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Welcome
Course name
Faculty name
YOUR COURSE MATERIALS
Tom Garrison
Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science, 6e
You will…
— be tested— receive homework
assignments— have reading assignments
…from these materials
WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK?
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