HISTORICAL
GEOLOGY ON-CAMPUS LAB
GEOL 1122L-145
Georgia Perimeter College
Fall Semester 2008
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
Clarkston Campus Science Department Secretary (for emergencies): (678)
891-3766
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 2-4 pm
The instructor may be available at other times by e-mail, phone, or by
appointment.
Class Schedule: Tuesdays, 2:00-4:45 pm
Regular communication is a very important part of this course. Please feel free to ask questions at any time, either in class at the appropriate time, by e-mail, 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).
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-f2f-fall2008.htm
This schedule is tentative and may change. All changes will be announced in class. There will be homework assignments. There may be additional quizzes.
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, examining fossils and their use in age determinations, correlating rock units, interpreting geologic history from maps, and examining the regional geology of North America.
Prerequisites:
Exit or exemption from all Learning Support and ESL (English as a Second Language) requirements. There is no Geology prerequisite for this course.
Co-requisites:
Students enrolled in GEOL 1122L (lab) must also take GEOL 1122 lecture.
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.
Required items for lab:
Textbooks are available at the Clarkston Campus Bookstore. Please purchase books at the beginning of the semester. The Bookstore will ship back any unsold books by the midpoint of the semester.
Laboratory Guidelines:
Cell phones are disruptive and are not to be seen or heard in the classroom at any time; not before, after, or during class; or during breaks. Cell phones are not to ring, vibrate, be looked at, be listened to, be held, or be used in any manner. Points will be deducted from the student’s course or exam grade if this rule is broken. The only exceptions will be matters of extreme emergency that must be approved in advance by the instructor.
Policy on Laboratory Safety:
Please read the Laboratory Safety Rules http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/labsafety.html. You must follow safe lab practices.
See also the Geology Lab Safety Video http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~daltin/PhysicalGeologyOnline/LabSafetyVideo.htm.
Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend class regularly. Attend all classes and be on time for class.
Students who never attend a class by the end of the first two weeks of the term will be reported to the Registrar for non-attendance. Students who are reported for non-attendance will be dropped from the course. If you are dropped from the class for non-attendance, you will lose your financial aid.
You MUST sign the attendance sheet at each class. If you don’t sign the sheet you may accidentally be removed from the class as a NO SHOW, and if this happens you will lose your financial aid.
If you go by more than one name in college records (such as a maiden name and a married name, with one name in SIS and another name in iCollege), please be sure that your instructor knows who you are (both names) so that you are not accidentally dropped from the course for non-attendance. Check with the instructor again around the end of the second week to be sure that you have not been dropped for non-attendance.
If you miss a class, YOU are responsible for ALL the material and assignments associated with that particular lecture. Check with the instructor or a classmate about the class material you missed.
One point will be deducted from your final exam grade for each time you are late, and for each unexcused absence.
You will be officially counted late if you arrive after the roll has been taken.
If you choose to stop attending class and/or logging in to iCollege, 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 must be away for a certain period of time, please let the instructor know in advance.
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.
Withdrawal Policy
The midpoint of the semester is Monday October 13, 2008.
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 semester will receive a "WF" unless approval as a hardship withdrawal is received from the Dean. The instructor cannot withdraw students.
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 to the Registrar 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.
If you choose to stop attending class, you must complete the withdrawal process through the Registrar's Office by the specified dates, or you will receive an "F" for the course.
Lecture is a co-requisite of lab in GEOL 1122. A student who is in lab but who withdraws or is dropped from lecture, must also drop the lab. You cannot take the lab without the lecture, unless you have previously passed the lecture part of the course.
iCollege (formerly WebCT) Information:
This class uses iCollege (formerly WebCT) to enhance the on-campus course. iCollege is an online course management system that runs with a web browser. Some of your quizzes will be given online in iCollege (formerly WebCT). 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://www.gpc.edu/icollege.
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:
Obtaining your iCollege password:You must also work through the iCollege Student Orientation, which will introduce you to iCollege The link to the Orientation is on the iCollege page, or go directly to http://www.gpc.edu/icollege/orientation/.
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://www.gpc.edu/icollege.
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
Some quizzes and exams will be done on scantrons in class, or on the wireless laptops. Be sure you know your student number and iCollege login and password. Some quizzes will be given online, and you make take them at home on your own time, before the deadline. Online quizzes that you take at home may be taken up to three times, to help you master the material. Students are not to give or receive help on the quizzes. All quizzes are closed book, closed note quizzes.
Quizzes may be given at the beginning of lab, on the topic of the lab for that day. Come prepared.
The Laboratory Final exam will be held on Tuesday December 2, 2008 2-4:45 pm at the last class.
GREEN Scantron sheets are required for any exams or in-class quizzes that are not taken on laptops. (Form 882-E or 882-ES.) Red scantrons will be used for the final exam, as per Science Division policy. Scantrons are available in the Bookstore or in the machine in the Student Center.
THE LABORATORY FINAL EXAM IS CUMULATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE.
The lab final will include a "practical examination" which consists of examining
and identifying minerals, rocks, fossils, etc. and answering various questions
about them, similar to what was done during the lab. There will 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.
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.
Extra credit is not routinely given in lab. Students who participate in a field trip or other activity requiring a large amount of effort or significant amount of time may receive extra credit at the discretion of the instructor. Extra credit projects are generally applied to the lecture course rather than to the lab course.
Grading scale:
90-100% A
80-90% B
70-80% C
60-70% D
below 60% F
Grades will no longer be mailed to students' home addresses at the end of the semester. Reports of student grades are available via Web (http://sis.gpc.edu/).
Do not contact the instructor via email or phone for grades. Graded assignments and tests will be returned to all students at the same time and final grades will be posted on the GPC iCollege website at the same time for all students.
Communicating with the Instructor:
All students must provide the instructor with your private (not shared with anyone) e-mail address, phone numbers and address.
Regular communication is a very important part of this course. Please feel free to ask questions in class at the appropriate time, or by e-mail, by phone during office hours, or in person during office hours (call before coming to campus to be sure I am not in a meeting or on another campus).
E-mail response time:
I check e-mail frequently during office hours. I will generally reply to your e-mail within 24 hours unless I am out of town. I may or may not check e-mail on 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 afternoon after class.
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.
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.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.
Lab Schedule
The Weekly
Laboratory Schedule lists assignments, quizzes, exams, and required
readings.
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/historical-lab-schedule-f2f-fall2008.htm
The following is a summary of what will be covered this semester:
The schedule is tentative and may change. All changes will be announced through the iCollege weekly lab schedule, calendar, e-mail, or Discussion Board.
It is your responsibility to attend and pay attention in class, check your Weekly Lab Schedule, e-mail (personal e-mail, in addition to GPC iCollege internal e-mail), iCollege course page, Discussion Board, and Quiz page, or you may miss a quiz or homework assignment.
Expected Educational Results, and General Education Outcomes
EXPECTED EDUCATIONAL RESULTS:
A student who successfully completes this course will be able to:
GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES:
I. This course addresses the general education outcome relating to communications as follows:
II. This course addresses the general education outcomes of recognition and application of scientific inquiry as follows:
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
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
Syllabus dated August 17, 2008
Web links corrected August 19 2008,
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Page created by Pamela J. W. Gore
Georgia Perimeter College