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TCC Catalog 2018-19 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PEN2136C Introduction to Professional Diving

3 credit hour(s)
Prerequisite(s): ability to swim (Student will be tested.)
Course exposes students to the fundamentals of the hydrosphere (physics and oceanography), the human response to that environment (physiology and medicine), the occupants that live within (biology), and the tools (technology) available to successfully work in this aquatic world. Students will become familiar and dive with surface-supplied air, open circuit air, and nitrox and closed circuit rebreather. Contact: 4 hours. Additional fee.