GLG
103
Fall
Semester 2009
Instructor: Richard Ryan
E-mail: richard.ryan@pvmail.maricopa.edu
Office Hours: By
appointment.
Course Number: GLG 103, 1 credit
Section Number: 59089
Course Title: Physical Geology Laboratory
Class Schedule: Mon. 9:00 -11:45 am
Class Location:
Textbook: none, you will get a handout the first time you
come to lab.
Tentative Schedule Laboratory Part
Date Topic
08-24 Introduction to Laboratory
08-31 Lab 1: Rock-forming Minerals
09-14 Lab 2: Economic Minerals
09-21 Lab 3: Igneous Rocks
09-28 Lab 4: Sedimentary Rocks
10-05 Lab 5: Metamorphic Rocks
10-12 Exam 1
10-19 Lab 6: Topographic Maps 1
10-26 Lab 7: Topographic Maps 2
11-02 Lab 8: Geologic Structures
11-09 Lab 9: Geologic Maps 1
11-16 Lab 12: Geologic Maps 2
11-23 Lab 10: Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics
11-30 Lab 11: Field Trip
to
12-07 Exam 2
Grade Policy:
The grade for this class (laboratory) will be based on the following criteria:
1. Exams: There will be two exams (open-book) as shown on the schedule. There are no make-up exams. If a student misses an exam, the grade will be zero. Exams will be short answer. Each test is worth 50 points each. Total points: 100.
2. Quizzes: There will be five quizzes (open-book). Each quiz is worth 10 points. No quiz will be dropped! Total points: 50.
3.
Labs:
Each lab assignment is worth 10 points. You
are allowed to miss only one lab without losing any points! Total points: 110.
Attendance Requirements: You are required to attend each class. All points described under "Grade Policy" have to be completed. No forms of extra credit are included in this class.
Plagiarism & Cheating: Will not be tolerated (See PVCC
Student Handbook).
Cell Phones and Beepers: ABSOLUTELY NO phones and beepers allowed in class! If your device goes off during lecture/lab, you will lose 10 points each time.
Special Arrangements: If you have a specific physical, psychiatric or
learning disability and require accommodations, please let me know early in the
semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. You will need to
provide documentation of your disability to the
Please note - Information listed
within this course syllabus is subject to change by discretion of the
instructor.