Geology 305: Earth Sciences -- Tentative Class Schedule

Syllabus -- Geology 305 -- Spring Term 2020 (15044)
Week #	Day	Meeting#	Topic	Reading
1	January 21, T	1	Course mechanics and Scientific Method, Introduction	Introduction
	January 23, Th	2	Atoms, density, basic class skills	Ch. 1, Appendix A
2	January 28, T	3	Early Astronomers & Earth's Place in the Universe	Ch. 21
	January 30, Th	4	Origin of the universe, stars, our sun	Ch. 23, 24
Last day to enroll or drop without "W" is Sunday, Feb. 2
3	February 4, T	5	Formation of and Tour of the Solar System and Review	Chs. 1, 22
	February 6 Th	6	First test	Ch. 1, 7, 21-24
4	February 11, T	7	Atmospheric structure/composition	Ch. 16
	February 13, Th	8	TBA
5	February 18, T	9	Heating of Earth	Ch. 16
	February 20, Th	10	Humiditiy and moisture	Ch. 17
6	February 25, T	11	Clouds and precipitation	Ch. 17
	February 27, Th	12	Pressure and Coriolis force	Ch. 18
7	March 3, T	13	Atmosphere in motion (winds)	Ch. 18
	March 5, Th	14	Weather Patterns and storms	Ch. 19
8	March 10, T	15	Climate change, Review	Ch. 20
	March 12, Th	16	Second Test	Chs. 16-20
9	March 17, T	17	Minerals & rock cycle	Ch. 2
	March 19, Th	18	Igneous rocks	Ch. 3
10	March 24, T	19	Volcanic terrain	Ch. 9
	March 26, Th	20	Weathering, Sedimentary rocks	Ch. 8, 3
11	March 31, T	21	Sedimentary, Metamorphic rocks	Ch. 3
	April 2, Th	22	Continental drift	Ch. 4
April 6 to 10-- Spring Break -- No Class This Week
12	April 14, T	23	Plate Tectonics	Ch. 4
	April 16, Th	24	Earthquakes	Ch. 8
13	April 21, T	25	Geologic time	Ch. 11
	April 23, Th	26	Third exam, Review	Ch. 2-4, 7, 8, 11
Last day to drop with "W" -- April 19
14	April 28, T	27	Ocean origin & sea floor features	Ch. 13
	April 30, Th	28	Ocean composition, salinity	Ch. 14
15	May 5, T	29	Ocean currents and tides	Ch. 15
	May 7, Th	30	Waves and coastlines;	Ch. 15
16	May 12, T	31	Review (Last day of lecture)	Ch. 13-15
	May 14, Th		No Lecture Class
	May 19, Tues., 8-10 a.m.	--	Final exam	Good luck!

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