HISTORICAL GEOLOGY ONLINE LAB
GEOL 1122L-002
Georgia Perimeter College
Spring Semester 2010

Instructor: Dr. Pamela J. W. Gore, Professor of Geology
E-mail address: Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu
Dr. Gore's Home Page: http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/gore.htm
Office phone: (678) 891-3754
Office room number:  CC-2161 (Clarkston Campus)   
Mailing address:
     Dr. Pamela Gore
     Dept of Geology
     Georgia Perimeter College
     555 North Indian Creek Drive
     Clarkston, GA 30021

Office hours on Clarkston Campus: MWF 1-4 pm, Th 2:30-4 pm
The instructor may be available at other times by e-mail, phone, or by appointment.

Regular communication is a very important part of this course. Please feel free to ask questions at any time by e-mail, by phone, or in person during office hours (call first to be sure your instructor is not in a meeting or on another campus).

Weekly Laboratory Schedule:

The Weekly Laboratory Schedule lists assignments, quizzes, exams, and required readings.
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/historical-lab-schedule-spring2010.htm

The schedule is tentative and may change

Catalog description:

This is a laboratory to accompany GEOL 1122. The laboratory provides practical experience in studying sedimentary rocks to interpret depositional processes and environments, examination of fossils and their use in age determinations, correlation of rock units, interpreting geologic history from maps, and the regional Geology of North America.

Prerequisites:

Exit or exemption from all Developmental Studies (Learning Support) and ESL (English as a Second Language) requirements. There is no Geology prerequisite for this course.

Teaching Objectives:

Teaching Objectives for this course are available at:  http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/teachingobjectives1122lab.htm
Teaching Objectives are a list of the minimum basic objectives for this course, as set forth by the Geology Curriculum Committee.  Additional topics may be presented in the course, as deemed appropriate by the individual instructor.  Exams and quizzes are designed to address the Teaching Objectives.

Online Information and Release Form:

All students must fill out the online information and release form http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/online/form.php or otherwise provide full contact information.

By submitting the online information and release form, you are also stating that you have received a syllabus or have received the online address of the syllabus. You also agree that you understand that you are responsible for ALL of the information in this syllabus. You agree to abide by the highest standard of academic honesty.

We are required to have this on file for you.  If you do not submit the form by the end of the first week or two of the semester, you may find yourself blocked from the online course until you submit the form.
 

Required items for lab:

Available online at http://gpc.bkstr.com/, or order by phone at (678) 891-3355.

Lab Schedule and Related Information:

Please be sure you have set aside adequate time!!

Lab materials available for loan from the library:

Many labs will require you to use laboratory materials on reserve at the GPC Campus Library. Go to the Reserve Desk. You need to ask for the specific materials that you need that particular week. Be sure your sample box says Historical Geology (or GEOL 1122L or Geol 1422L), so you have the correct sample set for this class. (If it says Physical Geology, you have the wrong set.)

Campus library hours and directions are available here: http://www.gpc.edu/library/contacts.htm.

Lab materials are available at the following campus libraries:
  1. Clarkston - 2 sets
  2. Dunwoody - 2 sets
  3. Newton - 2 sets
     

These materials are for in-house use only.  Please be very careful to return all sample sets, as they are not readily replaceable. Many of the specimens were collected by your professor in other areas of the country, and it is not possible to run back to get a replacement sample any time soon.  If you have checked it out for a 2-hour loan, pay careful attention to the time to avoid a library fine.  You should be able to renew it if needed.
 

Important information about samples in the libraries:

It is strongly advised that you "partner" with at least one or two other students to do the labs. Each lab is assigned to be done in two to three hours some time during a week. Because of the limited availability of materials, checkout time of specimen sets is limited so that all students will have a chance to use the materials that week.

Please work with one another on the labs and share the lab materials. If you would like to work a week or so ahead, you will probably have easier access to the lab materials.

Please be careful not to mix up specimens from several different boxes. Only open one box at the time, and replace the samples in numerical order (beginning in the upper left corner and working across) before you return them. If you think the specimens have been scrambled between boxes, please inform your instructor.

Please take care of the lab materials in the library. Keep all samples in the proper order in the boxes. Carry the boxes FLAT to keep samples in place. If there is a piece of foam or bubble-wrap in the boxes to hold the specimens in place, please replace it before you return the samples. Do not throw it away. Please return the specimens in the boxes to the library on time. Fines will be imposed by the library for late or lost materials.

Please take gentle care of the lab specimens. Please be certain that the numbers on each sample are not peeled off or lost. If the labels accidentally come off the specimens and you are POSITIVE as to which number goes with the specimen, you may replace it with Elmer’s glue. If you are not certain which label goes with which specimen, please contact your instructor immediately. The librarians will not know. Please keep the samples and sample boxes clean and free of writing, and do not make excess scratches on the samples.

Please do not break or lose the specimens. If you discover that a specimen is missing from a sample set, please contact your instructor immediately for a replacement. None of the specimens are valuable, but they are difficult to replace because an order will have to be placed to a supply house out of state, and it may take a month or more for a replacement to arrive. Other specimens were collected in person and cannot be replaced. In some cases, replacement specimens may be available in the Geology Lab, so please ask your instructor if a replacement is needed.

If you would like to purchase rock or mineral specimens, there are "rock shops" or lapidaries or nature stores in the Atlanta area. But the best place is the gem, mineral, jewelry and fossil shows held in May and November at the Cobb County Civic Center or the North Atlanta Trade Center. 

Policy on Laboratory Safety:

You will have online access to laboratory safety rules, which you must read. When you submit the student information and release form, you agree to abide by the rules and any penalties stipulated therein.

See also the Geology Lab Safety Video.

Submitting Assignments:

Assignments may be submitted by any of the following:

  1. Sending file attachments through iCollege email (preferred)

  2. Sending file attachments through outside email (not as good an option, as they will get buried)

  3. Mailing by U.S. mail to Dr. Pamela Gore, Science Department, Georgia Perimeter College, 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA 30021

  4. In person delivery under my office door at CC-2161

  5. Delivery by free campus mail courier from another campus (Address as: Pamela Gore, Science, Clarkston)

Remember to KEEP A COPY OF EVERYTHING YOU TURN IN!!!!!

Assignments are due on or before the due date specified in the Weekly Class Schedule.

Late assignments may be penalized, and may not be accepted.

Graded assignments will be returned to students once or twice during the semester if you will provide the instructor with self-addressed envelopes (9"x12"), to have your papers returned by mail. Or you may pick up graded assignments in the instructor's office.

Attendance Policy:

Students’ academic success is the major priority of the College. Because regular participation enhances the learning process, students are expected to adhere to the attendance policy set forth by the College and individual faculty members. Differences in content and teaching styles exist among courses, which can impact students’ learning. Therefore, students are strongly encouraged to attend all classes to better prepare them for assignments, tests, and other course-related activities. Students are accountable for assignments and material covered during an absence.

Students must attend a face-to-face midterm and final exam for this lab class.

Students who never attend a class and never "log-in" for a distance learning class by the end of the first two weeks of the term will be reported for non-attendance. Students who do not drop a class during the schedule adjustment period and are reported for non-attendance will be automatically dropped from that course at the end of the second week of classes.

Any student not submitting three lab exercises (or missing three weeks of work) during the semester must withdraw from the course or receive an F for the class if they do not officially Withdraw.  If you must be away for a certain period of time, please let the instructor know in advance.  Students who stop logging in and posting to the class and stop participating will receive an F for the class if they do not officially Withdraw.

Posting to the Discussion area or email, and logging in to access the password-protected iCollege course are considered to be equivalent to class attendance.  Students should log in to the course at least twice per week.

Students must do lab quizzes during the allotted time, and must submit lab assignments of all types by the date specified.

Students registered for the online lab may NOT attend the in-class face-to-face labs. Please consider that all labs are full and that there are only seats and materials for the officially enrolled students in that lab section. There is not room to have students from one lab section (online labs) walk in to other lab sections and expect assistance or expect to participate.

Students seeking face-to-face assistance can see Dr. Gore by appointment.

GPC Illness Notification Form

GPC students are required to use the GPC Illness Notification Form https://www.gpc.edu/absence/ to inform instructors that you are incapacitated and therefore unable to attend class for two or more consecutive class sessions. You submit the GPC Illness Notification Form on your honor and falsified submission are subject to academic honesty policy. With the submission of the form, all of your instructors will be notified.  If a student can't log in they should call the Student Affairs Dean on their campus:

  • Clarkston: 678-891-3690
  • Decatur: 678-891-2875
  • Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Roswell: 770-274-5306
  • Newton: 770-278-1210

Science Department H1N1 Policy

This H1N1 influenza policy for the Science Division of GPC will supersede all policies found in the syllabi of individual science instructors for all courses offered during the Spring 2010 Semester.

 

The policies listed are given in a prioritized order of possible solutions to extended absences from class due to influenza; only proceed to the next numerical preference level if the previous level is not applicable to that student situation.

 

All students who have been absent because of the H1N1 flu are still responsible for the mastery of all the material presented in the course.  It is only the avenues of how these students will make up the work and how they will be graded on that course content that will require some tailoring based on the situation (see below).  It is the responsibility of the student to contact the college through the college’s absenteeism website link http://www.gpc.edu/absence within 24 hours of the onset of the illness.

 

FIRST LEVEL:  All exams and laboratory exercises missed due to illness must be made-up, however any penalties associated with late work will be waived, and the time –frame for accepting late work will be extended.  Missed laboratory exercises will be made-up in “Open Lab Periods” as long as the materials and lab set-up for the make-up will not interfere with the regularly scheduled laboratory exercises.  All missed quizzes and daily homework assignments (if less than 20%of the total) will not be considered in the determination of the student’s course grade.

 

SECOND LEVEL:  All exams missed due to illness must be made-up.  Missed laboratory exercises, which are unfeasible for open-lab make up, will not be counted in the determination of their lab grade as long as the missing exercises are equal to or less than 20% of the total lab exercises.  All missed quizzes and daily homework assignments (if less than 20% of the total for those components) will not be counted in determining the course grade.

 

THIRD LEVEL:  If make-up exams (such as lab midterm exams) are impractical given an extended absence and the nature of the instructional material then the student is to be given the following two options:  First, the points for the missed exam can be added to the weight given to the final examination in the determination of the student’s course grade, or;  Second, the student can be given an “Incomplete” that follows all the procedures and ramifications associated with GPC and Departmental policies associated with an “I” (see bolded section in FOURTH  LEVEL below). 

 

FOURTH LEVEL:  An “Incomplete” can be awarded without any option for a passing grade if the H1N1 flu illness occurs very late during the semester.  This fourth option is to be employed when the absence late in the term involves missed exercises, exams, and scheduled graded assignments (homework) that constitute more than 20% of the basis for a student’s course grade and can not be made up by the time instructors are required to enter final grades.  This fourth level is also to be employed when a student misses the final exam AND has contacted the college through the college’s absenteeism website link http://www.gpc.edu/absence within 24 hours of the onset of the illness.   It is the student’s responsibility to arrange as soon as possible with the instructor a time and date to make up the missed final exam.   Students who receive an Incomplete in a science lecture or lab course will be automatically purged from any courses that they are registered for the following term that list as a pre-requisite the course with the incomplete.  Students cannot take any part (lecture or lab) of the next part of a science sequence  until they have completed the missed work, and the instructor has completed a change of grade form (from an I to a C or better) and the grade change has been processed by the registrar.  If the missed exam and/or coursework is not completed and the change of grade processing completed by the last day of classes during the following term (including summer term) the final grade will become an F.   If a student misses the final exam and has not contacted the instructor through the college’s absenteeism website link  http://www.gpc.edu/absence, then the student is awarded a score of “0” for their final exam score in the determination of their final grade.

 

Once the student has completed the missed work/final exam it is the instructor’s responsibility to PROMPTLY grade the work, and complete and submit a change of grade form to the Dept. Chair who will sign and forward promptly to the registrar.   Students should realize that it may take a week or more before the registrar can record the change of grade.

Withdrawal Policy:

The midpoint of the semester is Tuesday March 16, 2010.

A student who officially withdraws by the midpoint of the course will receive a grade of "W". A student who withdraws after the midpoint of the quarter will receive a "WF" unless approval as a hardship withdrawal is received from the Dean.  The instructor cannot withdraw students.

If you choose to stop logging in to iCollege, or to stop reading and responding to e-mails from the instructor, you must complete the withdrawal process through the Registrar's Office by the specified dates, or you will receive an "F" for the course.

If you are thinking about withdrawing, please let the instructor know in advance. 

iCollege (formerly WebCT) Information:

iCollege is your online classroom.  iCollege supplies a Discussion area, internal class e-mail, quizzes, and course materials.

For basic information, see the GPC iCollege page at the following address: http://icollege.gpc.edu.    

Browser Check:

You must check your web browser with the University System of Georgia Browser Checker http://www.usg.edu/usgweb/browserchecker/ to determine whether your computer and web browser will function properly with iCollege, the course management software. 

Online iCollege Orientation:

You must als llE">iCollege. The link to the Orientation is on the iCollege page, or go directly to http://www.gpc.edu/icollege/orientation/.

Obtaining your iCollege password:

On or around the first day of classes, go to http://www.gpc.edu/getmylogin and follow the directions on the screen. You will need to enter your name, last 4 digits of social security number, GPC student number (900 number) and birth date. Read and agree to the computer usage policies.  Click submit. Please write down your user name and password for your iCollege course(s). You may access this information 5 times, and after that you will have to call the Educational Technologies helpdesk for assistance at (678) 891-3460.

iCollege IDs may not be available before the first day of classes.

Accessing your course notes using iCollege:

The class is to be accessed through the following password-protected web page:  http://icollege.gpc.edu.

Technical Assistance:

For technical assistance, please visit http://www.gpc.edu/icollege/help.html.

Logging Out of iCollege:

Be sure you log out or close all copies of your web browser, so that others using the computer after you will not have access to your password-protected files. If you do not exit ALL copies of your web browser, someone using the computer after you could post messages to the e-mail and bulletin board under your identity!!

Exams and Quizzes

Quizzes are available in iCollege. You get three attempts at each online quiz to help you master the course material. Quizzes must be taken during specified dates. All online quizzes are closed book, closed note quizzes. Students are not to give or receive help on the quizzes.


There will be two proctored lab exams (a Midterm and a Final). Lab exams are only offered at Clarkston Campus in the Geology Lab, CC-1150.

 

The Laboratory Midterm exam will be the week of Feb 22 (or week of March 1).  Date to be determined by student schedules and room availability.

 

The Laboratory Final exam will be  given on Clarkston Campus for online students between April 26 and May 4. Date to be determined by student schedules and room availability.

 

THE LABORATORY FINAL EXAM IS CUMULATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE!!  (That means, it covers the entire semester.)

The lab midterm and final are "practical examinations" which consists of examining and identifying minerals, rocks, fossils, sedimentary structures, etc. and answering various questions about them, similar to what is done during a lab. There may also be a written part to the exams, based on other work done in the labs, such as drawing and correlating stratigraphic sections, or solving relative dating problems.

GREEN Scantron sheets are required for the proctored lab midterm exam. (Form 882-E or 882-ES.) Please ask the cashier at the Bookstore for the Scantron forms. Do NOT wait until the day of your exam to try to buy a scantron form as the Bookstore is likely to be closed.

Note on online quizzes: If a student's quiz grades are substantially higher than their proctored Midterm and/or Final Exam grades, the student may be required by the instructor to retake the quizzes in a proctored setting, before the final course grade will be assigned. This may require a visit back to campus after the end of the semester.

Basis of Grading

The lab grade is separate from the lecture grade.

A note about the final: Students who get less than 70% on the final exam will not receive an A for a final course grade, and similarly, students who get less than 60% on the final exam will not receive a B for a final grade, regardless of their overall average.

Grading scale:

90-100% A

80-90% B

70-80% C

60-70% D

below 60% F

There will be no extra credit in lab.

Communicating with the Instructor

Regular communication is a very important part of this course. Please feel free to ask questions at any time, either by e-mail, on the discussion board, by phone during office hours, or in person during office hours (call first to be sure I am not in a meeting or on another campus).

  • See student email policy:  http://www.gpc.edu/oit/policies_procedures/technology_security/Student%20E-mail%20Policy%20Feb242009%20Rev%201.pdf.  This says, in part:
    Confidential student information may be accessed only through secure college systems    , which are password protected. Students may receive email correspondence directing them to an authentication site where a student ID and PIN is required to access confidential information. Confidential information will not be available via email.
    Georgia Perimeter College will provide all students with an account on the GPC email system upon admission to the college. Email messages sent by GPC to GPC student email accounts will constitute an official means of communication. The college considers students to be duly informed and in receipt of communications sent to their respective account via the GPC email system.
    All students must access their college assigned email account. Notifications such as financial aid status, registrations dates, and payment deadlines will be sent to student accounts. Students should be aware that certain communications may be time-critical and that their email account should be checked on a regular basis.
     

  • E-mail response time (iCollege email or outside email): I will generally reply to your e-mail within 24 hours or so, unless I am out of town (which I will announce in iCollege), or on the weekends. I may not check e-mail on some weekends, depending on my schedule, so do not expect a prompt reply if you post Friday afternoon or Friday night. I may not see your message until Monday morning. I check e-mail frequently during office hours. 

Policy on Academic Honesty:

Academic dishonesty (cheating and plagiarism) will not be tolerated. Students should read the sections on cheating and plagiarism in the Georgia Perimeter College Student Handbook and Georgia Perimeter College Catalog.

Cheating includes (among other things), use of unauthorized papers (or a cell phone or pager) during a quiz or exam (no matter what the content), looking at any notes or books or other materials during an unproctored online quiz, talking with someone about the quiz material during an unproctored online quiz, telling a student who has not taken the quiz or exam about the quiz or exam after you have taken it, copying from another student's paper during a test, allowing another student to copy from your paper during a test, unauthorized access to old exams or to an exam given to the class if you are taking it late for some reason, copying another student's homework assignments, using or turning in a photocopy of another student's assigned work, paying someone to write a paper or do an assignment for you, buying or downloading a term paper, or leaving the room during a test without permission or before turning in your paper. Cheating also includes giving a false excuse to the instructor in order to get the instructor to give extended time, an incomplete, or other consideration relating to a grade.

With online testing, it is particularly important to pay strict attention to academic honesty. Do not access a test online before you are ready to take it. Do not look at a printout of the test before you take it. Do not look at your books or notes or other papers while taking an online test. Do not have another person take the test for you. Do not have another person tell you answers to the test.

Plagiarism includes copying any phrases, sentence, or sentences verbatim from the reference source without using quotation marks and without providing a complete reference (author, date, source of material, volume, pages, etc.), or printing out an article directly from a computer database (such as Wikipedia or off the web) and turning it in as your own work. Students must read, synthesize, and write their own original sentences; learn to paraphrase. Even when paraphrasing, a complete reference must be provided to the paraphrased sentences. NEVER steal words directly from any source and present them as your own.

Students are responsible for doing their own work, even if they "work together". If two papers are turned in that show great similarity such that the instructor interprets it as evidence of cheating or plagiarism, both will be penalized.

A report will be filed with the Campus Dean of Student Affairs for any alleged cheating or plagiarism incident. (See procedure in College Catalog.) The case will be heard by the College Court. Penalties may include suspension or expulsion.

The faculty member is free to assign the grade he or she thinks is appropriate for the assignment or quiz, or exam, or for the semester (regardless of any outcome from College Court).

Any student found by the instructor to have represented someone else's work as his/her own, will receive a zero for that quiz, exam, or assignment for the first offense. The second offense will result in the assignment of a grade of "F" for the course. (If several papers are turned in together or at the same time, and each contains evidence of cheating or plagiarism, they will be considered as separate offenses, and will result in immediate assignment of a grade of "F" for the course.) This policy applies to cheating or plagiarism on extra credit work as well.

Cheating on an exam will jeopardize your grade; if you receive a zero on an exam it will be extremely difficult to receive a passing grade for the course.

You are expected to read and abide by the General Policies of Georgia Perimeter College, as stated in the College Student Handbook and in the College Catalog.

Statement of Non-Discrimination:

Georgia Perimeter College supports the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order #11246, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. No person shall, on the basis of age, race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or disability, be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity of the college.

Any individual with a grievance related to the enforcement of any of the above provisions should contact the Director of Human Resources, Ombudsperson.

Americans with Disabilities Act Statement:

If you are a student who is disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and require assistance of support services, please seek assistance through the Center for Disability Services. A CDS Counselor will coordinate those services.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

No person shall, on the basis of age, race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or disability, be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity of Georgia Perimeter College.

Affirmative Action Statement:

Georgia Perimeter College adheres to affirmative action policies designed to promote diversity and equal opportunity for all faculty and students.

Lab Schedule

The Weekly Laboratory Schedule lists assignments, quizzes, exams, and required readings.
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/historical-lab-schedule-spring2010.htm

The following is a summary of what will be covered this semester:

  1. Relative Dating Lab
  2. Rocks and Minerals Lab
  3. Weathering of Rocks and the Formation of Sediment
    Quiz on Rocks and Minerals and Weathering
  4. Sedimentary Rocks
  5. Sedimentary Structures
  6. Sedimentary Environments
    Quiz on Sedimentary Rocks, Structures, and Environments
  7. Lab Midterm
  8. Stratigraphy
    Quiz on Stratigraphy Lab
  9. Fossils on the Internet
  10. Microfossils
    Quiz on Microfossils
  11. Invertebrate Macrofossils
    Quiz on Invertebrate Macrofossils
  12. Fossil Preservation
  13. Quiz on Fossil Preservation
  14. Biostratigraphy
  15. Evolution of the Vertebrates
  16. Lab Final - Lab final exam given on Clarkston Campus for online students between April 26 and May 4 - Date TBD

The schedule is tentative and may change. All changes will be announced through the iCollege email, or Discussion area.

It is your responsibility to check your e-mail (personal e-mail, in addition to iCollege email), iCollege weekly lab schedule, Discussion area, and Assessments page or you may miss a quiz or assignment.

Expected Educational Results, and General Education Outcomes

EXPECTED EDUCATIONAL RESULTS:

A student who successfully completes this course will be able to:

  1. Recognize and apply the methods of scientific problem-solving and critical thinking.
  2. Recognize and apply the major geological principles of Historical Geology.
  3. Identify rocks and minerals and observe the effect of weathering on these materials.
  4. Identify sedimentary rocks, and sedimentary structures, and interpret their depositional environment.
  5. Identify and classify macrofossils and microfossils, and the modes of preservation.

GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES:

I. This course addresses the general education outcome relating to communications as follows:

  1. Students develop their reading comprehension skills by reading the textbook, handout materials, and/or web materials.
  2. Students develop their listening skills through lecture and group problem solving and audio clips. Lecture material is presented that is not included in the textbook, handout materials, and/or web materials and is included as part of the exams or tests.
  3. Students develop their writing skills through a variety of laboratory assignments, tests, and quizzes.
  4. Students develop their speaking/communications skills through class discussions and/or web bulletin boards, by asking questions in class as well as interactions with their peers in and outside of class, and through electronic media.

II. This course addresses the general education outcomes of recognition and application of scientific inquiry as follows:

  1. Students will develop their observation skills to be able to recognize geological features, Earth materials (rocks and minerals), and fossil organisms that lived on the Earth through its history.
  2. Students will develop the skills of inquiry by use of the scientific method to experience, evaluate, and synthesize data as applied to various geological problems in identifying Sedimentary Rocks, Sedimentary Structures, and Fossils.

III. This course addresses the general education outcome of developing effective individual and at times group problem-solving and critical thinking skills as applied to geology.

A student will develop the ability to problem-solve and critically think by applying their acquired knowledge of geology to identify, classify, and learn the rocks and fossils, as well as interpret data for various historical geological problems.

 COURSE CONTENT:

I. Historical Earth materials
    A. Rocks and Minerals
    B. Weathering of Rocks
    C. Sedimentary Rocks
    D. Sedimentary Structures

II. Sedimentary Rock Record
    A. Depositional Environments
    B. Relative Dating
    C. Stratigraphy and Lithologic Correlation

III. Life on Earth
    A. Invertebrate Macrofossils
    B. Microfossils
    C. Modes of Preservation

IV. Optional Content (Instructor's option)
    A. Sand Sieve Analysis
    B. Biostratigraphy
    C. Evolution
    D. Introduction to Vertebrate Paleontology
    E. Fossils on the Internet
    F. Map Interpretation
    G. Paleoecology
    H. Midterm Exam 

 

Page created by Pamela J. W. Gore.
Syllabus dated January 11, 2010.