School of Earth Sciences
at
 OSU Lima

EARTH SCIENCES LIMA

SCHEDULE OF COURSES

TEXTBOOKS

SYLLABI FOR COURSES OFFERED AT OSU LIMA
ES100   ESH110  
ES121   ES122  
ES580V1   ES580V2

EARTH SCIENCES 100 LAB MANUAL

FACULTY
MARK A. KLEFFNER
BIO
VITA

TOUR OF EARTH SCIENCES LIMA
CLASSROOM
COMPUTER LAB
MICROFOSSIL LAB
MUSEUM
SEISMOMETER STATION

National Fossil Day^tm

PRINTER-FRIENDLY Y

Earth Sciences 121 Typical Syllabus Weeks 1-5 Winter Quarter Dr. Kleffner 200 minutes MWF 115 Science e-mail: kleffner.1@osu.edu   Office Hours Office: 310D Science MWF: 8:00-8:30 AM; 1:00-1:30 PM or by appointment Phone: (419) 995-8208       Textbook: The Changing Earth-Exploring Geology and Evolution, 3rd Edition. Monroe and Wicander,Brooks/Cole Lab Book: None required; all exercises and materials will be provided Week Lecture Topics Labs One Introduction, Scientific Method, Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, Rock Deformation,Earthquakes Plate Tectonics Geologic Structures Earthquakes Optional: Tasa Plate Tectonics Computer Lab  Two First Midterm, Volcanic Activity, Minerals (Properties, Major Families, Uses), Igneous Rocks  Minerals Three Igneous Rocks, Weathering, 2nd Midterm, Sedimentary Rocks and Environments, **Martin Luther King Day, NO CLASSES  Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Four Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks, Topographic Maps, 3rd Midterm       Metamorphic Rocks Tasa Topograhic Maps Computer Lab# Five Mass Wasting, Streams, Groundwater, Glaciers Stream Landscapes Glacial Landscapes Six Final Exam (over material covered since 3rd midterm)       Laboratory: The lab in this course will consist of exercises handed out in class and on the computer (Tasa CD-ROM programs) in the geology computer lab which correspond with many of the lecture topics. Most lab exercises should be possible to complete during one class period. In some cases, however, it may be necessary to complete the lab at home or to spend some additional time in the lab room to complete a given lab. #Computer labs are to be done in the computer lab at times other than regularly scheduled class times. Grading: There will be three midterms and a final.  Your best two midterm grades will determine 60% of your course grade. NO MAKEUP MIDTERMS WILL BE GIVEN.  A missed midterm will be considered as your lowest or "dropped" midterm.  The final exam will NOT be comprehensive.  It will cover only the material covered in class after the 3rd midterm. It will determine 30% of your course grade.  The remaining 10% of your course grade is based on class and lab participation and completion of the lab exercises.  Midterms and the final will consist of approximately 40 true-false, multiple-choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short-answer questions, and practical questions over the material covered in lecture and lab. The grading scale used to assign the final grade for all students in the class is the following:   93 - 100  A 91 - 93   A- 89 - 91  B+  80 - 89   B 78 - 80   B-   76 - 78  C+  65 - 76   C 63 - 65   C- 61 - 63  D+ 50 - 61    D <50      E Last Modified on 09/23/2009