INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY
15-GEOL-101
Syllabus*
First Term/ Summer 2003
Instructor: Attila Kilinc
Department of Geology
Geology-Physics Bldg. Room 500
Phone : 513- 556-3732
E-mail: Attila.Kilinc@uc.edu
I can be reached at my office every day from 1:00 PM to 5:00PM.
Textbook: EARTH: Portrait of a Planet. Stephen Marshak
2001. W.W. Norton & Company
June 23 (M): Ch 1. And Just What is Geology pp. 3-32. Ch 2. Journey to
the Center of the Earth. pp. 49
June 24 (Tu): Ch 3. Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas. pp. 51-75
June 25 (Wed): Ch. 4. The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics. pp. 77-104
June 26 (Th): Ch. 4. The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics. pp. 77-104
June 27 (F) : First 60 minutes exam**.
After the last student tuns in his/her exam, class will meet in room 201
Braunstein to go over the questions and answers.
June 30 (M): Ch. 5. Patterns in Nature: Minerals and Interlude A: Rocks
Groups pp. 109-135
July 1 (Tu): Ch.6. Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks. pp. 137-161
July 2 (Wed): Ch.6. Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks. pp.
137-161
July 3(Th): Ch. 8. Metamorphic Rocks and Interlude C. pp. 203-233
July 4 (F): INDEPENDENCE DAY- NO CLASSES
July 7 (M) Second 60 minutes exam***.
After the last student tuns in his/her exam, class will meet in room 201
Braunstein to go over the questions and answers
July 8 (Tu): Ch. 9. The Wrath of Vulcan. pp. 237-267
July 9 (Wed): Ch. 9. The Wrath of Vulcan. pp. 237-267
July 10 (Th): Ch. 10. Earthquakes and Interlude C. pp. 269-316
July 11 (F): Ch. 10. Earthquakes and Interlude C. pp. 269-316
July 14 (M): Ch. 14. Squeezing Power from a Stone. pp. 427-451
FINAL EXAM : July 16 at 8:30 AM in Room 201 Braunstein building
* : This syllabus is subject to modification.
** : First exam starts at 9:40 AM sharp. Please
be in the classroom at 9:30 AM. If you
arrive after the first student turns in his/her answer sheet, you can
not take the exam. First exam will have 33 multiple choice questions and
will cover contents of chapters 1,2, 3, 4 and the material presented in
the lectures.
***: Second exam starts at 9:40 AM sharp. Please
be in the classroom at 9:30 AM. If you arrive after the
first student turns in his/her answer sheet, you can not take the exam.
Second exam will have 33 multiple choice questions and will cover contents
of chapters 5, 6, 8 and the material presented in the lectures only. No
questions on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be asked.
****: Final exam will have 34 multiple choice questions and will cover
chapters 9, 10, 14 and the material presented in the lectures only. No
questions on chapters 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 will be asked. It is your
responsibility to be in the classroom at the start of the exam on July
12, 2000.
EXAMS: THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS IN THIS COURSE. IF YOU MISS
AN EXAM, PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR A MAKE-UP EXAM.
Final grade will be the sum of all points you earned in the first+second+final
exams. Letter grades based on that sum will be given as follows:
Grade Total points earned
A 100-90
B 89-80
C 79-70
D 69-60
F Less
than 60
Last revised: April 15, 2003
|
|
