GEOL. G100 General Geology (TR) SPRING, 2012G100-03 Syllabus
I expect all students to participate in class discusions.
You may also use the Blackboard
discussion board
for posting questions.....and you can answer any questions posted
on the discussion board.
ALL
REPORTS MUST BE SENT AS
ATTACHMENT THROUGH THE BLACKBOARD ASSIGNMENT
DROPBOX AS PORTABLE
DIGITAL FILE (PDF).
ALSO,
INCLUDE
YOUR NAME AND REPORT TITLE IN YOUR REPORT and as part of your file
name,
EXAMPLE, IsiorhoaboutRpt... failure
to have your name as part of
your file name will cost you points.
NO
HARD COPY OF ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
COURSE GRADE, EXAMS, AND REPORTS:
Three exams and finals.
Course grades
will be based on
Two
exams (50%) (will drop the lowest score of the first three
tests),
Finals (test
#4) (30%),
Video report
(2%),
Rock report
(3%), and
Flood
certificate (5%).
Mastering Geology
Quiz (10%).... you will need to buy mastering geology access
code from the bnookstore for this.
Also, you will need MGEOLISIORHO85950
course ID to take the
tests in mastering geology.
Check to see when the mastering geology
quiz will be available.
NOTE: YOU CAN TURN IN YOUR REPORT/ASSIGNMENT
BEFORE
THEIR DUE DATES
No class on exam (test) days. ALL EXAMS ARE
OPEN BOOK AND WILL BE
TAKEN
ONLINE
IN BLACKBOARD. THE HONOR SYSTEM IS ASSUMED DURING TEST
TAKING.
DO NOT DISCUSS ANY EXAM
QUESTIONS OR WORK IN GROUPS. ANYONE
CAUGHT CHEATING WILL
AUTOMATICALLY GET ZERO FOR THAT TEST ... my
eyes are on you :)
NO
CLASS ON EXAM DATES & NO MAKE UP EXAMS
NOTE: All reports must be saved as
portable
digital
format (PDF) and
'droped' in the assignment box in appropriate
assignment box in
blackboard. Your
reports tiltles must include your name, G100, and type of report
(video
or rock).
Your
report must
be sent before 4:00 p.m or as posted. Any report received
after 4 p.m. or as posted, will not be graded.
You are responsible for
all materials in the
textbook and or internet links and you could get questions outside of
lectures ... applied questions.
Grading scale:
A=90-100;
B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F=<60
I
DO NOT CURVE. PLEASE DO NOT
ASK ME FOR EXTRA
CREDIT
... put that energy into your exams and reports.
Code
of Student Rights, Responsibility, and Conduct:
Students are strongly advised to
know the Code of Student Rights, Responsibility, and Conduct that can
be found in the
Student Handbook and Planner that
is
published each fall semester. Students are expected to read and
understand the
Code as it relates to cheating,
plagiarizing, and
aiding and abetting others to cheat and/or plagiarize. Students caught
cheating and/or plagiarizing on
tests, reports, or projects will
receive a zero for that portion of the course.
"Part I.B.3 Individual Rights and
Responsibility as Students
In
the classroom, students have the freedom to raise relevant issues
pertaining to classroom discussion, to offer reasonable
doubts about data presented, and to express
alternate opinions to those discussed. However, in excercising this
freedom,
students shall not interfere with the academic process
of the class."
Students with
Disabilities:
"If
you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be
made to accommodate
most needs. Contact the Director of Services
for
Students with Disabilities (Walb, room 113,
telephone number (260) 481-6658),
as soon as possible to work out the details. Once the
Director has
provided you with a letter attesting to your needs for modification,
bring the letter
to me. For more information, please visit the
web site
for SSD at http://www.ipfw.edu/ssd/"
Chapter 7 Metamorphism,
Metamorphic
Rocks.......
(class note/outline)
Check out this site (Geogarden
Tour) and write a one-page (double space) report on any two
specific rocks...
Your report
(3%) should include ... why you chose the rocks,
names, uses,
minerals, etc. due
February
17
Your rock report must not exceed one page...report
will not be graded if more than one page.
Chapter 8 Time
and
Geology
(class note/outline)
Chapter 19? Shores and Coastal
Processes
Links to slides on coastal
features......
Write
four SHORT sentences (2%) on the video: The
Living Machine OR any other video the instructor may
show in class (one
sentence must be from the begining, one from the
middle and the other two from the end of the video).
Note: you must
number your sentences (e.g. 1. This is the begining..., 2. We'll have
four
exams, 3. the earth structure...etc)
due
by 4:00 p.m. February 24
through Blackboard assignment drop box.
Review Slides for
Test #2
Exam
II Thursday, March 1
(available in
Blackboard
from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Chapter 10 Earthquakes
(class note not available) Powerpoint Slides
Chapter 11
The Earth's
Interior (class
note/outline)
Chapter 12
Plate
Tectonics
(class note/outline)
Plate tectonics animations
Chapter 14? Mass
Wasting
(class note/outline)
Streams
/ Rivers (classnote/outline)
Do the river flood assignment and
turn
in your certificate of
completion
(worth 5% of your course
grade). Due
by 4:00 pm, April 13.
START ON EARLY ON THIS ASSIGNMENT AS IT
MAY TAKE YOU ANYWHERE FROM 30 MINUTES TO TWO
HOURS. (your name must
be on the certificate...right click on the certificate to save it as as JIF, JPEG, BMP, and
download it
before attaching it to your WebCt blackboard assignment
section..make sure you 'drop' or attach it to
the correct topic)
Chapter
15 Rivers & Floods
Ppt
Slides by E.Conklin
New
Orleans Floods, (Photo Slides) New Orleans (2005)
Hurricane
Floyd Great
Britain Flood
Chapter 16 Groundwater
(class note)
NAmerica
drought Drought
Lake
Chad Drought
Powerpoint slides
for River/Groundwater
Chapter 17 Glaciers
and
Glaciation
(class note/outline)
Chapter 18 Deserts
and Wind Action
(class note/outline)
Optional Post Quiz:
(April 28) (6 am to 6 pm) through BLACKBOARD.
Would recommend you take the post quiz as the
score will be added
to your Test #4.
Exam
IV
(available
in Blackboard from Wednesday May 3,
6:00 a.m. through Thursday May 4,
2:00 p.m.)
All exams will be 70 minutes long.
