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* This is a list of courses given, past and present. Not all courses are offered every year.
NOTE: Faculty Add Codes are required for Undergraduate course OCEAN 499 and for Graduate courses OCEAN 600, OCEAN 700 and OCEAN 800.
| Title | Division |
| ENV 215 Earth, Air, Water: The Human Context (5) NW | UGRD |
| GEN ST 197A Peak Oil and Climate Change (1-3, max 3) | UGRD |
| HAS 221A Discovery Seminar: Oceans and the global environment (5, max 15) | UGRD |
| HAS 222A Sewage, Science and Society in Puget Sound (5, max 15) | UGRD |
| HAS 222D Introduction to Energy and Environment (Life Under the Pale Sun) (5, max 15) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 100 Explore Oceanography at the UW (1) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 101B Survey of Oceanography (5) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 102 The Changing Oceans (5) I&S/NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 115A Intro to Astrobiology | UGRD |
| OCEAN 115 Astrobiology: Life in the Universe (5) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 200 Introduction to Oceanography (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 201 Introduction to Oceanography Lab (2) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 210A Ocean Circulation (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 220 Intro to Field Oceanography (3/5) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 230 Rivers and Beaches (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 240 Current Topics (1-5, max 9) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 250 Marine Biology for Everyone (3/5) I&S, NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 260 The Puget Sound Ecosystem (3/5) I&S/NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 300 Study Abroad Marine Sciences (1-12, max 12) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 310 The Puget Sound Nearshore: Processes and Problems (3) I&S/NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 351 Field Investigations in Marine Biology (5) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 355 From the Big Bang to the Blue Planet (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 360 Marine Field Research (10) NW, QSR | UGRD |
| OCEAN 365 Practicing Sustainability Science (8) I&S/NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 400 Chemical Oceanography (4) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 401 Special Topics in Chemical Oceanography (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 410 Marine Geology and Geophysics (4) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 411 Special Topics in Marine Geology and Geophysics (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 412/ESS 467 Seismic Exploration and Stratigraphy | UGRD |
| OCEAN 420 Physical Processes in the Ocean (4) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 421 Special Topics in Physical Oceanography (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 422 Ocean Dynamics (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 423 Ocean Circulation and Climate (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 430 Biological Oceanography (4)NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 431 Effects of temperature on marine ecosystems | UGRD |
| OCEAN 442 Oceanography of Puget Sound (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 443 Senior Research Projects (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 444 Advanced Field Oceanography (5) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 450 Climatic Extremes (4) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 451 Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (4) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 452 Spatial information Technologies in Ecosystem Sciences (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 453 Geospatial Pattern analysis and Geostatistics | UGRD |
| OCEAN 454 Hydrothermal Systems (3) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 479 Marine Biology Research (1-15, max. 15) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 492 Friday Harbor Apprenticeship (9/15) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 494 Field Experiences in Marine Science (1-15, max 30) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 496 Study Abroad: Oceanography (1-15, max 30) NW | UGRD |
| OCEAN 497A Advanced Special Topics | UGRD |
| OCEAN 497B Introduction to modeling in Oceanography | UGRD |
| OCEAN 497C Intro to Matlab | UGRD |
| OCEAN 497 Coastal Ocean Remote Sensing | UGRD |
| OCEAN 499B Land and Water Remote Sensing (1-15, max 24) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 499C Current Research Questions in Oceanography (1-15, max 24) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 499 Undergraduate Research (1-15, max. 24) | UGRD |
| OCEAN 500A Physical Oceanography: First Years (1) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 500 Current Problems in Oceanography (1) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 501 Estuarine Circulation and Mixing (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 502 Spatial information Technologies in Ecosystem Sciences (3) NW | GRAD |
| OCEAN 503 Geospatial Pattern Analysis and Geostatistics | GRAD |
| OCEAN 506A Writing about Sci & Tech for General Audiences | GRAD |
| OCEAN 506B Intro to Matlab | GRAD |
| OCEAN 509 Seminar (1) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 510 Physics of Ocean Circulation (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 511 Fluid Dynamics (4) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 512 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I (4) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 513 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 514 Waves (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 515 Observations of Ocean Circulation (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 516 Ocean Circulation: Theories (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 517 Methods and Measurements in Physical Oceanography (2) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 519 Seminar in Physical Oceanography (1, max. 9) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 520 Marine Chemistry (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 521 Aquatic Chemistry (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 522 Marine Organic Geochemistry (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 523 Geochemical Cycles (4) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 524 Environmental Chemical Modeling (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 529 Chemical Oceanography: Current Theory & Research (1) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 530 Biological Oceanography: Bacteria and Protozoa (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 531 Biological Oceanography: Phytoplankton (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 532 Biological Oceanography: Zooplankton (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 533 Biological Oceanography: Benthos (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 534 Methods and Measurements in Biological Oceanography (2) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 535 Biological Oceanography: An Overview (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 536 Seminar in Geostatistics (1-3, max. 3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 539 Bio O: Current Theory & Research | GRAD |
| OCEAN 539B Modeling in Oceanography | GRAD |
| OCEAN 539B Viruses | GRAD |
| OCEAN 540 Marine Geological Processes (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 541 Marine Sedimentary Processes (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 542 Sediment dynamics and Boundary layer physics (4) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 545 Physics of the Oceanic Lithosphere (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 546 Continental-Margin Sedimentation (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 549A Marine Geology & Geophysics: Current Theory & Research (1) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 549B Surface gravity waves and wave boundary layers (*, max 9) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 549/ESS 522 Geophysical Data Collection and Analysis | GRAD |
| OCEAN 550 Geochemistry and Geophysics of Melt Generation (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 551 Marine Seismology (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 552 Seminar in Geophysics and Geological Data Analysis (1) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 554 Paleoclimate Proxies (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 558 Climate Modeling (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 559 Advanced Seminar on Mid-Ocean Ridge Processes (*, max. 9) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 560 Atmosphere/Ocean Interactions (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 569 PO: Coastal Oceanography | GRAD |
| OCEAN 570 Marine Microbial Interactions (1-3, max. 9) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 571 Marine Primary Productivity (1-3, max. 9) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 572 Zooplankton Ecology (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 573 Benthic Biological Processes (1-3, max. 9) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 574 Principles and Applications of Molecular Methods(3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 575 Molecular Techniques 4) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 578 Advanced Topics in Biological Oceanography (*, max. 18) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 580 Aquatic Kinetics (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 581 Geochemical Modeling (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 582 River Basin Biogeochemistry (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 583 Isotope Biogeochemistry 3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 584 Radiochemical Tracers and Ocean Mixing (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 585 Paleoceanography (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 586 Current Research in Climate Change (2, max. 20) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 587 Climate Dynamics (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 588 The Global Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 589 Paleoclimatology: Data, Modeling and Theory (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 590 Advanced Topics in Oceanography (9-18, max. 18) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 590 Coastal Ocean Remote Sensing | GRAD |
| OCEAN 591 Marine Science in the Coastal Zone (3) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 592 Communicating Ocean Sciences (4) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 596A Climate Capstone | GRAD |
| OCEAN 596 Climate Science Capstone Project (1-5, max. 5) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 600 Independent Study or Research (*) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 700 Masters Thesis (*) | GRAD |
| OCEAN 800 Doctoral Dissertation (*) | GRAD |