COURSE
SYLLABUS
Course: Physical Geology Laboratory: Geology
120L
Instructor: Dr. James Duvall
Office: LA-205, Hours: MW 7:30 – 8:00 A.M. and 12:30 P.M. - 1:00
P.M. Tues. 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. Thursday 7:00 – 8:00 A.M. and 9:30 – 10:00
A.M. 510/235-7800 Ext. 4284, Evening Hours: Tuesday 5:30 – 6:30 P.M., (email at
jduvall@contracosta.edu)
Website: See department
website on college website (http://www.contracosta.edu)
General Requirements
Attendance and
Tardiness: School
policy sets the
following guidelines which
I will follow. After (2)
absences you may be
dropped
from the class.
Tardies
are discouraged
as they interrupt the
class and cause the
student to miss infor-
mation.
Grading
Policy: Tests, Laboratory
assignments, and any other assignments will be given a point value. Your grade will be based on a
percentage of total possible
points. A percentage scale will
be used to determine your letter grade: 90% - A, 80% - B, 70% - C,
60% - D, <60% - F.
Exams: There will be a formal
mid-
term and final exam.
These will be graded on a
curve determined by the
individual class.
Schedule
1st
Half (Lab Exercises and Textbook chapter indicated. You must read the lab and the assigned
textbook chapter prior to the laboratory).
Week 1 Introduction and Map Exercise using the Lemoore Quadrangle (of my own construction).
Week 2 Exercises 1, 2, & 3. Appendix C & D and Chpt. 2 in text.
Week 3 Exercises 6 & 7.
Week 4 Exercises 12&13. Chapters 18
& 19 in text.
Week 5 Exercises 60 & 61. Chpt. 3 in text.
Week 6 Exercises 50, 51, & 52. Chpt. 4
in text.
Week 7. Exercises 14, 15, & 17. Chpt. 15
in text.
Week 8. Exercises 62 & 63. Chpt. 6 in
text.
March
10 - Midterm Test
2nd
Half
Week
10. Exercises 64 & 65. Chpt. 7
in text.
Week
11. Exercises 66 & 67.
Chapters 3, 6, & 7 in text.
Week
12. Exercises 18, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24. Chpt. 8 in text.
Week
13. Exercises 37, 38, 39, 40, and
42. Chpt. 11 in text.
Week
14. Exercises 48 & 49. Chpt.
15 in text.
Week
15. Exercises 55, 56, & 57.
Chpt. 16 in text.
Week
16. Exercises 53 & 54. Chpt. 15
in text.
Week
17. Exercises 58 & 59. Chpt. 2
in text.
Week
of May 18- Final Exam
Materials:
Text Book: Essentials of Geology, Lutgens and
Tarbuck. Prentice Hall
Color Pencils
Calculator
Magnifying glass
Protractor
English and metric ruler
Field Trips: I
will schedule at least one field trip during lab time. I will cancel a set of exercises to make up
for this. I may very well change this
schedule but this is what we will start with.