Hey Troy,
Some people just have to learn these things on their own. I for one totally believe that in a matter of time I will be swamped with latin names and such and probly be wondering why I sunk $250 in to this course instead of a better [insert everything related to my tank here]. Eric teaches university courses and no doubt I fully believe that this course will be taught at that level. Will it make me an expert on raising corals? Nah, somehow I doubt it, but it will be cool to know whats going on in there and at last I will hopefully be able to name a coral without reaching for my happy picture book of corals :P I guess its just the biologist in me. I really try to keep awake when someone is telling me about the importance of spectrum in lighting or how a 10000K bulb is better than the 6500K or how really easy it would be to build my own protein skimmer (shall I continue? :P ) but I would rather hear about the biology part of keeping a tank. I guess its because I have a better background in it and I've always been interested in it (and quite frankly I think I failed the electricity part of physics 11
).
As for being a know it all, geez, I can't compete with you guys in the technological/electrical departments now but maybe you'll be impressed if I'm spouting off latin names of everything and telling you about the biological processes involved in waste excretion of
Euphyllia divisia 
Christy
