# Oceanography (OCN) courses

Palomar College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://palomar.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/32573/33385/32675

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### OCN 100 — Oceanography Lecture

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 7 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/fall-2026/ocn.md); Spring 2027, 10 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/spring-2027/ocn.md)
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass

An introductory course designed to acquaint the student with general oceanography. Topics treated include the history and scope of oceanography, properties of sea water, ocean currents, ocean waves and tides, submarine morphology and geology, marine sediments, life in the sea, and the significance of the oceans to man.

### OCN 100L — Oceanography Laboratory

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** (Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in): OCN 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/fall-2026/ocn.md); Spring 2027, 3 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/spring-2027/ocn.md)
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass

Laboratory and field investigations of marine environments including geologic, physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the ocean and coastal area. The course emphasizes changing physical factors and man's activities as they affect the oceans.

### OCN 295 — Directed Study in Oceanography

- **Units:** 1-3
- **Hours:** 3.00-9.00 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** OCN 100 and OCN 100L
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass

Individual study in field, library, or laboratory for interested students.