GEOLOGY
204
GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH
Spring 2005, http://www.geology.wisc.edu/courses/g204/
Lecture (M&W), discussion (F), laboratory (2 h T, W or R), and required a two all-day field trip April 17&18 to study early Paleozoic history in southern Wisconsin.
| Instructors | Toni Simo |
Rm 495 | 262-5987 | simo@geology.wisc.edu |
| Laurel Goodwin |
Rm 175 | 265-4234 | Laurel@geology.wisc.edu |
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| Office Hours | S:T 9:55 & F 1PM |
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| Teaching | Jennifer Nielsen | Rm 474 | ||
| Assistants | @geology.wisc.edu | |||
| Textbook | Prothero and Dott | 2004 | 6th Ed | Evolution of the Earth, 7 edition |
| McGrawHill, 524 p | ||||
| http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007252808087/ |
LECTURES
AND DISCUSSION
The course has the objective to study geological processes
from a historical perspective. As such, we will focus in events through geologic
time, see lecture outline.
The grade will be based in two one-hour exams, a final
exam, discussion, and an average for laboratory. The two one-hour exams count
12 % each, the final exam 20%, the discussion 6%, and the laboratory 50 %
of the total grade. Improvement is considered at the end. Half-grades (AB,BC)
are used for final grading, but not for individual exams. Exams have a mix
of short-answer, short discussion, matching, and diagram-based questions.
Some multiple-choice questions may be used, especially on the final exam.
Material from the laboratory may be incorporated as questions in the lecture
exam. Emphasis is more on "How-do-we-know" than "what can we
memorize". Make-up exams are given only with prior arrangement.
NOTICE: All day field
trips April 23 and 24
PREVIOUS
COURSES RECOMMENDED
Introductory Physical Geology (Geol. 101 and 100 &
102), Survey of Oceanography (Geol. 105), Environmental Geology (Geol. 106),
or Introduction to Geological Structures
(Geol. 202) are courses recommended prior to take Geology 204.
LABORATORY
The lab will consist of a “hands on” study
of sedimentary rocks and fossils. In
addition, through the interpretation of geologic maps and manipulation of
data sets you will interpret ancient environments and historic events recorded
in the rock record (see lab schedule). Your lab grade will consist of the following:
13 lab exercises all equal in worth (50%), lab quizzes (15%), participation
and other requirements that the TA will inform you of (5%), and one lab final
exam (30%).