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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Seminar in Oceanography at Woods Hole | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sem: Oceanography at WHOI | ||
| 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. |