Lecture Schedule -- Geology 300 -- Spring 2015 (15526) | ||||
Week
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Date | Meeting # | Topic |
Chapter in book |
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1 |
Tuesday, Jan. 20 (Tu) | Introductions; course procedures; Scientific Method | ch. 1 | |
Thursday, Jan. 22 (Th) | 2 | Origin of Earth/Solar System, Earth properties | ch. 1, ch. 23 | |
2 |
January 27 (Tu) | 3 | Earth properties, Minerals | ch. 17, 2 |
January 29 (Th) | 4 | Minerals | ch. 2 |
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Last day to enroll or drop without "W" is Sunday,
Feb. 1
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3 |
February 3 (Tu) | 5 | Igneous rocks | ch. 3 |
February 5 (Th) | 6 | Volcanic terrains | ch. 4 | |
4 |
Feb. 10 (Tu) | 7 |
Volcano video | |
Feb. 12 (Th) | 8 , 8a, 8b | Weathering/Sedimentary rocks | ch. 5/6 | |
5 |
Feb. 17 (Tu) | 9 | Sedimentary rocks/Metamorphic rocks | ch. 6/7 |
Feb. 19 (Th) | 10 | Review | chs. 1-7, 17, 22 |
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6 |
Feb. 24 (Tu) | 11 | First Midterm |
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Feb. 26 (Th) | 12 | Geologic
Time |
ch. 8 |
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7 |
March 3 (Tu) | 13, 13a | Structural
Geology: stratigraphy, folds & faults |
ch. 15 |
March 5 (Th) | 14 | Earthquakes | ch. 16 |
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8 |
March 10 (Tu) | 15 | Earthquakes
-- damage, safety, & video |
ch. 16 |
March 12 (Th) | 16 | Continental
Drift/Development of Plate Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
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Midterm
grade status
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9 |
March 17 (Tu) | 17 | Plate Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
March 19 (Th) | 18 | Plate Tectonics
-- Mountain belts/ Continents |
ch. 20 |
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10 |
March 24 (Tu) | 19 | Review |
chs. 8, 15,16, 19, 20 |
March 26 (Th) | 20 | Second Midterm |
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March 30 to
April 5 -- Spring Break -- No Class this Week |
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11 |
April 7 (Tu) | 21 | Marine Geology |
ch. 18 |
April 9 (Th) | 22 | Rivers &
Streams |
ch. 10 |
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12 |
April 14 (Tu) | 23 | Rivers &
Streams |
ch. 10 |
April 16 (Th) | 24 | Groundwater | ch. 11 |
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Last
Day to Drop with a "W" is Sunday, April 19 |
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13 |
April 21 (Tu) | 25 | Review | chs. 10-11, 18 |
April 23 (Th) | 26 | Third Midterm |
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14 |
April 28 (Tu) | 27 | Mass Wasting | ch. 9 |
April 30 (Th) |
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Glaciers | ch. 12 | |
15 |
May 5 (Tu) | 29 | Ice Ages,
Global Climate Change |
ch. 12, 21 |
May 7 (Th) | 30 | Desert geology |
ch. 13 | |
16 |
May 12 (Tu) |
31 |
Waves, beaches, Coastlines; Review | ch. 14 |
No class this
day |
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17 |
May 19 (Tu) | 32 | FINAL EXAM (10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.) |
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