{"id":2463,"date":"2016-08-29T15:09:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T19:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marine\/?page_id=2463"},"modified":"2017-04-12T10:31:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:31:21","slug":"physical-marine-science-concentration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marine\/current-students\/physical-marine-science-concentration\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Marine Science Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p>The Physical Marine Sciences track provides training in the physical sciences as they relate to the processes in the ocean, and it allows students to specialize in a subdiscipline such as marine geology, chemical oceanography or physical oceanography.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE: <\/strong>This page does not contain listings for required General Education Requirement courses or reflect total credit hours required for the chosen program. Students must work with advisors to ensure correct scheduling of courses and credit hours for the chosen program.&nbsp; SBS = Semester by the Sea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Physical Marine Science Electives: Choose a minimum of 15 credit hours<\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 590px\" width=\"675\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" width=\"83\">\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em>Department Code<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" width=\"64\">\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em>Course Number<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" width=\"369\">\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em>Course Name<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" width=\"75\">\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em>Credits<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl58\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">&nbsp;300*<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\">Marine Ecology<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">&nbsp;325<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">Marine Geology<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl58\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">330<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\">Descriptive Physical Oceanography<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">333<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">Applied Meteorology<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl58\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">350<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\">SBS:<span class=\"font19\">&nbsp;Undergraduate Seminar<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">352*<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">SBS:<span class=\"font19\">&nbsp;Marine Ecology<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl58\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">410<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\">Marine Physics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">460<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">Climate Change: Understanding the Forecast<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl58\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">481<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\">SBS:<span class=\"font19\">&nbsp;Design of Marine Organisms<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">482<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">SBS<span class=\"font19\">: Human Impacts on the Ocean<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl58\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">490<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\">SBS<span class=\"font19\">: Special Topics (Appropriate topics)<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl76\">1 to 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">491<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">Problems in Marine Sciences (Appropriate topics)<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" bgcolor=\"#D6EABF\">Arr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl58\">\n<div align=\"center\">SMS<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">520<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl58\">Chemical Oceanography<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* Either but not both of SMS 300 and 352 qualify toward the Physical Marine Science Concentration.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Physical Marine Science Electives<\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 545px\" width=\"675\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"courses-row\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" width=\"83\">\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em>Department code<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" width=\"64\">\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em>Course Number<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" width=\"369\">\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em>Course Name<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#D9EDC1\" 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