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EPS/ESE131 teaches ocean physics from a quantitative perspective, so that students can understand the dynamics behind ocean circulation and waves and their role in climate and climate change. The course is math-based, and involves analyzing ocean data, and simple ocean and climate models; the students will be involved in in-class small-group collaborative work during lectures, developing and deriving the physical and mathematical foundations of ocean dynamics and complementing lecture materials. Basic calculus and ordinary differential equations as covered for example by Math 21b, and basic physics as covered by Physical Sciences 12a, Physics 15a or Applied Physics 50a. Elementary programming-based problems will occasionally be assigned as HW, and the course will introduce the students to the needed programming background, where students can choose to work in either Matlab or python.