Geology 1002 (Section 1) - Honors Physical Geology
Room 134 Howe-Russell Building
TTH 9:10 - 10:30
| Instructor | Prof. Jeffrey A. Nunn | TA | Eric Prokocki |
| Office | Room E339 Howe-Russell | Office | Room E340A Howe-Russelll |
| Telephone | 578-6657 | Telephone | . |
| jeff@geol.lsu.edu | eprokocki@geol.lsu.edu | ||
| Office hours | 2:30 to 3:30 MW (115 East Laville) or by appointment | Office hours | . |
Class web page http://www.geol.lsu.edu/nunn/1002.1/
Text: Understanding Earth (Fifth Edition) (2006), Grotzinger, Jordan, Press, and Siever
Publisher web page: http://www.whfreeman.com/understandingearth/
Evaluation: There are nine quizzes,
three exams, seven short projects, and a final exam. Exam questions may be short
answer, multiple choice, matching or true/false. No make-up quizzes. Make-up exams
are discouraged but those that are necessary will be essay exams. Final exam
is comprehensive.
Communication across the Curriculum: This class is certified in written and
visual communication. A Communication Intensive (CI) certification will appear on
your transcript.
Grades: Hour exams are worth100 points each. Final exam is worth 150 points.
Projects are 20 points each. Quizzes are worth 10 points each. Your lowest two quiz
scores do not count towards your final grade. Letter grades are assigned from the
final numerical score based on your performance relative to the rest of the class
(i.e., a curve).
click HERE to see Exam 1 Results
click HERE to see Exam 1 Answer Key
| . | . | Topic | Reading | Projects Due |
| August | 29 | Photo Op | . | |
| 31 | Earth Systems | GJPS 1-16 | ||
| September | 5 | Plate Tectonics | GJPS 18-42 | Project 1 (Plate Movement) |
| 7 | Minerals | GJPS 44-73 | Quiz 1 | |
| 12 | Minerals/Rocks | GJPS 76-98 | Project 2 (Minerals and You) | |
| 14 | Igneous Rocks | GJPS 100-127 | Quiz 2 | |
| 19 | Sedimentation | . | . | |
| 21 | Exam 1 | . | ||
| 26 | Metamorphism | GJPS 130-148 | . | |
| 28 | Rock Deformation | GJPS 150-167 | Quiz 3 | |
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| October | 3 | Geologic Time | GJPS 168-186 | .Project 3 (Geologic Time) |
| 5 | Fall Holiday | . | ||
| 10 | Terrestrial Planets | GJPS 188-212 | . | |
| 12 | Continents | GJPS 214-238 | Quiz 4 | |
| 14 | Geobiology | GJPS 240-268 | Project 4 (Volcanoes) | |
| 19 | Exam 2 | . | ||
| 24 | Volcanoes | GJPS 270-294 | . | |
| 26 | Earthquakes | GJPS 296-322 | Quiz 5 | |
| 28 | FIELD TRIP | . | ||
| 31 | Earth's Interior | GJPS 324-345 | Project 5 (PowerPoint) | |
| November | 2 | Climate | GJPS 346-368 | Quiz 6 |
| 7 | Weathering/Erosion | GJPS 370-398 | . | |
| 9 | Groundwater | GJPS 400-423 | Quiz 7 | |
| 14 | Exam 3 | |||
| 16 | Stream Transport | GJPS 426-451 | Project 6 (Water Reources) | |
| 21 | Wind and Deserts | GJPS 452-470 | . | |
| 24 | Thanksgiving | . | . | |
| 28 | Coastlines and Oceans | GJPS 472-502 | Project 7 (1927 Flood/Katrina) | |
| 30 | Glaciers | GJPS 504-528 | Quiz 8 | |
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| December | 5 | Landscape | GJPS 530-548 | . |
| . | 7 | Earth's Environment | GJPS 550-578 | Quiz 9 |
| . | 12 | Final Exam (10-Noon) | .. |