# Oceanography (OCEAN) courses

Evergreen Valley College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://catalog.evc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/ocean/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026.

### OCEAN 010 — Descriptive Oceanography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/ocean.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: 5A District GE: 5A
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This course provides a description of the ocean environment covering the geological, physical, chemical and biological aspects of the sea. It includes the origin and extent of the oceans, nature of the ocean basins, causes and effects of currents, waves, and tides, and plant and animal life in the ocean. The course partially fulfills the general education requirement in physical science, without a laboratory.