Dr Neptune Srimal: Office: AC1- 380A, Ph: 305-919-5969
TR 9:30 – 10:45 Office Hours: M-R 1pm – 2 pm
Web site: http://www.fiu.edu/~srimal ; Email: srimal@fiu.edu
The course website contains all the PowerPoint lectures, quizzes on each chapter and old exams for practice. Be forewarned, that there is no guarantee that your exam questions will be set only from these quizzes or practice tests.
Reccommended textbook: Tarbuck and Lutgens: Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 9e. Pearson Prentice Hall
Book web site: http://www.prenhall.com/tarbuck
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Topic |
Chapter |
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25-Aug |
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Introduction to Geology |
Chapter 1 |
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27-Aug |
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Intro, Plate Tectonics |
Chapters 1, 2 |
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31-Aug |
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Last day to drop without damage/ Last day to change grading option |
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1-Sep |
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Plate Tectonics |
Chapter 2 |
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3-Sep |
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Plate Tectonics |
Chapter 2 |
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8-Sep |
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Matter and Minerals |
Chapter 3 |
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10-Sep |
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Igneous Rocks |
Chapters 4 |
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15-Sep |
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Igneous Rocks, Volcanism |
Chapter 4, 5 |
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17-Sep |
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Volcanism |
Chapters 5 |
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22-Sep |
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Midterm 1 |
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24-Sep |
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Weathering and Soil |
Chapter 6 |
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29-Sep |
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Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks |
Chapter 7 |
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1-Oct |
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Sedimentary Rocks, |
Chapter 7 |
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6-Oct |
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Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks |
Chapter 8 |
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8-Oct |
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Metamorphic Rocks |
Chapter 9 |
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13-Oct |
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Crustal Deformation |
Chapter 9, 10 |
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15-Oct |
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Geologic Time |
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20-Oct |
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Mass Wasting/ review |
Chapter 15 |
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20-Oct |
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Deadline to drop with a DR grade or withdraw with a WI grade |
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22-Oct |
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Midterm 2 |
Chapter 17 |
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27-Oct |
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Groundwater |
Chapter 17, 16 |
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29-Oct |
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Running Water |
Chapter 16 |
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3-Nov |
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Glaciers and Glaciation |
Chapter 18 |
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5-Nov |
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Wind and Desert |
Chapter 19 |
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10-Nov |
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Midterm 3 |
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12-Nov |
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Shorelines |
Chapter 20 |
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17-Nov |
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Oceans |
Chapter 13 |
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19-Nov |
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Earthquake |
Chapter 11 |
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24-Nov |
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Earth's Interior |
Chapter 12, 2 |
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1-Dec |
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Evolution of the Continents, Review |
Chapter 14 |
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3-Dec |
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Final Exam (non cumulative) |
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Please keep your cellphones in silent mode during the class
Please check if the exam dates clash with your religious holiday. If you need to reschedule the test, please contact me during the first week of the classes to make alternate arrangement for the test.
Attendance: Attendance is worth 8% of the class grade. I will take attendance on eight random days. Each of those will count for 1 point.
Exam Policy: There will be three midterms and a final each accounting for 23% of the grade.
No makeup exam will be given.