Geology 1001 (Section 4) - Physical Geology

Spring 1998

T- Th 12:10 - 1:30

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Instructor: Professor Barb Dutrow, Room 203, Howe-Russell Building

                    Office hours: 1:30 - 2:30 T- Th  or by appointment

                    Home Page: http://www.geol.lsu.edu/dutrow/index.htm

                    E-mail: dutrow@geol.lsu.edu

TA:             Buddy Ferry, Room 417C, Howe-Russell Building

                    T Th  9:30 - 10:30

                    E-mail: ejferry@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu

Text:         Essentials of Geology, (1997), Chernicoff & Fox

                Reading assignments should be completed prior to class

Evaluation: There will be 3 hour exams and a  comprehensive final exam. Exam questions  will be based on material from lectures as well as from the book. Questions may be multiple choice, matching and/or  true/false. Make-up exams are discouraged but those that are necessary will be essay exams. The final exam will be comprehensive. There will also be several unannounced assignments that will be distributed in class.

Grades: The exams will be weighted as follows: Exams 1-3 constitute 60% of the score for the course. The Final Exam will constitute 40% of the score. Up to 5% bonus points can be earned by completing the unannounced assignments that will be given out in class. Letter grades will be assigned from the final numerical score based on the performance relative to the rest of the class (i.e. I curve!).

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updated 02/03/98