GEOL 1121 - Earth Processes and Environments

Fall Semester 2007

12:30 to 1:45 PM TR

Room 148 SLC

Professor: Dr. Paul A. Schroeder

Office hours: 2:15 to 3:15 PM Thursdays or by appointment

Office - 329 GGS

Phone - 706-542-2384 (office)

e-mail - schroe@uga.edu

Class website - http://www.gly.uga.edu/schroeder/geol1121/geol1121.html

Teaching Assistant: Cynthia Hotujec chotujec@uga.edu

1. Absolutely no make-up exams or quizzes will be given.

2. Final grade will be determined from your scores, which count as follows:

Scoring basis	Percentage  value
*Lecture exam #1	20%
*Lecture exam #2	20%
*Lecture exam #3	20%
*Lecture exam #4	20%
*Final exam	20%
*Quizzes	20%
Extra credit Field trip	03%
Total	103%

* Exam and quiz with the lowest score will not be used in your final score.

3. If you have a question or problem, then please see me about it sooner, rather than later. You can always set up an appointment by phone or e-mail.

4. I will be out of town on several occassions to attend a conference and for a research expedition. The dates include Septermber 5^th to September 17^th and October 30^th. A substitute lecturer will present the lectures.

5. If more than one exam is missed, then you will be administratively withdrawn from the class. If you miss two exams before midterm, then you will receive a W. If after midterm you miss two exams, then you will receive a WF.

6. If you miss three quizzes before midterm, then you will receive a W and administratively withdrawn from the class. If after midterm you miss three quizzes, then you will receive a WF. Some quizzes will be unannounced.

7. The only extra credit offered will be the optional field trip.

Textbook: Skinner, Porter, and Parker Dynamic Earth 5^th edition, J. Wiley and Sons, 2004 ISBN: 0-471-15228-5