Syllabus -- Geology 310 -- Summer Term 2019 (12846)

Day

Meeting#

Topic

Reading

Week 1

June 10, Mon

1

Course mechanics and Introduction, actualism

Ch. 1

June 11, Tues

2

Some basic concepts in geology: rock cycle,

Ch. 1

June 12, Wed.

3

Minerals & Rocks

Ch. 2

June 13, Thur.

4, a, b, c

Rocks & Rock cycle

Ch. 2

Week 2

June 17, Mon

5

Life: Six kingdoms

Ch. 3

June 18, Tues

6

Diversity of Life

Ch. 3/4

June 19, Wed.

7

Environments and Life and Review

Ch. 4

June 20, Thur.

8

First exam

Chs. 1-4

Week 3

June 24, Mon

9

Sedimentary Environments

Ch. 5

June 25, Tues

10

Environmenets/Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record

Ch. 5/6

June 26, Wed.

11

Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record

Ch. 6

June 27, Thur.

12

Evolution and the Fossil Record

Ch. 7

Week 4

July 1, Mon

13

Evolution and the Fossil Record/Review

Ch. 7

July 2, Tues.

14

Second midterm

Ch. 5-7

July 3, Wed.

15

Plate Tectonics 

Ch. 8

July 4, Thur.

16

Fourth of July Holiday, No Class

Week 5                                                      

July 8, Mon.

17

Continental Tectonics and Mountain Domes

Ch. 9

July 9, Tues.

18

The Archean Eon of Precambrian Time/Proterozoic Eon

Ch. 11/12

July 10, Wed.

19

The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time/Review

Ch. 12

July 11, Thurs.

20

Third midterm

Chs. 8,9,11,12

Week 6

July 15, Mon.

21

Early Paleozoic World

Ch. 13

July 16, Tues.

22

Middle Paleozoic World

Ch. 14

July 17, Wed.

23

Late Paleozoic World

Ch. 15

July 18, Thur.

24

Early Mesozoic Era; Review

Ch. 16

Week 7

July 22, Mon.

25

Fourth midterm

Chs. 13-16

July 23, Tues.

26

The Cretaceous World

Ch. 17

July 24, Wed.

27

The Cretaceous World

Ch. 17

July 25, Thurs.

28

The Paleogene World

Ch. 18

Week 8

July 29, Mon.

29

The Neogene World

Ch. 19

July 30, Tues.

30

The Holocene

Ch. 20

July 31, Wed.

31

Review  (Last day of lecture)

Aug. 1, Thurs.

32

Final exam

Chs. 17-20