Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
- 06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies
- 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
Exclusion(s)
- biological oceanography(26.1302)
- hydrology(40.0605)
- maritime studies(30.2901)
- nautical science(49.0309)
- ocean engineering(14.2401)
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