Geology 300: Physical Geology Lecture Schedule

Lecture Schedule -- Geology 300 -- Spring 2019 (15028)

Week #

Date

Meeting #

Topic

Chapter in book

1

Tuesday, Jan. 22 (Tu)

1 

Introductions; course procedures; Scientific Method

ch. 1

Thursday, Jan. 24 (Th)

2

Origin of Earth/Solar System, Earth properties

ch. 1, ch. 23

 

2

January 29 (Tu)

3

Earth properties, Minerals

ch. 17, 2

January 31 (Th)

4

Minerals

ch. 2

Last day to enroll or drop without "W" is Sunday, Jan. 27

3

February 5 (Tu)

5

Igneous rocks

ch. 3

February 7 (Th)

6

Volcanic terrains

ch. 4

 

4

Feb. 12 (Tu)

7

Volcano video

Feb. 14 (Th)

8 , 8a, 8b

Weathering/Sedimentary rocks

ch. 5/6

 

5

Feb. 19 (Tu)

9

Sedimentary rocks/Metamorphic rocks

ch. 6/7

Feb. 21 (Th)

10

Review

chs. 1-7, 17, 22

 

6

Feb. 26 (Tu)

11

First Midterm

 

Feb. 28 (Th)

12

Geologic Time

ch. 8

 

7

March 5 (Tu)

13, 13a

Structural Geology: stratigraphy, folds & faults

ch. 15

March 7 (Th)

14

Earthquakes

ch. 16

 

8

March 12 (Tu)

15

Earthquakes -- damage, safety, & video

ch. 16

March 14 (Th)

16

Continental Drift/Development of Plate Tectonics

ch. 19

 

9

March 19 (Tu)

17

Plate Tectonics

ch. 19

March 21 (Th)

18

Plate Tectonics -- Mountain belts/ Continents

ch. 20

 

10

March 26 (Tu)

19

Review

chs. 8, 15,16, 19, 20

March 28  (Th)

20

Second Midterm

 

11

April 2 (Tu)

21

Marine Geology

ch. 18

April 4 (Th)

22

Rivers & Streams

ch. 10

 

12

April 9 (Tu)

23

Rivers & Streams

ch. 10

April 11 (Th)

24

Groundwater

ch. 11

April 15 to April 19 -- Spring Break -- No Class this Week

13

April 23 (Tu)

25

Review

chs. 10-11, 18

April 25 (Th)

26

Third Midterm

  Last Day to Drop with a "W" is Sunday, April 21

14

April 30 (Tu)

27

Mass Wasting

ch. 9

May 2 (Th)

28 

Glaciers

ch. 12

 

15

May 7  (Tu)

29

Ice Ages, Global Climate Change

ch. 12, 21

May 9  (Th)

30

Desert geology

ch. 13

 

16

May 14  (Tu)

31

Waves, beaches, Coastlines; Review

ch. 14

 No lecture class this day

 

17

May 21 (Tu)

32

FINAL EXAM (10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.)


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