GE 202 Course Information

Goals and Objectives

This course is intended to provide students with the experience and knowledge required to make informed decisions on matters of personal and public significance and to continue to learn about the earth and how it works throughout their lives. The scientific process and skepticism concerning fads or trends will be stressed throughout the course.

Lectures: Attendance expected; material will be provided that is not available from the text or web site. But attendance is not taken.

Policies and Procedures

Labs: Attendance required. If you know you will be absent in advance due to reasons beyond your control, you MUST make arrangements with your lab instructor; you may NOT simply decide to show up at another lab without prior arrangements (the lab may already be full). Labs are expected to be completed during the lab period, except as noted by the lab instructors. Lab material will be included in the regular exams; there are no additional exams in the lab periods.

Exams: Exams are required; absences will not be permitted without prior arrangement or medical emergency (documented). In the event of a "Snow Advisory" during which students are excused from attending classes by announcement from University officials, an exam will be postponed to the next scheduled lecture period; there will still be a lecture at the time that the exam was scheduled, and the material covered will be required.Policies and Procedures

Required Texts

Physical Geology, 7th edition, by C.C. Plummer amd D. McGeary, 1996, W.C. Brown publishers, 539 pp.
OR 8th edition of same book, by Plummer, McGeary, and Carlson, 1999.

(no lab manual; handouts will be provided)

Snow Advisory Policy

If an announcement that a "snow advisory"or other emergency is made by the University administration such that students are to be excused from classes, class will still be held (unless the entire University is closed), and you will be responsible for the material covered; however, every effort will be made to make that material readily accessible to all students. If such an announcement occurs on a scheduled exam date, the exam will be postponed to the next regularly scheduled class time, and a lecture will take place on the day of the advisory.

Grades

Labs (10@3%)                   30%

Mid-Terms (2@25%)     50%

Final (1@20%)                   20%

Total------------100%

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