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Department of Oceanography (592)
Track Oceanography -Research Master's track (6042)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
1st Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
70820
Seminar for Graduate Students in Earth and Environmental Sciences
2
9
2
592
84827
CLASSIC PAPERS IN EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
1
592
Total Compulsory Points: 4
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose 3 credits from this list .
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
592
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
592
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
68804
field method in groundwater hydrology
2
2
592
70352
Surface Water Hydrology: Processes, Observations and Models
2
2
592
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
3
1
592
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
592
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
2
592
70910
groundwater Hydrology
3
2
592
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
592
71612
WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RECLAMATION
3
1
592
71622
PHYSICS OF SOIL WATER
4
2
592
71625
ISRAEL WATER RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGMENT
3
1
592
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
2
1
592
89301
Water and the Environment
3
2
592
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
592
68835
Field Methods in surface hydrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
68835
Field Methods in surface hydrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
71913
AQUATIC GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
80512
HYDRODYNAMICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
592
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
592
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
592
84890
Supervised research in Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography
2
3
592
70360
TEACHING EARTH SCIENCES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
9
592
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
3
592
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
84003
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
2
592
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
592
84896
oceanography basic papers
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
9
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70316
THE GEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
2
1
592
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
592
70910
groundwater Hydrology
3
2
592
70165
karst terrains and environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
70517
QUARTENARY GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
70570
Quaternary Field Methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
592
70821
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY - To Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70878
Speleology: processes and environment in caves
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70334
GEOCHEMISTRY OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
3
2
592
70523
Introduction to methods
2
2
592
70712
THERMODYNAMICS OF NATURAL PROCESSES
2
2
592
70920
Introduction to Seismology
2
2
592
83517
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION
3
2
592
83535
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LAB
2
2
592
69661
GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOSSIL FUELS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
70703
ADVANCED IGNEOUS PETROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
81858
Electron Microscopy
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70547
Volcanism in the Golan and Galilee
2
2
592
70629
GALILEE - FIELD TRIP
2
2
592
70721
JUDEA MOUNTAINS - FIELD TRIP
1
2
592
70330
CENTRAL NEGEV - FIELD TRIP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
1
592
70335
Samaria and Jordan valley: geology and geoarchaeology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
70570
Quaternary Field Methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
592
70722
OROGENIC PROCESSES IN THE AEGEAN ISLANDS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
592
70878
Speleology: processes and environment in caves
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
70918
Field trip tp the Troodos ophiolite’ Cyprus
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40422
Different approaches to environmental policies
2
1
592
69625
CONCEPTS OF GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
4
1
592
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
592
70302
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
4
2
592
70334
GEOCHEMISTRY OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
3
2
592
70365
Introduction to stratigraphy
3
2
592
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
592
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
3
1
592
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
2
2
592
70650
SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY LABORATORY
1
2
592
70855
Advanced geochemistry seminar
2
9
592
71103
AGRICULTURAL MICROMETEOROLOGY
4
1
592
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
592
71615
SOIL FORMATION
2
2
592
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
592
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
592
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
592
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
592
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
592
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
592
76704
-
4
2
592
76716
Marine Microbiology
7
2
592
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
592
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
592
76750
Statistical Methods in Marine Ecology
4
2
592
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
592
77742
Advanced Data Analysis
3
1
592
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
592
82304
Weather systems of the mid-latitudes
5
1
592
82309
RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
5
2
592
82508
Global Warming Science
2
2
592
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
4
2
592
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
592
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
592
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
592
82833
MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS
2
1
592
82851
Workshop on English Usage for Graduate Students in Science
2
2
592
82856
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications
2
1
592
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
592
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
592
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
592
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
592
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
592
89787
Environmental Organic chemistry
3
1
592
89788
Organic geochemistry
2
2
592
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
3
592
70917
Generating alternate realities, Monte Carlo methods for earth and environmental sciences
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70918
Field trip tp the Troodos ophiolite’ Cyprus
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
70921
Earthquake geology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
72646
FISH FAUNA OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4.5
2
592
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
84891
Advanced Topics in Water Waves: From Theory to Experiment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
2
592
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
592
90610
Quantitative Methods in Marine Ecology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
592
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
70820
Seminar for Graduate Students in Earth and Environmental Sciences
2
9
2
592
74442
FINAL M.SC EXAMINATION
0
3
2
+
592
74443
M.SC THESIS
0
3
2
+
592
Total Compulsory Points: 2
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
592
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
592
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
68804
field method in groundwater hydrology
2
2
592
70352
Surface Water Hydrology: Processes, Observations and Models
2
2
592
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
3
1
592
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
592
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
2
592
70910
groundwater Hydrology
3
2
592
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
592
71612
WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RECLAMATION
3
1
592
71622
PHYSICS OF SOIL WATER
4
2
592
71625
ISRAEL WATER RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGMENT
3
1
592
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
2
1
592
89301
Water and the Environment
3
2
592
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
592
68835
Field Methods in surface hydrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
68835
Field Methods in surface hydrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
71913
AQUATIC GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
80512
HYDRODYNAMICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
592
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
592
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
592
84890
Supervised research in Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography
2
3
592
70360
TEACHING EARTH SCIENCES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
9
592
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
3
592
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
84003
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
2
592
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
592
84896
oceanography basic papers
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
9
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70316
THE GEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
2
1
592
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
592
70910
groundwater Hydrology
3
2
592
70165
karst terrains and environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
70517
QUARTENARY GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
70570
Quaternary Field Methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
592
70821
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY - To Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70878
Speleology: processes and environment in caves
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70334
GEOCHEMISTRY OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
3
2
592
70523
Introduction to methods
2
2
592
70712
THERMODYNAMICS OF NATURAL PROCESSES
2
2
592
70920
Introduction to Seismology
2
2
592
83517
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION
3
2
592
83535
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LAB
2
2
592
69661
GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOSSIL FUELS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
70703
ADVANCED IGNEOUS PETROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
81858
Electron Microscopy
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70547
Volcanism in the Golan and Galilee
2
2
592
70629
GALILEE - FIELD TRIP
2
2
592
70721
JUDEA MOUNTAINS - FIELD TRIP
1
2
592
70330
CENTRAL NEGEV - FIELD TRIP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
1
592
70335
Samaria and Jordan valley: geology and geoarchaeology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
70570
Quaternary Field Methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
592
70722
OROGENIC PROCESSES IN THE AEGEAN ISLANDS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
592
70878
Speleology: processes and environment in caves
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
70918
Field trip tp the Troodos ophiolite’ Cyprus
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40422
Different approaches to environmental policies
2
1
592
69625
CONCEPTS OF GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
4
1
592
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
592
70302
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
4
2
592
70334
GEOCHEMISTRY OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
3
2
592
70365
Introduction to stratigraphy
3
2
592
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
592
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
3
1
592
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
2
2
592
70650
SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY LABORATORY
1
2
592
70855
Advanced geochemistry seminar
2
9
592
71103
AGRICULTURAL MICROMETEOROLOGY
4
1
592
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
592
71615
SOIL FORMATION
2
2
592
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
592
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
592
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
592
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
592
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
592
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
592
76704
-
4
2
592
76716
Marine Microbiology
7
2
592
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
592
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
592
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
592
77742
Advanced Data Analysis
3
1
592
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
592
82304
Weather systems of the mid-latitudes
5
1
592
82309
RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
5
2
592
82508
Global Warming Science
2
2
592
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
4
2
592
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
592
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
592
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
592
82833
MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS
2
1
592
82851
Workshop on English Usage for Graduate Students in Science
2
2
592
82856
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications
2
1
592
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
592
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
592
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
592
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
3
2
592
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
592
89787
Environmental Organic chemistry
3
1
592
89788
Organic geochemistry
2
2
592
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
3
592
70917
Generating alternate realities, Monte Carlo methods for earth and environmental sciences
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
70918
Field trip tp the Troodos ophiolite’ Cyprus
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
70921
Earthquake geology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
592
72646
FISH FAUNA OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4.5
2
592
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
592
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
592
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
592
84891
Advanced Topics in Water Waves: From Theory to Experiment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
592
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
2
592
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
592
90610
Quantitative Methods in Marine Ecology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
592
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Oceanography
( 592)
Compulsory in the teaching program
4
Compulsory elective
3
Elective in the teaching program
25
Total for the degree (minimum)
32
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