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GE-101 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

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(The computer room S206 will be open from (    )
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 
isostasy

Chapters 1- 19   FINAL Comprehensive TEST CLOSED
(optional) ( Go to ) to make up four missed class quizzes
or to replace 4 class quiz grades)
 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 

  

Dr. Rance - Office hours in M230 Spring 2010  
Tues., Wed., Thurs., 12:00-12:50 a.m. 		Food for thought
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Grade calculated as: Class 65%, Required Field Trip 5%, Laboratory 30%
Iowa State U. Phys. Geol  self test