The course will discuss, among other subjects, formation and structure of the solar system, earth, oceans, and milky way. Special topics in oceanography will include ocean basins, atmosphere / ocean interaction, plate tectonics, and the use of bottom sediments to estimate past earth climate history.
Anthony Russo has a PhD in Oceanography from Florida Institute of Technology. He was a professor of Marine Sciences at Leeward Community College from 1970 to 2002, also teaching Astronomy at LCC for 10 years.