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XX XXXXX, Roark 6 Final Exam: xxxxxxxx

Dr. Walter S. Borowski

Roark Hall, Room 7 [email protected]

Office Hours: By appointment! Please utilize us as resource! Email is the best way to contact us!

Texts: Fred T. Mackenzie, 2003, Our Changing Planet, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 580 p. Attendance & Participation: We expect perfect attendance from everyone because most material on exams

and quizzes will be based on class material and discussion. Participation points cannot be made up, but missing 2 classes will not harm your score. Missing 3 or more classes, even if they are excused

absences, will directly affect your grade.

Also, please feel free to ask questions and discuss topics in class. This makes for a dynamic atmosphere of learning!

Exams: There will be 3 exams during the semester and a final exam (see schedule) of equal weight. The exams

will consist of multiple choice, short answer and essay questions along with sketches and exercises. We encourage interaction among members of the class, particularly in studying for exams.

Assignments: This course will include weekly reading and/or other assignments.

Grades: A 100-90% B 89-80% C 79-70% D 69-60% F <60%

Exams: 60% (15% each) Homework: 20% Classwork: 40%

Midterm Grades are due into the Registrar on Xxxxx xx; last day to withdraw from a full-semester

class is Xxxxx xx.

Our Policies: Missed quizzes and exams cannot be made-up without a valid excuse (medical or family

emergency) certified by the University. If the excuse is acceptable, make-ups must occur within 1 week

of the scheduled event. I tend to give essay exams for make-up exams.

University Policies: Refer to the University Handbook for Students defines academic dishonesty (cheating) and

its penalties. Use of tobacco products is prohibited by law in the classroom.

If you are registered with the Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities, please make an appointment with the course instructor to discuss any academic accommodations you need. If you need academic accommodations and are not registered with the Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities, please contact the Office directly either in person on the third floor of the Student Services Building (Room 361) or by telephone at (859) 622-2933 V/TDD. Upon individual request, this syllabus can be made available in alternative forms.

Geology and Global Change (HON 315) Borowski & LaSage COURSE GOALS

1. Students will be able to explain geologic processes to infer and predict geologic events and their consequences to the Earth and its life over the course of geologic time.

2. Students will able to explain and infer the behavior of interconnected Earth systems in order to understand and appreciate their effects on Earth systems and inhabitants of the Earth.

3. Students will able to ascertain and differentiate rates of geologic processes in the context of geologic time in order to understand and appreciate their effects on Earth systems and inhabitants of the Earth.

4. Students will be able to evaluate the impact of the human population on the resources and environment of the Earth in order to explore possible solutions for human-induced problems

General Education Goals Satisfied by this Course

2. Use appropriate methods of critical thinking and quantitative reasoning to examine issues and to identify solutions.

5. Analyze the fundamental natural processes of the world and interactions of humans and their environment. 7. Distinguish methods that underlie the search for knowledge in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, history,

and social and behavioral sciences.

8. Integrate knowledge that will deepen student understanding of, and inform students of their own choices about, issues of personal and public importance.

This course will introduce students to the fundamental concepts and processes of the geologic discipline, and teach students how to apply these basic principles to issues of personal and societal interest. In this course, students will learn a) how geologists collect data about the natural world, b) how geologic data are analyzed and interpreted, and c) how to draw conclusions from data to evaluate geologic impacts on personal and societal issues, in this case, on the global environmental challenges that we face as a result of interacting with our geologic environment. Critical thinking skills are essential in this course and are needed to

1) apply general principles of geology to specific problems, 2) frame a geologic question and learn what data to gather, 3) organize and interpret data in a variety of forms, and

4) relate numerical and graphical representations to physical reality.

Your Expectations

• To experience an organized, rigorous course that challenges you and prepares you for future academic

endeavors and the working world.

• To be treated fairly with respect to others in the class, especially in grading.

• For the instructor to adhere to the ground rules in the syllabus.

• To reach us during regular working hours for help and feedback.

• To have work graded and handed back within a reasonable time period.

• Course requirements that offer you an opportunity to pass the course, and excel.

• To be treated as an adult in a respectful, courteous manner.

My Expectations

• That you will act as adults:

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o Come to class curious and prepared to be actively engaged. o Do the work.

o Turn work in on time that is done neatly, despite outside, difficult circumstances.

o Take exams on schedule, despite outside, difficult circumstances.

o Realize that your performance in the course is dependent on your actions, attitude, effort, etc.

o Realize that Effective work = results.

• Please accept the rules and guidelines in the syllabus.

• Please accept our experience in the working world and realize that our expectations are similar to those of an employer.

• That you will fairly and constructively help us improve the course and ourteaching methods with adult,

Geology and Global Change (HON 315) Borowski & LaSage

COURSE OUTLINE (subject to change)

Week Subject Reading

1 The vastness of geologic time Chapter 1

Relative time Absolute time

2 The Earth moves (& grooves) under our feet Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

3 The Earth moves (& grooves) under our feet Chapter 2 Plate Tectonics

4 Atmosphere Chapter 3

5 Hydrosphere Chapter 4

6 Biogeochemical cycles Chapter 6

7 Human population Chapter 8

8 Human population Chapter 8

9 Forests Chapter 9

10 Crops Chapter 9

11 Acid rain & smog Chapter 10

12 The ozone hole in the sky Chapter 13

13 Earth climate Chapter 12

14 The changing atmosphere Chapter 13

15 Toward a sustainable society Chapter 14