OCC 6050 Chemical Oceanography (3) The ocean as a chemical system, including composition, physical-chemical aspects, role of nutrients, trace metals, interaction between the bottom and overlying water, organic matter, and stable and radioactive isotopes. (PR: General Chemistry and GS or CI).

OCC 6057 Methods in Chemical Oceanography (1) An intensive study of the use and limitations of field and laboratory equipment that is a standard part of chemical oceanographic research into the behavior of dissolved and particulate constituents in seawater. (PR: OCC 6050 or CI).

OCC 6067 Marine Pollution (3) Marine pollutant sources, reservoirs, transport processes, and dynamics. Topics include heavy metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons, radioactivity, petroleum, pathogens, and thermal pollution including functional and physiological responses of marine organisms. (PR: OCC 6050 or CI).

OCC 6111 Applications of Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (3) Analytical techniques of high resolution gas chromatography and combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry are applied to problems in Marine Science. Theoretical aspects of the techniques are covered in lectures, while detailed experimental procedures are taught and practiced in the laboratory. (PR: OCC 6050 and CI).

OCC 6216 Marine Organic Chemistry (3) Distribution and biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in the oceans. Topics include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, humics, pheromones, interaction with trace metals, isotopic fractionation, microbial alterations, and biochemical tracers. (PR: OCC 6050 or CI).

OCE 6418 Petroleum Geochemistry (3) An investigation of the geochemical aspects of petroleum generation, migration, accumulation, and maturation. Additional topics include the composition of petroleum, the use of molecular biomarkers to investigate petrochemical and geochemical processes, and petroleum prospecting. (PR: OCC 6216 or CI).

OCE 6934*-631 Aquatic Radiogeochemistry (3) Introduction to radionuclides in natural ecosystems. Topics include fundamental principles of radioactivity, measurement techniques, environmental impact and assessment, as well as aquatic and environmental science-related research applications such as oceanic mixing, biogeochemical cycling, groundwater, sediment dating and more. (PR: General Chemistry and CI)

OCE 6934* Physical Chemistry of Seawater (4) Equilibrium and kinetic behavior of chemicals in aqueous solutions, with special emphasis on seawater. Topics involve quantitative aspects of the influence of pH, redox potential, ionic strength, temperature and pressure on the behavior of chemicals in seawater. Special emphasis is given to trace metal chemistry and the marine CO2 system. (PR: OCC 6050 or CI)

OCE 6934* Basic Clean Room Techniques (3) An overview of state-of-the-art techniques that enable the contamination-free collection and preparation of aqueous and particulate samples for determination of metal concentrations at trace and ultra-trace levels. Consists of both lectures and laboratory exercises. Topics include: sampling techniques (seawater/freshwater; oxic/anoxic environments), selection and cleaning of reagents and lab materials, sample preparation techniques (digestion; filtration; preconcentration; sequential leaching), basic laboratory techniques (weighing; pipetting; volumetric and gravimetric dilution), working in inert atmospheres, solid phase and solvent extractions, introduction to analytical techniques for trace metal analysis etc.

OCE 6934* In-Situ Sensors, Theory and Practice (3) Conceptual and practical instruction in the use of novel in-situ sensors and traditional instrumentation for characterization of chemical distributions in the oceans. In addition to classroom and laboratory instruction, students will analyze samples and deploy sensors during a five-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. (PR: OCC 6050 or CI)

OCE 6934* Biogeochemical Sensors-Development and Applications (1) Survey of application, design and adaptation of sensor technology for use in marine, environmental, biological and biomedical research investigations.  Interdisciplinary marine science and engineering-related classroom activities and assignments will promote cross-fertilization of ideas among students, as well as facilitate research and design plans for future sensor development, modification and application activities. (PR: OCC 6050 or CI)

OCE 6934* Chemistry of Marine Nutrients (3)

*OCE 6934* is a Special Topics number, many of the courses taught under this number are listed by discipline.