# Oceanography (OCEA) courses

Victor Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://catalog.vvc.edu/course-descriptions/ocea/

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

### OCEA 101 — Oceanography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/victor-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/ocea.md); Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/victor-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/ocea.md); Spring 2027, 3 sections (/c/victor-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/ocea.md)

Introduction to marine environment. Methods and techniques of exploration, physics, and chemistry of the oceans; adaptation of organisms; significance of the marine environment to man. A general survey of the major aspects of oceanography; history, topography and geography, geology, chemistry, physics, meteorology, biology, and resource management.