Geology 300 (Interactive TV/Telecourse):

Physical Geology Lecture Schedule

Lecture Schedule -- Geology 300 -- Spring 2013
Week #
Date Meeting # Reading (Plummer, Carlson & Hammersley) Comments/Assignments
1
Wed., Jan. 23
1 Introductions; course procedures; Scientific Method Introductions; course procedure; ch. 1

2
Jan. 28 (M) 2 Formation of Earth and Solar System ch. 23
Jan. 30 (W) 3
Minerals ch. 2
Last day to enroll or drop without "W" is Sunday, Feb. 3 
3
Feb. 4 (M) 4 Igneous rocks ch. 3
Feb. 6 (W) 5 (see also these notes)
Volcanic terrains
ch. 4

4
Feb. 11 (M) 6 Weathering and Soils
ch. 5
Feb. 13 (W) 7 (see also these notes here & here)
Sedimentary rocks ch. 6

5
Feb. 18 (M)
  Presidents' Day -- No Class
Feb. 20 (W) 8 Metamorphic Rocks, Review ch. 7

6
Feb. 25 (M) 9
First Midterm (test window from 2/25 to 2/27) chs. 1-7, 17, 23; review sheet
Feb. 27 (W) 10 Geologic Time ch. 8

7
Mar. 4 (M) 11 (see also these notes) Earth's Structures ch. 15
Mar. 6 (W) 12 Earth's Interior
ch. 17

8
Mar. 11 (M) 13 Earthquakes ch. 16
Mar. 13 (W) 14 The Birth of a Theory ch. 19
 
9
Mar. 18 (M) 15 Plate Dynamics ch. 19
Mar. 20 (W) 16
Mountain Building
ch. 20
March 25 to 31 -- Spring Break -- No Class this Week
10
April 1 (M) 17
Review
review sheet
April 3 (W) 18 Second Test (test window from 4/3 to 4/5) chs. 8, 15-20
 
11
April 8 (M) 19 The Sea Floor ch. 18
April 10 (W) 20 Rivers, Erosion and Deposition
ch. 10

12
April 15 (M) 21 Landform Evolution ch. 10
April 17 (W) 22 Groundwater ch. 11
Last Day to Drop with a "W" is Sunday, April 21
13
April 22 (M) 23
Review
chs. 10-11, 18
April 24 (W) 24 Third Test [test window from 4/18 to 4/20] review sheet
 
14
April 29 (M) 25 Glaciers ch. 12
May 1 (W) 26
Ice ages and climate change ch. 12

15
May 6 (M) 27 Waves, Beaches, and Coasts ch. 14
May 8 (W)
Mass Wasting ch. 9
 
16
May 13 (M) 29 Wind, Dust, and Deserts ch. 13
May 15 (W) 30 Review

17
May 20 (M)
31
FINAL EXAM (8-10 a.m.) review sheet

Course Description 

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