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GE-101 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

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QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE of the City University of New York
Instructor: Dr. Hugh Rance
Textbook: Essentials of Geology 9th Edition by Lutgens/Tarbuck
                   

COURSE OUTLINE & SELF QUIZZES & Essays Chapters 1 2 3   p_essays

1  Textbook  Intro. to Geology  
2  Textbook  Minerals  
3  Textbook  Igneous Rocks 
4  Textbook  Volcanoes  
5a  Textbook  Weathering  
5b  Textbook  Soils  Pedalfer

GUIDE to Term essay
(on a topic relevant to the course)   

6  Textbook  Sedimentary Rocks 
7  Textbook  Metamorphic Rocks 
8  Textbook  Mass Wasting  
9  Textbook   Running Water  
10 Textbook  Groundwater  

11 Textbook  Glaciation de Geer 

Required Field Trip is to
the Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. CPW

 12   Textbook  Deserts & Winds ref   ref
13   Textbook   Shorelines
E_homework 
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14a Textbook  Earthquakes
ref:  geohazards

14b Textbook Earth's Interior
15   Textbook Plate Tectonics
16   Textbook  Ocean Floor
atoll  across S Am
17a,b   Textbook Mountain Building
18  Textbook Geologic Time
19  Textbook Earth History 
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Chapters 1- 19   FINAL Comprehensive TEST
(optional) ( Go to ) to make up one missed class test
or to replace a grade on one class test)
 THIS IS AN OPEN BOOK to replace a class test)
and can be taken ONLINE (You do not have to
come to the college to take this optional final test 
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Dr. Rance - Office hours in M230 Spring 2010  
Tues., Wed., Thurs., 12:00-12:50 a.m. 		Food for thought
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Note: missed tests cannot be made up. Four tests (with your highest marks) will be credited towards your
class grade. The final examination will have the same weight as one test in calculating your overall class
grade calculated as: Class 65%, Required Field Trip 5%, Laboratory 30%
Iowa State U. Phys. Geol  self test