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CSU Maritime Academy 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Definitions

A prerequisite is an academic requirement that must be completed prior to enrolling in a course.

A co-requisite is an academic requirement that must be taken concurrently with a course.

♦ Denotes a course that fulfills STCW (Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) requirements. US Coast Guard license program students must achieve a grade of C- or higher in order to pass an STCW course.

(CSL) Denotes that these courses have a community service component, which may be in addition to regular class hours or part of the course itself, as indicated.

Academic Department/School Designations

ATH Athletics
BA Business Administration
CC Culture & Communication
ET Engineering Technology
XL Extended Learning
GSMA Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
LIB Library
MT Marine Transportation
MPM Maritime Policy and Management
ME Mechanical Engineering
NS Naval Science
SM Sciences & Mathematics

The academic department designation with the course description determines the department that hosts the course.

All courses are graded using the A–F system unless otherwise specified.

Course Numbering System

0 – 99: remedial courses prior to Fall 2018
100 – 299: .lower division
300 – 499: upper division

Electives

Scheduled general electives can be found in the searchable online class schedule using Course Attribute value for individual electives. These electives are also identified according to their designation within the five areas of the CSU General Education requirements.

  • American Institutions I Elective 
  • American Institutions II Elective
  • Area A3 Critical Thinking Electives
  • Area C1 Arts Electives 
  • Area C2 Humanities Electives - Lower Division
  • Area C2 Humanities Electives - Upper Division
  • Area D Social Science Electives - Lower Division 
  • Area D Social Science Electives - Upper Division 
  • Area E Lifelong Understanding Electives  
  • Area B2 Life Science Electives
  • Area B3 Life or Physical Science Lab Electives
  • Area B1 Physical Science Electives 
  • Area B4 Math Electives 
  • Foreign Language Electives Semester 1 
  • Foreign Language Electives Semester 2 
  • Major Electives
 

Oceanography
  

  • OCN 200L - Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory

    Lab Hours: 3 Units: 1
    General Education: Area B3 Laboratory Activity
    Co-requisite(s): OCN 200 or OCN 210
    Quantiative problem-solving in oceanography, application of open source oceanographic data. Sampling the San Francisco Estuary.
    MSC 100L SM
  

  • OCN 210 - Oceanography II: Physics and Biology

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    General Education: Area B1 Physical Science - lower division
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 100
    Introduction to atmosphre-earth-ocean interactions, global climate processes, ocean circulation, waves, tidal processes, plankton, nekton, and betnthic organisms.
    MSC 105 SM
  

  • OCN 225 - Environmental Sustainability

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    General Education: Area E Lifelong Learning
    Cycles and interconnectedness of the Earth system. The history of sustainability and its place within the political agenda. Large to small scale, including personal, transitions toward sustainable living, assessment and analysis of solutions. Emphasis on water resource sustainability.
  

  • OCN 300 - Global Education

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
  

  • OCN 305 - Introduction to Ocean Science Research

    Class Hours: 1 Units: 1
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 200 OCN 210
    Critical study, analysis and evaluation of primary scientific literature. Oral and written presentations of recent scientific papers. Semester projects include an annotated bibliography using an electronic reference management system and an oceanography research proposal.
    SM
  

  • OCN 310 - Oceanographic Instruments and Analysis

    Class Hours: 2 Units: 2
    General Education: Area B1 Physical Science
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 200 OCN 210
    Co-requisite(s): OCN 310L
    Classroom discussion of oceanographic sampling techniques, modern instrumentation and laboratory analyses. Techniques for measuring ocean temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, phosphate, chlorophyll-a, pH and carbon dioxide, and submarine light.
    MSC 200 SM
  

  • OCN 310L - Oceanographic Instruments and Analysis Laboratory

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 1
    General Education: Area B3 Laboratory Activity
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 200 OCN 210
    Co-requisite(s): OCN 310
    “Hands-on” laboratory. Ocean sampling techniques, practical training in modern instrumentation and laboratory analyses. Techniques for measuring ocean temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, phosphate, chlorophyll-a, pH and carbon dioxide, and submarine light.
    MSC 200L SM
  

  • OCN 320 - Oceans and Climate

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    General Education: Area B1 - Physical Science
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 210, PHY 100 or PHY 200
    A physics-based description of the atmosphere-ocean global (large scale) circulation and its driving forces. Exploration of the earth-system’s climate and the potential implications of climate change.
    SM
  

  • OCN 330 - Marine Microbial Ecology

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 100 OCN 110 OCN 210
    Ecology of microbes in the oceans including diversity, biomass and metabolic activity. Role in oceanographic processes and marine biogeochemical cycles. Prokaryotes (archaea and bacteria), autotrophic, heterotrophic and mixotrophisc protists described and interations with non-microbial organisms.
    SM
  

  • OCN 340 - Chemical Oceanography

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 200 CHE 210
    Chemical description of the ocean, past and present. Elemental cycling, the effects of biological, chemical, geological and physical processes on the chemistry of seawater, and the distribution of gases, ions, nutrients and trace metals.
    SM
  

  • OCN 350 - Physical Oceanography

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 210 PHY 100 OCN 210
    Conservation of momentum and vorticity with particular attention to the boundary  layer dynamics of ocean circulation. Introduction to wave-driven boundary layer dynamics and its effects on mixing.
    SM
  

  • OCN 380 - Directed Research / Co-Op Experience

    Class Hours: 1 Units: 1
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 305
    Co-requisite(s): OCN 380L
    Collaborative research/work experience in the field of marine science, oceanography, marine/estuarine natural resource management. Demonstrate competence in hypothesis testing, gathering and analyzing oceanographic data. Placement in Co-Op experiences must be approved by the major advisor.
    MSC 380 SM
  

  • OCN 380L - Directed Research/Co-op Lab

    Lab Hours: 2 Units: 2
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 305
    Co-requisite(s): OCN 380
    Collaborative research/ work laboratory experience in the field of marine science, oceanography, marine / estuarine natural resource management. Demonstrate competence in hypothesis testing, gathering and analyzing oceanographic data. Placement in Co Op experiences much be approved by major advisor.
  

  • OCN 390 - Independent Study

    Class Hours: 1 - 3 Units: 1 - 3
    Substantial study above and beyond the regular offerings in the university catalog. One to three units of credit, determined prior to registration. An approved Application for Independent Study must be on file in the Regisrar’s Office by the end of the regular add period.
    MSC 390 SM
  

  • OCN 395 - Special Topics

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    Intended to enable each department to offer an upper division elective course of study when faculty scholarship activities or the expertise of visiting faculty may afford a unique and worthwhile learning experience. Check the class schedule for current offerings.
    MSC 395 SM
  

  • OCN 410 - Phycology

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 100 OCN 330
    Taxonomy, phylogeny, morphology, physiology and ecology of marine and freshwater algae.
    SM
  

  • OCN 420 - Marine Biological Invasions

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 100
    The biology, evolution, and ecological impacts of aquatic introduced species on the marine environment. Emphasis on marine invertebrates. Discussion of strategies for prevention, detection, and management of impacts to human systems as well as the role of climate change on biotic homogenization of marine systems.
  

  • OCN 430 - Fisheries Oceanography

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    General Education: Area B1 Physical Science
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 100 and OCN 210
    Introduction to fish biology, identification, systematics and classification, with an emphasis on commercially important species. basic physiology. Mechanisms of fish stock abundance and recruitment within an ecological context. Explore policy approaches and ecosystem-based resource management to sustainable fisheries practices.
  

  • OCN 440 - Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): OCN 200 OCN 210
    General theory underlying ocean remote sensing. Application of techniques. Methods for accessing manipulating, combining and interpeting remotely sensed data.
    SM
  

  • OCN 460 - Air-Sea Interaction

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    General Education: Area B1 Physical Science
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 210 PHY 105 OCN 210 OCN 320 ENG 210 COM 210L
    Turbulent transfer of mass, momentum and energy near the air-sea interface. In-depth study of the strucutre of the air-sea interface and methods for meassuring fluxes of heat, momentum and energy. Introdcution to the role of surface gravity waves in the transfer dynamics.

Physical Education and Athletics
  

  • PE 101 - Swim Competency Exam

    Units: 0
    Swim assessments, completed during Orientation, indicate which of our new cadets may participate in Marine Safety and Survival Programs immediately, and let us know which members of the incoming class require PE 102 - Beginning/Intermediate Swimming  before they can begin more intensive training. Swim assessments should be considered a “challenge exam” that if passed fulfills the prerequisite requirement for many of the classes offered at the Academy. Students who pass the assessment will receive a “CR” grade. Students who do not pass the exam or do not take the test will be required to enroll in PE 102 - Beginning/Intermediate Swimming .
    ATH Graded: Credit/No Credit must take PE 102)
  

  • PE 102 - Beginning/Intermediate Swimming

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: ½
    Individual instruction for everyone, from beginning swimmers who need help in learning basic fundamentals and techniques to intermediate swimmers who want to improve their swimming technique and/or conditioning.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 111 - Sports Conditioning

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: 1
    A total body cardiovascular workout designed to condition and cross train athletes during the off- season. This is an intermediate-level fitness class.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 120 - Weight Training

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: 1
    Weight and circuit training will concentrate on assisting the student to develop endurance, strength, and flexibility through programs that can be adopted for bodybuilding or specific fitness for individual sports. Recommended as an off-season conditioning program for intercollegiate athletes.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 125 - Martial Arts

    Lab Hours: 3, Units: 1
    A rigorous martial arts program designed to create discipline, flexibility, and fitness while teaching the fundamentals and techniques of Kajukenbo. Students can earn belt ranks.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 133 - Dance

    Class Hours: 1 Units: 1
    Introduction of specific dance movement skills and terminology, while improving physical endurance. Dance styles include Ballet, Latin and Ballroom. Foucses on partner dancing and proper manners on the dance floor.
    PE
  

  • PE 160 - Beginning Sailing - Basic Keelboat

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: 1
    Classroom and practical instruction in sailing theory and skills for individuals with little to no sailing experience. Successful course completion leads to eligibility to take the CA Boater Card exam.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 195 - Special Topics

    ATH
  

  • PE 210 - Intercollegiate Soccer (Men)

    Units: 1
    Practice begins on the first day of school, and the season ends in mid November. Practices are from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 211 - Intercollegiate Soccer (Women)

    Practice begins on the first day of school, and the season ends in mid November. Practices are from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH
  

  • PE 225 - Intercollegiate Water Polo (Men)

    Units: 1
    Practice begins on the first day of school, and the season ends in mid November. Practices are from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 226 - Intercollegiate Water Polo (Women)

    Units: 1
    Practice begins on the first day of school, and the season ends in mid November. Practices are from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 230 - Intercollegiate Sailing

    Units: 1
    Practice begins on the first day of school of each semester. Practices are normally from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 235 - Intercollegiate Crew (Men)

    Units: 1
    Practice begins on the first day of school of each semester. Practices are normally from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 236 - Intercollegiate Crew (Women)

    Units: 1
    Practice begins on the first day of school of each semester. Practices are normally from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 240 - Intercollegiate Basketball (Men)

    Units: 1
    Practice begins in early October, and the season continues into February. Practices are normally from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 241 - Intercollegiate Basketball (Women)

    Units: 1
    Practice begins in early October, and the season continues into February. Practices are normally from 4:30-6:30 PM daily.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 250 - Intercollegiate Golf

    Units: 1
    Practices are by arrangement and begin in mid- September through November in the fall and from mid-January through March in the spring.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 255 - Rugby

    Units: 1
    Practices begin in early October and continue through November in the fall and from early January through March in the spring.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 260 - Intermediate Sailing

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: 1
    Prerequisite(s): PE 160  or Consent of instructor
    Advanced practical instruction on sailing theory and the skills to skipper single-handed a day sailing keelboat in familiar waters in light to moderate wind and sea conditions. Further training on use of Tide and Current Tables and the proper filing of a Float Plan.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 270 - Intercollegiate Cross Country (Women)

    Units: 1
    Intercollegiate cross country running is a sport which takes place outside on terrains of different lay-outs and complexities in which teams and individuals attempt to complete a course faster than one another. Cross country has both men and women categories. The NAIA courses are 5 kilometers for the women and 8 kilometers for the men. Practices are daily with meets scheduled on the weekends. All athletes must pass a complete physical and must be certified by the Play NAIA player eligibility center. Athletes must be registered as full time students at the California State University Maritime Academy and maintain a 2.0 GPA. Practices include strength training, plyometrics, core conditioning, interval training and long distance running. Practices will be held on Bodnar Field track and at select off campus locations. All intercollegiate athletes are expected to participate in all practices and competitions. Athletes are also required to sign a contract acknowledging all of the specifics including time commitment and school representation. The Coach/Instructor will use multi-media aids, lecture and lab to instruct the Student Athlete. Athletes are expected to dress for running with the appropriate shoes to be discussed by the Coach.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 271 - Intercollegiate Cross Country (Men)

    Units: 1
    Intercollegiate cross country running is a sport which takes place outside on terrains of different lay-outs and complexities in which teams and individuals attempt to complete a course faster than one another. Cross country has both men and women categories. The NAIA courses are 5 kilometers for the women and 8 kilometers for the men. Practices are daily with meets scheduled on the weekends. All athletes must pass a complete physical and must be certified by the Play NAIA player eligibility center. Athletes must be registered as full time students at the California State University Maritime Academy and maintain a 2.0 GPA. Practices include strength training, plyometrics, core conditioning, interval training and long distance running. Practices will be held on Bodnar Field track and at select off campus locations. All intercollegiate athletes are expected to participate in all practices and competitions. Athletes are also required to sign a contract acknowledging all of the specifics including time commitment and school representation. The Coach/Instructor will use multi-media aids, lecture and lab to instruct the Student Athlete. Athletes are expected to dress for running with the appropriate shoes to be discussed by the Coach.
    ATH | Graded: Credit/No Credit
  

  • PE 390 - Independent Study

    An Independent Study course is substantial study above and beyond the regular offerings in the Academy catalog.  One to three units of credit, determined prior to registration, will be granted for Independent Study.  The student must arrange with an Academy faculty member to be the Independent Study Advisor.  Grading is typically by letter grade, although the student may request the CR/NC grading basis.  An approved Application for Independent Study must be on file in the Student Records Office by the end of the normal add period.
    ATH
  

  • PE 395 - Special Topics

    Special topic courses are intended to enable each department to offer an elective course of study when faculty scholarship activities or the expertise of visiting faculty may afford a unique and worthwhile learning experience. Check the course schedule for current offerings.
    ATH

Physics
  

  • PHY 100 - Physics I

    Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
    General Education: Area B1 Physical Science
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 100  
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 100L  
    Fundamental principles of kinematics and dynamics, statics, rotational motion, work, energy, elasticity, wave motion, properties of solids, fluids and gases, and heat problem solving.
    SM
  

  • PHY 100L - Physics I Lab

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: 1
    General Education: Area B3 Laboratory Activity
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 100  
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 100  
    A laboratory physics course designed to enhance the conceptual learning of physics by adding visual and tactile components through hands-on experience. The course will cover experiments based on the theory provided in PHY 100 . Included are the study of vectors, kinematics and dynamics, forces and the equations of motion, Newton’s Laws, Uniform circular motion, work-energy, impulse and momentum, gravitation, simple harmonic motion, buoyancy, heat and thermodynamics.
    SM
  

  • PHY 105 - Physics II

    Class Hours: 3 Units: 3
    General Education: Area B1 Physical Sciences
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 100  
    Co-requisite(s): PHY-105L
    Fundamental principles of electrostatics, direct and alternating currents, electromagnetism, optics, quantum physics and nuclear processes, with problem solving.
    SM
  

  • PHY 105L - General Physics II Laboratory

    Lab Hours: 2 Units: 1
    General Education: Area B3 Laboratory Activity
    Prerequisite(s): PHY 100 PHY 100L
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 105
    Explores fundamental principles of electrostatics, direct and alternating currents, electromagnetism, optics, electronmagnetic waves, and quantum physics through experiments. Experiments correspond to the theory learned in PHY 105.
    SM
  

  • PHY 120 - Physics for Future Leaders

    Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
    General Education: Area B1 Physical Science
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): None
    Intended primarily for nonscientists, this course covers topics relevant to leaders, policy makers, and citizens confronted with science and technology issues. Topics include energy production and utilization; atoms and heat; radioactivity and nuclear reactions; nuclear bombs; light and radio waves for communication and navigation; climate change; quantum physics.
    SM
  

  • PHY 120L - Physics for Future Leaders Lab

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: 1
    General Education: Area B3 Laboratory Activity
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 120  
    This lab is paired with the lecture series “Physics for Future Leaders.” Intended primarily for nonscientists, this course covers topics relevant to leaders, policy makers, and citizens confronted with science and technology issues. Topics include energy production and utilization; atoms and heat; radioactivity and nuclear reactions; nuclear bombs; light and radio waves for communication and navigation; climate change; quantum physics.
    SM
  

  • PHY 195 - Special Topics

    SM
  

  • PHY 200 - Engineering Physics I

    Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 210 
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 200L 
    Covered are forces, torques, and static equilibrium; constant, accelerated, and periodic linear and rotational dynamics; gravity; fluid statics and dynamics; elasticity; temperature, thermal expansion, and heat transfer.
    SM
  

  • PHY 200L - Engineering Physics I Lab

    Lab Hours: 2, Units: 1
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 210 
    Co-requisite(s): PHY 200 
    Laboratory physics course designed to enhance conceptual learning of physics by adding a hands-onlearning component. The course will cover experiments based on the theory provided in PHY 200 , including the study of forces, torques and static equilibrium; constant, accelerated, periodic, linear and rotational dynamics; gravity; fluid statics and dynamics; elasticity; temperature, thermal expansion and heat transfer.
    SM
  

  • PHY 205 - Engineering Physics II

    Class Hours: 4, Units: 4
    Prerequisite(s): MTH 211 , PHY 200 
    Laws of thermodynamics and the thermodynamics process; electrostatic and electromagnetic fields and forces; electric potential; capacitance, resistance and inductance; direct current circuits and instruments; R-L-C exponential circuits, alternating current circuits, and electromagnetic waves.
    SM
  

  • PHY 390 - Independent Study

    An Independent Study course is substantial study above and beyond the regular offerings in the Academy catalog.  One to three units of credit, determined prior to registration, will be granted for Independent Study.  The student must arrange with an Academy faculty member to be the Independent Study Advisor.  Grading is typically by letter grade, although the student may request the CR/NC grading basis.  An approved Application for Independent Study must be on file in the Student Records Office by the end of the normal add period.
    SM
  

  • PHY 395 - Special Topics

    Special topic courses are intended to enable each department to offer an elective course of study when faculty scholarship activities or the expertise of visiting faculty may afford a unique and worthwhile learning experience. Check the course schedule for current offerings.
    SM
 

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