Geology 1002 (Section 1) – Honors Physical Geology
Room
112
TTH
9:10 - 10:30
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Instructor: |
Prof. Jeffrey
A. Nunn |
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Office: |
Room E240
Howe-Russell |
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Telephone: |
578-0081 |
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e-mail: |
gljeff@lsu.edu |
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Office hours: |
3:00 to 4:30 MT
or by appointment |
Class web page: http://www.geol.lsu.edu/jnunn/1002.1/
Text: Understanding
Earth (Fifth Edition) (2006),
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
worth 100 points each. Final exam is worth
150 points. Projects are 40 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).
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Topic |
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Projects Due |
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August |
28 |
Earth
Systems/Photo Op
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GJPS
1-16 |
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30 |
GJPS
18-42 |
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September
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4 |
Minerals |
GJPS
44-73 |
Project
1 (Plate Movement) |
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6 |
Minerals/Rocks |
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Quiz
1 |
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11 |
Igneous
Rocks |
GJPS
76-98 |
Project
2 (Minerals and You) |
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13 |
Igneous
Rocks |
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Quiz
2 |
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18 |
Sedimentation |
GJPS
100-127 |
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20 |
Exam 1
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25 |
Metamorphism |
GJPS
130-148 |
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27 |
Rock
Deformation |
GJPS
150-167 |
Quiz
3 |
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October
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2 |
Geologic
Time |
GJPS
168-186 |
Project
3 (Geologic Time) |
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4
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Geologic
Time |
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Quiz
4 |
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9 |
Terrestrial
Planets |
GJPS
188-212 |
Project
4 (Volcanoes) |
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11 |
Fall |
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16 |
Continents |
GJPS
214-238 |
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18 |
Exam 2 |
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23 |
Volcanoes |
GJPS
270-294 |
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25 |
Earthquakes |
GJPS
296-322 |
Quiz
5 |
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Saturday |
27 |
Field Trip |
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30 |
Earth’s
Interior |
GJPS
324-345 |
Project
5 (Group Project) |
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November
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1 |
Climate |
GJPS
346-368 |
Quiz
6 |
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6 |
Weathering/Erosion |
GJPS
370-398 |
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8 |
Groundwater
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GJPS
400-423 |
Quiz
7 |
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13 |
Group
Presentations
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Project
6 (Water Resources) |
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15 |
Exam 3 |
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20 |
Stream
Transport |
GJPS
426-451 |
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22 |
Thanksgiving
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27 |
Wind
and Deserts |
GJPS
452-470 |
Project
7 (Katrina/1927 Flood) |
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29 |
Coastlines
and Oceans |
GJPS
472-502 |
Quiz
8 |
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December
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4 |
Glaciers |
GJPS
530-548 |
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6 |
Earth's
Environment |
GJPS
550-578 |
Quiz
9 |
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14 |
Final Exam
(12:30-2:30)
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An optional
field trip to the Tunica Hills is planned for Saturday October 27th. We will leave mid-morning and return
mid-afternoon. More details later.