Physical Oceanography
MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Oceanography
| Core Coursework | ||
| 12.800 | Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean | 12 |
| 12.808 | Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography | 12 |
| Area-Specific Core Coursework | 24-33 | |
| Complete one area: | ||
| General Physical Oceanography | ||
| Large-scale Ocean Dynamics | ||
| Waves, Instability and Turbulence at Small Scales | ||
| Physical Oceanography and Climate | ||
| Large-scale Ocean Dynamics | ||
| The General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Climate Change | ||
| Physical-Biological-Chemical Interactions | ||
| Biological Oceanography | ||
| Marine Chemistry | ||
| Coastal/Nearshore Physical Oceanography and Engineering | ||
| Introduction to Coastal Engineering | ||
| Waves, Instability and Turbulence at Small Scales | ||
| Coastal Physical Oceanography | ||
| Applied Mathematics and Data Analysis Techniques 1 | 12 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography | ||
| Methods for Scientists and Engineers | ||
| Computational Science and Engineering I | ||
| Computational Science and Engineering II | ||
| Advanced Analytic Methods in Science and Engineering | ||
| Advanced Partial Differential Equations with Applications | ||
| Restricted Electives 2 | 48-84 | |
| Thesis | 327-372 | |
| 12.THG | Graduate Thesis | |
| Total Units | 435-525 | |
Note: Students in this program can choose to receive the Doctor of Philosophy or the Doctor of Science in Physical Oceanography. Students receiving veterans benefits must select the degree they wish to receive prior to program certification with the Veterans Administration.
| 1 | Additional units may be taken as electives. |
| 2 | See list below. |
| Restricted Electives | ||
| Select 4–7 subjects in chosen or complementary area of focus: | ||
| General Physical Oceanography | ||
| Classic Papers in Physical Oceanography | ||
| Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography | ||
| Hydraulic Phenomena in Geophysical Fluid Flows | ||
| Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere | ||
| Stability Theory for Oceanic & Atmospheric Flows | ||
| Large-scale Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics | ||
| Computational Ocean Modeling | ||
| Advanced geophysical fluid dynamics | ||
| Coastal Physical Oceanography | ||
| Air-Sea Interaction: Boundary Layers | ||
| Physical Oceanography and Climate 1 | ||
| The History of Earth's Climate | ||
| Topics in Paleoceanography | ||
| Paleoceanography | ||
12.757 | ||
| Waves, Instability and Turbulence at Small Scales | ||
| Climate Science | ||
| Climate Variability and Diagnostics | ||
| Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy | ||
| Physical-Bio-Chemical Interactions | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis | ||
| Numerical Fluid Mechanics | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Topics in Quantitative Marine Science | ||
| Topics in Marine Ecology | ||
| Topics in Zooplankton Biology | ||
| Topics in Benthic Biology | ||
| Topics in Phytoplankton Biology | ||
| Topics in Molecular Biological Oceanography | ||
| Topics in Marine Microbiology | ||
| An Introduction to Mathematical Ecology | ||
| Elements of Modern Oceanography | ||
| Computational Data Analysis | ||
| Marine Organic Geochemistry | ||
| Waves, Instability and Turbulence at Small Scales | ||
| Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography | ||
| Modeling the Biology and Physics of the Ocean | ||
| Coastal/Nearshore Physical Oceanography and Engineering | ||
| Groundwater Hydrology | ||
| Numerical Fluid Mechanics | ||
12.754 | ||
| Data Analysis in Physical Oceanography | ||
| Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere | ||
| Computational Ocean Modeling | ||
| 1 | Harvard subjects EPS 208 Physics of Climate and EPS 231 Climate Dynamics can also be used to fulfill this area requirement. |
