| 1 | Introduction | Rick O'Connell and Bill McDonough | (PDF) (Courtesy of Richard O'Connell and William McDonough. Used with permission.) | 
| 2 | Melting and Differentiation | Tim Grove |  | 
| 3 | Basics of Convection | Rick O'Connell and Brad Hager | (PDF) (Courtesy of Richard O'Connell and Bradford Hager. Used with permission.) | 
| 4 | Isotope Systems and Geochemistry | Stan Hart | (PDF) (Courtesy of Stan Hart and scribed by Jamie Kellogg.  Used with permission.) | 
| 5 | More on Mantle Dynamics | Brad Hager, Rick O'Connell, Louise Kellogg | (PDF) (Courtesy of Shijie Zhong. Used with permission.) | 
| 6 | Seismology Part I: Subduction Zones | Rob Van Der Hilst | (PDF) | 
| 7 | Constraints from Noble Gas Data on Mantle Mixing | Louise Kellogg and Stein Jacobsen |  | 
| 8 | Seismology Part II: Constraints on Mantle Structure from Global Tomography | Rob Van Der Hilst |  | 
| 9 | Open Discussion of Issues |  |  | 
| 10 | Mantle Stratification (or lack thereof) | Tom Jordan |  | 
| 11 | Student Presentation of Research Proposals (Final Assignment) |  |  |