This 12 week course will consist of two 30 to 60 minute long “lessons” per week, nominally scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays but accessible anytime. The 4 interactive VISITview sessions, however, will be conducted on scheduled dates and times, where scheduling will recognize and be sensitive to the different time zones represented by the various teachers taking the course. All VISITView sessions will be recorded for later use, however, course grades will be optimized relative to participation in live VISITview sessions.

Remote sensing
1) Satellite Technology and Orbits
2) Measuring Electromagnetic Radiation
3) Spatial Analysis
4) Observations and Applications
Geology (password required from this point on)
5) Geologic Time and Plate tectonics
6) Geologic Structures
7) Volcanoes and satellite monitoring
8) Geology VISITview session
Oceanography
9) Observing the Oceans from Space
10) Ocean Properties and Composition
11) Ocean Currents
12) Ocean waves: surface and interface waves
13) Oceanography VISITview session
Meteorology
14) Earth's Atmosphere, Energy Cycle and Energy Budget
15) Global Weather Patterns
16) Identifying Clouds on Satellite Images
17) Weather Forecasting
18) Hurricanes and Other Storms
19) Meteorology VISITview session
Climatology
20) Past and Present Climate
21) Satellites Observations of Climate Systems
Earth as a System
22) Cycles and Spheres
23) Stewardship and Sustainability
24) Geoscientist Virtual Visit option