GEOG 1011: Landscapes & Water
Lab Syllabus
Fall 2005 Section 017 Monday 8-9:50
TA: Susan Riggins
Email:
Office: Guggenheim 311
Office Phone: 303 492- 4279
Mailbox: 1st floor Guggenheim, “Riggins”
Office Hours: Mon. 10-11, Tues. 1-2, or by appointment
Required Lab Manual:
Lab Manual to Accompany GEOG 1011, Pitlick and Clayton.
Lab Attendance and Grading Policies:
· Lab Assignments count for 30% of your total course grade.
· I will take attendance. You are required to be present to get a grade for the lab.
· There are 12 lab assignments. Your lowest lab score will be dropped, and you will be graded out of 11 labs, each weighted equally.
· Lab assignments are due in lab the week after we have worked on them. Labs are due at the beginning of lab. Labs that are handed in at the end of lab will be considered late.
· Late labs will be deducted 10% each day they are late. No labs will be accepted more than 1 week late.
· Field trips are mandatory and cannot be made up without prior arrangements. If you miss a field trip, you will not be able to hand in the lab assignment. This includes labs #3, #5, and #8. Please dress appropriately and be on time.
· If you know in advance that you will be missing a lab and would like to make it up, let me know ahead of time so that we can make arrangements for you to attend another lab session. If you are sick and must miss lab, I require a doctor’s note for a makeup. Most of the labs require that you attend a lab session in order to be able to complete the material, due to the use of maps, etc.
· You are encouraged to work on your lab assignments together, but do your own work. This means put your answers in your own words and hand in your own assignments. Copying is considered a form of cheating. This class follows the University’s Honor Code.
· Please come talk to me if you have a disability and need to be accommodated.
· We will occasionally have quizzes. These will count for 10% of your lab grade. If you have read the lab for the day you should have no problem with the quiz.
Please come to lab prepared! This means reading the day’s assignment before you come to lab! I recommend bringing a calculator and ruler each week. You may also want to bring your lecture notes and textbook. Also, I encourage you to email me or come to my office hours if you are having any problems. Email is the best way to get in touch with me. I also have an office on East campus and will not be checking phone messages every day.
LAB ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE:
Date Exercise Due
8/29 1: Maps, Grids, Scale and Contours 9/5
9/5 LABOR DAY - NO LABS
9/12 2: Rock Identification 9/19
9/19 3: FIELD TRIP to Mesa Trail * 9/26
9/26 4: Azimuth, Aspect, Gradient & Profile 10/3
10/3 5: Soils FIELD TRIP * 10/10
10/10 FALL BREAK – NO LABS
10/17 Soils Internet Lab- no class 10/24
10/24 6: Hillslopes & Mass Wasting 10/31
10/31 7: Hydrographs & Flood Frequency Analysis 11/7
11/7 Hydrology Internet Lab—no class 11/14
11/14 8: FIELD TRIP to Boulder Creek 11/21
11/21 THANKSGIVING – NO LABS
11/28 9: Stream Channels & Fluvial Landforms 12/5
12/5 10: Glacial landforms- LAST LAB!! 12/12
* these labs are off campus field trips- we will meet at the cul-de-sac on the south side of the rec center
- Days of internet labs we will NOT meet. The labs from the previous week will be due in my mailbox (main floor Gugg) by lab time.