New Jersey City University is an urban Hispanic Serving Institution (HIS) in which more than 60% of 6200 undergraduate students belong to ethnic minorities. Science majors do not reflect the ethnic diversity of the student body. The Geoscience-Geography department at NJCU is in the process of implementing both On-line Weather and On-line Ocean Studies courses, which it hopes will help to address this imbalance by spurring increased interest in the Earth and Environmental Sciences. On-line Ocean Studies will be implemented using a three-step transitional approach: (1) as a supplement to a traditional text-based course in Fall, 2007, (2) full implementation in a face-to-face setting in Spring, 2008 and (3) full implementation as an on-line course in Fall, 2008. This presentation reports on progress to date and student reactions to the value of specific AMS On-line Ocean Studies materials utilized in Fall, 2007. In hopes of stimulating useful discussion, an interactive portion of the poster features questions concerning course implementation plans for the coming year.