GEOL3010. Earth Materials

Fall semester 2003

Lectures - MW - 9:05 - 9:55 AM.

Labs - MW - 1:25 - 3:20 PM or 3:35 - 5:30 PM.

Rooms 325 and 327 GG

Professors	Section	Office	Phone	e-mail
Dr. Paul A. Schroeder	Lecture and lab	329 GG	542-2384	schroe@uga.edu
Dr. Douglas E. Crowe	Lecture and lab	122 GG	542-2382	crowe@gly.uga.edu

1. Absolutely no make-up quizzes or exams will be given. Exceptions for make-up exams only include family death or acute illness. Class attendance is required. Missing more than three class periods will automatically result in a WF.

2. Final grade will be determined as follows:

a. Lecture exam #1 - 15% Schroeder

b. Lecture exam #2 - 20% Schroeder

c. Lecture exam #3 - 10% Crowe

d. Lecture exam #4 - 15% Crowe

e. Laboratory grade ^† - 40% Veal

Total 100%

^† Laboratory grade will be based upon combined scores, including weekly lab quizzes (5%), lab exams and exercises (25%), and laboratory notebook (10%).

3. Office hours - If you have a question or problem please see one of us about it sooner, rather than later. Our offices are open anytime except while teaching other classes. You can always set up an appointment by phone, e-mail or by placing a note in our mailbox located down the hall from the classroom.

4. A field trip will be run (rain or shine). Please be prepared with durable footwear and rain gear. Bring your rock hammer, hand lens and field notebook.

5. Holidays: September 1^st (M), October 26^th (W).

6. Dr. Schroeder will be out of town on the following date: September 15^th.

Required texts:

Klein - Mineral Science 22^nd, J. Wiley 2002

W. Nesse, Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, Oxford Press.

Recommended text:

Deer, Howie and Zussmann (1992) The Rock Forming Minerals, 2^nd Ed. John Wiley and Sons. NY.

Required items for the class include a field notebook, rock hammer, and hand lens.