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Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (OEST)
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
The following courses are not part of a specified
department’s curriculum. These courses are highly interdisciplinary in
nature, drawing on faculty expertise from throughout SOEST and the Manoa
campus. They are not based in any of the departments but are
administered and coordinated by the associate dean’s office.
OEST 735 is a key element of the graduate ocean
policy certificate program
OEST 101 Natural Hazards (3) Science of natural
hazards: impact on human civilization of events in the lithosphere,
atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes,
red tides, and floods), and impact of humans on their exposure to and
mitigation of the hazards. NS2
OEST 261 People, Ocean, and the Environment (3) People’s
impact on quality of coastal and ocean environments, especially
Hawaiian; scientific, legal, socioeconomic aspects. Ocean pollution;
ocean technology. Pre: OCN 201 or ZOOL 200.
OEST 300 Ocean Internships and Research (V) With
faculty guidance, students design and carry out marine-related
internships, practica, research projects, or field experience on or off
campus. May comprise up to a full semester load. Repeatable once. Pre: a
minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5, junior or senior standing in any field of
study, acceptable written proposal, and instructor’s consent.
OEST 310 Global Environmental Change (3) Global
environmental change problems, such as carbon dioxide and the greenhouse
effect, acid rain, chlorofluorocarbons and the ozone layer, global
deforestation and effect on climate, etc. Pre: one environmentally
oriented science course. (Cross-listed as OCN 310 and MET 310)
OEST 310L Global Environmental Change Laboratory
(2) (2-hr Lab) Laboratory course to supplement OEST 310.
Quantitative aspects of global environmental change will be addressed
through problem solving and computer modeling. A-F only. Pre: MATH 205,
MATH 206, PHYS 170, PHYS 170L, CHEM 161, and CHEM 161L; or consent.
Co-requisite: 310. (Cross-listed as MET 310L and OCN 310L)
OEST 480 Sea Systems I (3) (1 Lec, 2 Discussion) The
development of society is traced as it has occurred about water systems:
lakes, rivers, seas, and oceans, from earliest beginnings until the 19th
century. Cross-disciplinary perspectives integrate art, natural
sciences, social sciences, literature, engineering, and technology.
Lectures, discussions, and the Socratic method are employed. Pre: upper
division standing or consent.
OEST 481 Sea Systems II (3) (1 Lec, 2 Discussion) The
development of society about water systems is examined for the current
century, and projections are made for the next. Cross-disciplinary
perspectives integrate art, natural sciences, literature, engineering
and technology, and history. Pre: upper division standing or consent.
OEST 489 World Maritime History (3) A
survey of world maritime history from earliest times to the present,
with emphasis on the evolution of nautical technology, motives for
maritime enterprises, and the impact of cross-cultural encounters
between oceanic peoples. Pre: HIST 151 and HIST 152 (or concurrent), or
consent. (Cross-listed as HIST 489)
OEST 668 Maritime Archaeology Techniques (6) (5
7-hr Lab) Laboratory and field training in the principles and practice
of methods of maritime archaeology--coastal habitations, shipwrecks,
waterlogged artifacts; survey, mapping, excavation, conservation. Summer
only, full-time. Repeatable. Pre: ANTH 210 or consent. (Cross-listed as
ANTH 668)
OEST 680 The Sea and Society to 1900 (3) Evolution
of societies as affected by marine technology, culture, law, policy, and
the geophysical relationship between land and water masses. Pre:
graduate standing or consent.
OEST 681 Sea and Society: 20th-21st Century (3) In-depth
examination of society’s modern evolution and projected development
into the next century, focusing on the marine aspects of technology,
science, law, military, commerce, population distribution, and
environmental management. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
OEST 699 Directed Reading/Research (V) Selected
interdisciplinary ocean/earth-related topics involving science,
technology, engineering, and/or policy. Pre: consent.
OEST 735 Ocean Policy Seminar (2) Interdisciplinary
approach to problems relating to humans and their interactions with the
world’s oceans and coasts. Theme changes each semester. Repeatable.
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