OntarioLearn Course Details Start at 05/13/2025
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Course Details
| Course Title |
Oceanography |
| Conestoga Course Code |
OLRN1124 |
| Host College |
St. Lawrence College |
| OntarioLearn Course Code |
SL-CSSL19 |
| Start Date |
05/13/2025 |
| End Date |
08/19/2025 |
| Course Fee |
$431.25 |
| Hours |
45 |
| Pre-requisites |
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| Course Description |
The world's oceans are spectacular in their beauty, majestic in their power, and domineering in terms of their effects on climate. Oceans are a source of bountiful food and are home to tremendous numbers and varieties of species. It is very important to possess a good understanding of how the oceans work. Our future as a species depends upon the oceans that surround every continent. This course examines the oceans from a historical, geographical, geological, and biological perspective. |
| Midterm Exam Format |
No exam requirement |
| Final Exam Format |
No exam requirement |
| Final Exam Group |
05/13/2025 |
| Other Evaluation Details |
Tests 80%, Project 10%, Assignment 10% |
| Minimum Passing Mark |
50 |
| Mandatory Chats |
No |
| Mandatory Group Work |
No |
| Other Details |
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| Platform |
Blackboard |
| Computer Software Requirements |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
| Additional |
We suggest you do not purchase your textbook until approximately two weeks prior to the course start date as textbooks may change. |
| Textbook Information |
Purchase textbook from www.textnet.ca. No substitutions unless otherwise stated. |
Textbooks
| Textbook Title |
An Introduction to the World's Oceans |
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| Author |
Keith A. Sverdrup and E. Virginia Armbrust |
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| Publisher |
McGraw |
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| Edition |
10th |
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| ISBN |
9780073376707 |
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