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Subject
by week
(tentative)
1- Introduction
2 -Plate Tectonics
3 - Minerals
4 - Igneous Rocks (exam)
5 -Volcanic Rocks
6 - Weathering and Soils
7 - Spring break
8 - Sedimentary Rocks
9 - Metamorphic rocks (Exam)
10- Geologic time
11- Faults and Folds
12 - Earthquakes (exam).
13
- Mass Wasting
14 - Rivers
15 - wrap up (exam)
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 Textbook:
EARTH: AN
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL GEOLOGY, 8e. Tarbuck
and Lutgens, Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth;
Meeting time: TTH 9:40-11:07
Location: S-133
Syllabus (pdf format)
Instructor: Dr. Rob
Rogers, Office hours: 9-11 MWF, N-153,
email:
rrogers@geology.csustan.edu
Course description: overview of our physical geology
and earth system processes..
Assessment: 6 Quizzes (10 points each) and 4 exams (100
points each). There are 460 points possible in class.
Exams will be during regular class hours. Quizzes will be on
blackboard.
There will be no make-up of quizzes. Make-up exams MAY be
allowed with AT LEAST a letter grade penalty. If you need to
take exam early then please see me at least one week prior scheduled
exam.
Attendance: Students are expected to attend classes.
How to do well in this
class: Get as many point as possible.
1) read material - before
class
2) come to class - pay
attention, take notes, ask questions if something is not clear.
3) Study - re-read
materials and notes before quizzes and exams.
4) Show up and take the
quizzes and exams.
5) Be curious
Other: Respect
others. Please do not disrupt their learning. Remember to turn
off cell phones. If you must leave during class, do so
quietly.
All
University Rules and Policies apply to this class including but not
limited to subjects of Academic Honesty, Plagiarism, Cheating, Sexual
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