Geology 305: Earth Sciences -- Tentative Class Schedule

Syllabus -- Geology 305 -- Spring Term 2019 (15029)
Week #	Day	Meeting#	Topic	Reading
1	January 22, T	1	Course mechanics and Scientific Method, Introduction	Introduction
	January 24, Th	2	Atoms, density, basic class skills	Ch. 1, Appendix A
2	January 29, T	3	Early Astronomers & Earth's Place in the Universe	Ch. 21
	January 31, Th	4	Origin of the universe, stars, our sun	Ch. 23, 24
Last day to enroll or drop without "W" is Sunday, Jan. 27
3	February 5, T	5	Formation of and Tour of the Solar System and Review	Chs. 1, 22
	February 7 Th	7	First test	Ch. 1, 7, 21-24
4	February 12, T	8	Atmospheric structure/composition	Ch. 16
	February 14, Th	9	Heating of Earth	Ch. 16
5	February 19, T	10	Humiditiy and moisture	Ch. 17
	February 21, Th	11	Clouds and precipitation	Ch. 17
6	February 26, T	12	Pressure and Coriolis force	Ch. 18
	February 28, Th	13	Atmosphere in motion (winds)	Ch. 18
7	March 5, T	14	Weather Patterns and storms, Review	Ch. 19
	March 7, Th	15	Climate change	Ch. 20
8	March 12, T	15	Second Test	Chs. 16-20
	March 14, Th	16	Minerals & rock cycle	Ch. 2
9	March 19, T	17	Igneous rocks	Ch. 3
	March 21, Th	18	Volcanic terrain	Ch. 9
10	March 26, T	19	Weathering, Sedimentary rocks	Ch. 4, 3
	March 28, Th	20	Sedimentary, Metamorphic rocks	Ch. 3
11	April 2, T	21	Continental drift	Ch. 7
	April 4, Th	22	Plate Tectonics	Ch. 7
12	April 9, T	23	Earthquakes	Ch. 8
	April 11, Th	24	Geologic time	Ch. 11
April 15 to 19-- Spring Break -- No Class This Week
13	April 23, T	25	Review	Ch. 2-4, 7, 8, 11
	April 25, Th	26	Third exam
Last day to drop with "W" -- April 21
14	April 30, T	27	Ocean origin & sea floor features	Ch. 13
	May 2, Th	28	Ocean composition, salinity	Ch. 14
15	May 7, T	29	Ocean currents and tides	Ch. 15
	May 9, Th	30	Waves and coastlines;	Ch. 15
16	May 14, T	31	Review (Last day of lecture)	Ch. 13-15
	May 16, Th		No Lecture Class
	May 21, Tues., 8-10 a.m.	--	Final exam	Good luck!

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