AOS 202: Introduction to Ocean Science
                         Winter 2016

Classes are in Math. Sciences 7124A, Mon. & Wed., 2-3:30 (with
rescheduling as necessary).

The course syllabus is in syllabus_winter2016.pdf.

Class material is available via the class web site on UCLA's Common
Collaboration and Learning Environment (CCLE) at
https://ccle.ucla.edu/course/view/16W-AOSCI202-1

It has the following files that will be filled in as the course
proceeds:

	syllabus_winter2016.pdf
	course_information.txt
	lectures and homework assignments (listed in Weeks)

Course activities are lectures, textbook reading, homework, a midterm,
and a final exam.  The readings and lectures are both substantially
overlapping and distinctive in their voices; you should study both.

The textbook is 

    Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle
    by R. Williams and M. Follows, 2011, Cambridge Press

    Hardback ISBN: 9780521843690             $84.99 
    Adobe eBook Reader ISBN: 9781139118408   $68.00 

The book can be bought at the UCLA Bookstore or ordered directly, 
http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521843690

The eBook can be ordered from

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/oceanography-and-marine-science/ocean-dynamics-and-carbon-cycle-principles-and-mechanisms?format=AR

and may be available through the UCLA Bookstore with a discount.

There are no specific prerequisites, but a general competence is
presumed in statistics and calculus, chemistry, biology, fluid
dynamics (even geophysical, e.g., internal and inertial waves,
geostrophic balance), and climate.  Students are expected to
remedially inform themselves as necessary.  Office hours can be
scheduled at the class or through jcm@atmos.ucla.edu.