OCEN 411: Environmental Nearshore Hydrodynamics

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Fundamentals of current and shallow water wave motions; beach response to nearshore processes; coastal sediment and pollutant transport including nearshore currents, longshore onshore-offshore transport and shoreline configuration; facilities for shoreline stabilization, backshore protection and inlet stabilization; environmentally conscious coastal engineering design.Prerequisites:Grade of C or better inOCEN 300.