{"id":3182,"date":"2023-05-15T12:15:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo-draft\/?page_id=3182"},"modified":"2023-05-18T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T19:43:04","slug":"geological-oceanography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/geological-oceanography\/","title":{"rendered":"Geological Oceanography Specialization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geology and Geological Oceanography B.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Geoscience BS\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-geoscience-bs\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-3196\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3196\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3197\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3197\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3246\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3246\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/geology\/\">Geology<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3198\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3198\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/geological-oceanography\/\">Geological Oceanography<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3771\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3771\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/water-and-climate-sciences\/\">Water and Climate Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geological Oceanography Specialization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">Highlights of this specialization include a senior research project to be carried out under the direction of a GSO faculty member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the core courses required for all B.S. in Geology and Geological Oceanography majors. Students in the Geology Specialization must take the following courses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>OCG&nbsp;301 General Oceanography or OCG 451&nbsp;Oceanographic Science<\/li><li>OCG 440 Geological Oceanography<\/li><li>Oceanography elective (400-level or above)<\/li><li>OCG 493\/494 Geological Oceanography Research Project<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested sequence of courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" id=\"centerheader\">\n<tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><strong>First Year<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><strong>Fall&nbsp;(15)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Spring&nbsp;(14)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr><td>&nbsp;URI 101<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;GEO 210<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>&nbsp;GEO 103<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;CHM 101, 102<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>&nbsp;NRS 100<\/td><td>MTH 131<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EEC 105<\/td><td>Gen Ed. elective<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>MTH 103\/111 (if needed)<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><th align=\"center\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Second Year<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td width=\"50%\"><strong>Fall&nbsp;(14)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Spring&nbsp;(17)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>&nbsp;GEO 204<\/td><td>GEO 320<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>MTH 132<\/td>\n<td>PHY 111, 186<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>CHM 112, 114<\/td>\n<td>STA 308<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Gen Ed. elective<\/td>\n<td>Gen Ed. elective<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><th colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><strong>Third Year<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td width=\"50%\"><strong>Fall&nbsp;(15)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Spring&nbsp;(14-15)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>GEO 370<\/td>\n<td>GEO 450<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>BIO 101, 103<\/td>\n<td>BIO 102, 104<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>PHY 112, 114<\/td>\n<td>OCG 440<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Gen Ed. elective<\/td>\n<td>Supporting elective<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><th colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><strong>Fourth Year<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td width=\"50%\"><strong>Fall&nbsp;(17)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Spring&nbsp;(17)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>OCG 4XX<\/td>\n<td>OCG 451**<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>OCG 493 \/ 494<\/td><td>Gen. Ed. elective<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Supporting elective<\/td>\n<td>Supporting elective<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Gen. Ed. Elective<\/td>\n<td>Supporting elective<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Gen. Ed. Elective<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>**Students may elect OCG 451 (Spring course) in lieu of OCG 301.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Number of free electives will vary depending on the supporting science and Geoscience electives selected and the number of credits for field camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Advisor<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/elizabeth-laliberte\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elizabeth Laliberte Geosciences Professor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/elizabeth-laliberte\/\">Elizabeth Laliberte<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5512<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:elalib@uri.edu\">elalib@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geological Oceanography Specialization Highlights of this specialization include a senior research project to be carried out under the direction of a GSO faculty member. In addition to the core courses required for all B.S. in Geology and Geological Oceanography majors. Students in the Geology Specialization must take the following courses: OCG&nbsp;301 General Oceanography or OCG [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1962,"featured_media":0,"parent":3184,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3281,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3182\/revisions\/3281"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}