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| CEU | Departmental Pages | Ednet Geography |
| GEOG 1010 Introduction to Physical Geography College of Eastern Utah, Spring Semester 1999 Ednet - 5:00-7:45 p.m., Monday (break time: 6:15-6:30) Instructor: Michelle Cooper Fleck Office: Science Building 127D Hours: 8:30-9:00 & 11-12 MWF Required Materials Text - Fundamentals of Physical Geography, by Arthur Doerr, Wm. C. Brown Publishing Co. Course Description This is a three credit class which fills the Earth Science General Education (ESGE) requirement for the Associate Degree. There are no prerequisite classes for Geography 1010, although the student should be able to read and write on the college level (minimum ACT English score of 14). The course will cover the distribution, relationship, function, and characteristics of climate, land forms, vegetation, soils, water, air, and other resources as they comprise the natural environment and are interacted upon by humans. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, the student should: 1. Be able to understand the basics of map projections, latitude &
longitude, and topographic maps Attendance and Late Policies We will be in class for 150 minutes per week. Students are expected to attend all classes and are responsible for getting their own copies of class notes on days when a class was missed. Attendance is mandatory on exam days and quiz days. If you know in advance that you must be absent when an exam is scheduled, you must contact the instructor to make arrangements for taking the exam. Make-up exams will be essay format. I will refer to the post-mark date on off-campus papers to determine if they were completed "on time." Assignments handed in late will be penalized 4 points per day late. After the graded assignments have been returned to the class, papers received late will be worth a maximum of half-credit. Late term papers will be penalized 4 points per day. Video worksheets may not be handed in late. Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Although it is acceptable for students to work together on assignments, each student must do his/her own work on exams and on the term paper. Cheating will not be tolerated. Students suspected of dishonesty on exams or quizzes will be first asked to discuss the matter with the instructor, and possibly re-take the exam or quiz. The Dean of Students will be notified of all students suspected of cheating. The term paper must be in the student's own words. Be aware that copying another person's writing without giving that person credit is dishonest. Classroom Manners Although I encourage questions, comments, and discussion regarding the course work, other talking and conversations during class will not be tolerated. Disruptive behavior will be documented and, if necessary, will be reported to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action. Withdrawals Shortly before the last day to drop a class, the instructor will provide students with their current grade status. It is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw from the class by submitting completed add/drop form to the Registrar's Office. Incomplete Grades Letter grades of "I" (incomplete) will be given only to students who are passing the class and have extenuating personal circumstances. Students who wish to be given an "incomplete" must submit a written request to the instructor. Grading Letter grades for the course will be calculated by adding the points earned from each of these sources: 300 points -- three exams @ 100 points The sum will be divided by 700. The resulting percentage will determine the letter grade, which will be based on the following scale: A 90-100% Shortly before the last day to drop a class, the instructor will provide students with their current grade status. Please keep all of your graded papers in case there is a discrepancy between your scores and the instructor's records. Writing Assignment - Article Summaries 25 points -- Summarize four journal, newspaper, or magazine articles relating to physical geography. The articles must be at least 1000 words long. Each article must have been published since January of 1997. Hand in a photocopy of the first page of each article. 25 points -- Papers must be handed in by Monday, April 19. (Minus 4 points per day late) 25 points --Each summary should be 250-300 words long (about one page), and should be typed. The suggested format includes your name at the top of the page, the literature citation (APA or MLA formats work well for this, but no matter how you write the citation, you must include the author, the date, the title, and the name of the journal), a paragraph summarizing the content of the article, a paragraph stating how the topic of the article relates to GEOG 1010, and your personal reaction to the article (Was it useful to you? Did you learn anything?) Writing must be in the student's own words. Include the title, author, date and the name of the journal. 25 points -- Grammar, punctuation and spelling. One-half point per error. Extra Credit Up to three additional article summaries may be handed in, each worth 10 points.
Weekly Schedule January 11 - registration January 18 - Holiday January 25 - Syllabus Introduction to the course Chapter 1 & 2 Branches of geography Solar system Earth Motions Seasons Latitude & Longitude Time Zones Assignment #1 - Globes and atlases
February 1 - Chapter 3 Globes & maps Map projections Relief & contour maps Map scale
February 8 - Chapter 3 Topographic maps Assignment #2 - Interpretation of topo maps February 15 - Holiday February 22 -
exam will begin at 5:15 and will end at 6:15. Lecture will begin at 6:30)
March 1 Finish Chapter 4 (Weather) Ch. 5 - Storms March 8 Ch.6, 7 & 8 - Climate March 22 Exam #2 - Ch. 4,5,6,7,8 Ch. 9 - Earth's interior earth materials
March 29 Ch. 9 - Plate Tectonics Ch. 10 - Deformation of the earth's crust April 5 Ch. 10 - Igneous Rocks (volcanism) Ch. 11 - Weathering and mass wasting April 12 Ch. 12 - Streams Ch. 13 - Glaciers Ch. 14 - Groundwater April 19 Ch. 15 - Arid landscapes Ch. 16 - Oceans and Coastal landforms Ch. 18 - Ecological succession Ch. 19 - Human effects on the environment April 26 - Exam #3 - Chapters 9-19
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