Photograph of Anaverde Formation
Anaverde Formation

Top Photograph: Spectacular folds of the Anaverde Formation along the San Andreas Fault, Palmdale, CA.

Photograph on right: Arch Rock, Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Photograph on right: Students entering Painted Cave, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Photograph on right: Hiking to Frenchy's Tide Pools, Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Photograph on right: Hike on Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Photograph on right: Mitsubishi Portland Cement Facility, Lucerne Valley, CA.

Photograph on right: NASA satellite photo of Planet Earth.

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Oceanography 1 Lecture Traditional

Oceanography 1 is the traditional face-to-face Introduction to Oceanography lecture class and covers chemical, biological, physical and geological oceanography. There is a field trip requirement for the course that can be completed by taking a boat cruise or visiting an aquarium.

Photograph of students on boat entering Painted Cave

Oceanography 1 Lecture - Online

The Oceanography 1 is the online version of Introduction to Oceanography and is taught completely online. Students who register for the online course are required to have a working email address and must send an email to the instructor before to the beginning of the online class for log in instructions. Students are required to complete a field trip and post a virtual field trip report online. Local students may attend the boat cruise with the students and instructor from LAVC.

Photograph of students walking on beach towards Frenchy's Tide pools

Oceanography 10 Laboratory

Oceanography 10 is the Physical Oceanography laboratory class that accompanies Oceanography 1. Students will complete laboratory exercises in combination with field trips which are designed to improve understanding of oceanographic processes.

Photograph of students walking on Santa Cruz Island

Physical Geology Lecture

Physical Geology covers the principles of geology including topics such as plate tectonics, minerals, rocks, groundwater, deserts, rivers, and glaciation. Emphasis is placed on geologic phenomena that catastrophically affect man's environment such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and landslides.

Photograph of students at Misubishi Cement Plant

Physical Geology Lecture Online

Geology 6 is the Physical Geology Laboratory that accompanies the Physical Geology lecture. Students study geologic and topographic maps, aerial photographs, rocks and minerals, and participate in several field trips.

Planetary Science

Introduction to Planetary Science is an interdisciplinary class covering remote sensing, impact craters, surface erosion, atmospheric phenomena, tectonics, volcanism, and recent discoveries from unmanned and human exploration of the solar system.

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