1. Definition of El Nino and Southern Oscillation
2. Tracking El Nino and the Southern Oscillation
-Historical records and present situation
3. Physical Mechanisms
-Kelvin Waves, Rossby Waves
4. Global Impacts of El Nino and La Nina
-Tropical teleconnections
-Extra-tropical teleconnections
5. Computer simulations, and predictions
6. El Nino movies
7. Student lectures