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Instructor: |
Dr. Vic Di Venere |
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Office: |
Pell Hall 229C (knock on 227) |
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Office Hours: |
2:00-4:30 Tue, 12:30-2:30 Wed, or by appointment |
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Phone: |
299-2034 |
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Email: |
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Home Page |
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Department of Earth and Environmental Science: |
Room 133 Life Science, |
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Text: |
Earth Science at C.W. Post (second half: Essentials of Geology, by Lutgens & Tarbuck) |
Course Objectives:
We will study the Earth's surface landforms and the geologic processes that shape them.
Cell Phones, Pagers, iPods, MP3 players: All cellular phones and pagers must be turned off before entering the classroom. Anyone text-messaging or wearing earbuds/earphones in class will be considered absent for the day. Anyone text-messaging or wearing earbuds/earphones during an exam will be assigned an automatic zero grade for the exam.
Attendance and class participation will be noted and may affect your grade (for better or worse).
Exams and Quizzes: Several short quizzes will be given online in WebCT. Each will be available for one week. The lowest quiz grade will be dropped. Exams may only be made up with a doctor's note. Makeup exams will be all essay.
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Grading: |
Lab Grade |
25% |
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Quizzes (best of 2) | 25% |
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Midterm Exam |
25% |
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Final Exam |
25% |
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important dates: |
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| February 18 | No Class (Presidents' Day) |
| March 12 | Midterm Exam |
| March 17 & 19 | No Class (Spring Break) |
| April 28 - May 6 | Final Exams (date TBA) |
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Topic |
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| Earth Materials | |
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Minerals |
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Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes |
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Sedimentary Rocks & Metamorphic Rocks |
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| Earth Dynamics | |
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Geologic Structures: Folds and Faults |
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| Earthquakes & Earth's Interior | 15 |
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Plate Tectonics |
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| Surface Processes and Landforms | |
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Weathering and Soils |
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Groundwater Resources |
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Streams Processes and Landforms |
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Coastal Processes and Landforms |
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Glacial Landforms and the Ice Ages |
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Wind Processes and Landforms - Deserts |
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