HR: 14:40h
AN: ED23A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Why There is no Oceanography Teaching in Argentina: A Possible N-S Collaboration
AU: * Perillo, G M
EM: perillo@criba.edu.ar
AF: Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia, CC 804, Bahia Blanca, BA B8000FWB Argentina
AU: * Perillo, G M
EM: perillo@criba.edu.ar
AF: Dept. Geologia - Univ. Nac. del Sur, San Juan 670, Bahia Blanca, BA 8000 Argentina
AU: Piccolo, M C
EM: piccolo@criba.edu.ar
AF: Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia, CC 804, Bahia Blanca, BA B8000FWB Argentina
AU: Piccolo, M C
EM: piccolo@criba.edu.ar
AF: Dept. Geografia - Univ. Nac. del Sur, 12 de Octubre y San Juan, Bahia Blanca, BA 8000 Argentina
AB: Except for a few intents made since 60's, there has not been a serious, continuous effort to develop an integrated program to teach Oceanography in Argentina at the graduate level. A major consequence is the lack of trainned oceanographers to cover the minimum needs for research and technical assessing. At the present time, there is only one program about 7 years old to cover Licenciate and PhD courses in Physical Oceanography, but there is no program to cover the other orientations. Nevertheless, there is a project within the Universidad Nacional del Sur to open a PhD program covering all disciplines within the next year. Although most courses can be taught by local faculty, the idea is to develop an integrated program with other universities both in South and North America to cover a wider range of subjects and chances for orientations that are presently lacking within the country. Professors and graduate students could be exchanged incluidng the possibility that North American graduate students could work on their thesis and dissertations in Argentinian issues. Even though this program is thought for the case of Argentina, it could be readily expanded to various countries having similar problems.
DE: 4299 General or miscellaneous
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 6610 Funding
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly