing an assignment that will be announced in class.  The 25 points are NOT automatically given to anyone completing the assignment - only to people who complete the assignment in a satisfactory manner.  Substandard assignments will earn fewer extra credit points.

 

Objectives

            The basic goal of this course is to increase your understanding of the interactions between humans and the ocean.  In the process of learning about this topic, we will talk about the role of the ocean in planetary processes, as well as the effects of human activities on the oceans and marine life.

 

Exams

            There will be NO make-up exams in this course without prior approval from the instructor.  This means that if you give me enough advance notice and there is a compelling reason why you must miss a scheduled exam we can probably work something out.  If you wait until the last minute before telling me that you can't make it to an exam I'm likely to be much less forgiving.  Travel plans do NOT constitute a valid excuse for missing ANY exam.  If there is an emergency that prevents you from taking an exam, please contact the instructor PRIOR to the exam time.  This policy includes the final exam.

 

Presentations

            During the last few weeks of the semester, you (and two or three classmates) will make a presentation to the class and lead a class discussion on a marine-related topic of your choice.  This topic should follow the theme of the course, i.e. human interactions with the ocean.  Groups will be organized during the first few weeks of class (3-4 people per group).  I would prefer that you assemble your own group, although I am willing to assign people to groups, if necessary.  Each group should select a topic in consultation with the instructor and provide the rest of the class with a reading (please keep it to no more than 15-30 pages) on that topic at least a week before your presentation date.  On the day of the presentation, your group will give the class a presentation on your topic (you should plan to take about 40 minutes, half a class period). 

            Each student also will write independently a paper (10-15 pages) dealing with the major issues associated with their topic.  This paper should include some analysis of the current state of understanding regarding the subject as well as some predictions for the future, if appropriate.  I expect you to research and prepare your presentations as a team, but the papers should be written independently.  Please select your topic well in advance (I should have seen and approved all topics no later than mid October) and don’t wait until the last minute to prepare.  Feel free to talk to me about any questions you might have during the course of your preparations - I’ll try to help to the best of my ability.

 

Academic Integrity

            The use of information from published sources can create some confusion about proper use and referencing of material that you did not generate yourself.  Here are some guidelines to help you use but not misuse information produced by others.  It is expected that you will read publications and incorporate into your papers some of the findings and ideas contained in those published works.  When you refer to information generated by someone else, it is important to credit the source of that information.  Commonly, that credit comes in the form of a parenthetical citation.  For example:

 

            Global climate change has been implicated in the decline of zooplankton biomass in the eastern Pacific during the second half of the 20th century (Roemmich and McGowan, 1995).

 

            This sentence contains a conclusion described by Roemmich and McGowan in a paper published in 1995.  It could be appropriate for you to include a sentence like this in one of your papers, but since you didn’t perform the research that led to this conclusion you need to cite the people who did.

            Neglecting to properly cite another person’s work is a form of plagiarism, the practice of reporting someone else’s work as your own.  There are other forms of plagiarism as well, including: copying portions of text verbatim from published sources (including the internet), receiving unauthorized assistance on papers, and drawing material from similar papers written by other students.  Plagiarism constitutes a serious breach of professional ethics as well as a violation of the University of San Diego’s academic integrity policy.  If an instructor has reason to believe that an act of plagiarism has occurred, an academic integrity report must be filed with the dean of the college and an academic integrity hearing may be convened.  If the academic integrity hearing committee determines that plagiarism has occurred, disciplinary action may range from loss of points or a grade penalty to expulsion from the university.  Bottom line: do your own work and don’t copy the work of others.  Plagiarism is unethical, it’s way too easy to get caught, and being called before an academic integrity hearing committee is far more unpleasant than simply writing your own papers.

            Any questions about what constitute acceptable procedures for sharing of data, exchange of ideas, citation of sources, or any other academic integrity issues should be addressed to your instructor.  Better safe than sorry!