Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 40. - Physical sciences
• 40.06 - Geological and Earth sciences/geosciences

40.0607 - Oceanography, chemical and physical

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemical components, mechanisms, structure, and movement of ocean waters and their interaction with terrestrial and atmospheric phenomena. These programs include courses in material inputs and outputs, chemical and biochemical transformations in marine systems, equilibria studies, inorganic and organic ocean chemistry, oceanographic processes, sediment transport, zone processes, circulation, mixing, tidal movements, wave properties, and seawater properties.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • chemical oceanography
  • oceanography
  • physical oceanography

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• Exclusion(s)

  • biological oceanography(26.1302)
  • hydrology(40.0605)
  • maritime studies(30.2901)
  • nautical science(49.0309)
  • ocean engineering(14.2401)