Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- PHYS102A: General Physics I
- PHYS102B: General Physics II
- PHYS110: Introductory Physics I
- PHYS111: Introductory Physics II
- PHYS120: Physics I
- PHYS130: Physics II
- PHYS210: Introductory Geophysics
- PHYS215: Introductory Quantum Physics
- PHYS216: Introductory Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS223: Introductory Quantum Computing
- PHYS229: Introduction to Experimental Physics
- PHYS232: Introductory Biomedical Physics
- PHYS248: Computer Assisted Physics
- PHYS280: Special Topics in Physics
- PHYS290: Directed Studies
- PHYS301: Introductory Mathematical Physics
- PHYS303: Origin of Space, Time and Matter in the Universe
- PHYS313: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- PHYS314: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
- PHYS317: Thermodynamics
- PHYS321A: Classical Mechanics I
- PHYS321B: Classical Mechanics II
- PHYS323: Quantum Mechanics I
- PHYS325: Optics
- PHYS326: Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS328: Solid State Physics I
- PHYS329: Intermediate Physics Laboratory
- PHYS340: Atmospheric Physics
- PHYS342: Computational Modeling and Analysis
- PHYS410: Topics in Mathematical Physics I
- PHYS411: Time Series Analysis
- PHYS415: General Relativity and Cosmology
- PHYS421: Statistical Mechanics
- PHYS422: Electromagnetic Theory
- PHYS423: Quantum Mechanics II
- PHYS424: Particle Physics
- PHYS426: Fluid Mechanics
- PHYS427: Geophysics
- PHYS429A: Honours Laboratory
- PHYS432: Medical Physics
- PHYS435: Introduction to Accelerator Physics
- PHYS438: Solid State Physics II
- PHYS441: Physical Oceanography
- PHYS460A: Colloquium I
- PHYS460B: Colloquium II
- PHYS480: Advanced Special Topics in Physics
- PHYS490: Directed Studies
- PHYS499: Honours Thesis
PHYS441
Physical Oceanography
Observations and theories explaining the wind- and buoyancy-driven circulations of the ocean. Topics include wind-forced currents; ocean-scale gyres; coastal circulation; conservation of dynamical tracers; mixing, potential energy and the resulting basin-scale overturning circulations; waves.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5