Day 1     Introduction     
                   Course Outline and Instructors
                   Books
                   Reminders:
                       Swim Test, Passports, Visas
                   Geology and Island Formation
                   Map, Orientation, Photos, Topography, Tectonics

Day 2     Geology and Island Formation
                    St. John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Marina Cay
                    Elevation, Sea and Wave Action
                    Virgin Gorda, Formations, Photos

Day 3     Geography
                    Global position
                    Historic significance
                    Economic importance
                    Trade
                         Import/exports and products

Day 4      Economics and Culture
                    Trade and Product
                         Sugar, rum, salt, molasses
                         Slavery
                              Anneberg sugar mill – photos
                    American vs. European influence 
                    Water – desalination

Day 5      History
                    Ancient civilizations and original inhabitants
                    Central and South American colonization 

Day 6       History: European Colonization/Colonialization
                    Wars and Trade
                    Why are these islands important and how did the politics of the 
                        European continent affect the actions countries took in the Caribbean? 

Day 7        History: US and European Acquisitions
                    Installation of modern governments
                    New island economies

Day 8        Political Science
                    Governance of the US and British Virgin Island
                    Demographics
                    Race, religion, economics, ethnicity
                    Gross national product (GNP)

Day 9        Culture
                    Anthropological view: What is culture?
                    How people provide for their basic needs of food, shelter, community
                    and spirituality
                    Focus on spirituality; link to history, ethnicity, culture clash and isolation
                    vs. entrance into global community
                    How is this reflected in regional music, art and literature?

Day 10      Culture
                    Who’s culture is it?
                    Where did it come from?
                    Extension: history, religion, modern practice

Day 11     Archeology/Restoration
                    Cinnamon Bay site
                    Ken Wild
                    Articles, petroglyphs, ancient peoples
                    Artifacts, methodologies

Day 12      VIERS (Virgin Island Environmental Resource Station)
                    Biomes, Rainfall, plant and animal communities

Day 13       Coral Reef Communities
                    Introduction to coral reefs; structure and community
                    Formation, growth and importance
                    Why are they at risk?
                    Disease, storms, development, warming

Day 14       Coral Reef Communities
                    Fish identification
                    Coral identification
                    Conditions
                    Temperature, salinity, pH, food sources, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels


Day 15       National Park Service (NPS), US Geological Survey (USGS)
                    US Department of the Interior
                    Dr. Caroline Rogers, National Park Service Coral Reef Ecologist
                    Elkhorn coral studies
                    Identification
                    Reproduction
                    Growth and development
                    Onset of disease
                    White band, white pox

Day 16        Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)
                    Dr. Michael Lomas, Principal Research Scientist, Marine Phytoplankton
                    Ecology Labortatory
                    Phytoplankton Identification
                    Chlorophyll as a measure of system health
                    Introduction to Turner 10-AU Fluorometer
                    The basics of fluorometry

Day 17        Introduction to GPS/PDA technology
                    Global positioning systems
                    Research applications
                    Demonstrations

Day 18        Lab practice 
                    Coral colony waypoint mapping and Elkhorn data collections

Day 19        Lab practice Flow fluorometry studies
                    Pump/flow set-up on board
                    Debubbler
                    Flow applications and data collection

Day 20        Lab practice
                    Flow applications and data collection