Historical Geology Laboratory Syllabus for 2020-2021
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Course

GEOL-1104-001 Historical Geology Laboratory

Prerequisites

Corequisite: GEOL 1304

Course Description

This laboratory-based course accompanies GEOL 1304, Historical Geology. Laboratory activities will introduce methods used by scientists to interpret the history of life and major events in the physical development of Earth from rocks and fossils.

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Hours

(1 sem hr; 3 lab)

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On Campus Course

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Textbooks

Interpreting Earth History: A manual in Historical Geology, 8th ed. Ritter & Petersen; Waveland Press, 2015

ISBN: 978-1-4786-1145-5

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Calculator, pencil, colored pencils

Student Performance

 

Purpose and Goals of the Course:By the end of the semester the student should be able to complete the listed objectives with a minimum 60% competency level based of the grading procedure for the course.

 

  1. Understand the concept of Geologic Time and be able to reproduce the Geologic Time Scale.
  2. Understand the formation of Sedimentary rocks and how depositional environment affects fossil formation.
  3. Understand the use of fossils in determining age and succession of sedimentary rock units.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to recognize and describe rock and fossil distribution for the major geologic time divisions.

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Expected Student Behavior

As a student in this class you will be expected to arrive to class on time, turn work in on time, read the lab assignment before class meets, regularly check the class AC Online webpage for assignments and updates. 

Grading Criteria

 

Grade Breakdown:       

Lab Assignments                                    70%

Lab Exams                                             30%

The overall course grade will be according to the following percentages:

A    - 90 - 100 %
B    - 80 - 89.99 %
C   - 70 - 79.99 %
D   - 60 - 69.99 %
F    - Below 60 %

I will drop your lowest two lab grades and your lowest lab exam grade.

The last day to drop is April 22rd. It is the students responsibility to monitor your grade and initiate the drop process. 

Attendance

 

Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend class. There will be no makeup’s for missed labs or tests unless prior arrangements have been made. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Calendar

Reading the Lab Exercise: It is vital that you read the exercise BEFORE lab. This will greatly improve your understanding of the topic and therefore your grade.

Lab Schedule*

Week 1: Lab Introduction, The Rock Cycle

Week 2: Exercise 11 – Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Week 3: Exercise 1 – Relative Age Dating

Week 4: Exercise 2 – Radiometric Age Dating

Week 5: Exam 1

Week 6: Exercise 8 – Fossils and Fossilization

Week 7: Exercise 9 – Evidence of Evolution

Week 8: Exercise 3 – Analysis of Sedimentary Rocks

Week 9: Exercise 5 – Stratigraphy

Week 10: Exercise 6 – Physical Correlation

Week 11: Exam 2

Week 12: Exercise 13 – Interpretation of Geological Maps

Week 13: Exercise 15 – Paleozoic Orogenies of Ancestral North America

Week 14: Exercise 16 – Cordilleran Orogeny

Week 15: Exercise 17 – Phanerozoic Geology of North America

Week 16: Exam 3

*Schedule subject to change. 

 

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Email: Every student has an account in AC Online. You need to check this several times a week. Handouts, assignments, grades, and contact will all be make through email on AC Online.

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Syllabus Created on:

01/07/21 12:29 PM

Last Edited on:

01/17/21 1:53 PM