School of Earth Sciences
at
 OSU Lima


OSU LIMA

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT

SCHEDULE OF COURSES

SYLLABI FOR COURSES OFFERED AT OSU LIMA
GS100   GSH110  
GS121   GS122  
GS580V1   GS580V2

FACULTY
MARK A. KLEFFNER
BIO
VITA

TOUR OF DEPARTMENT
CLASSROOM
COMPUTER LAB
MICROFOSSIL LAB
MUSEUM
SEISMOMETER STATION

COLUMBUS DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

 

PRINTER-FRIENDLY

Geological Sciences 580: Earth Materials

Version 1: Minerals, Rocks, & Plate Tectonics

Course Schedule

Typical Syllabus

Summer Quarter

Weeks 1-4

Dr. Kleffner                          

TR: 12:30-4:45 P.M.
115
Science Building    

 

Office Hours

TR: 12:00-12:30
e-mail: kleffner.1@osu.edu

 

 

Textbook:

There are no required or optional textbooks; all references supplied in class

Week

Lab/Lecture Topics

Lab(s)

One

***

Minerals

Minerals & Gems

Sat FIELD TRIP TO OBSERVE, STUDY, AND COLLECT MINERALS AND ROCKS WE WILL LEAVE FROM THE LIMA CAMPUS AT 8:00 AM AND RETURN BY AROUND 5:00 PM

Two

Igneous Rocks

 
Sedimentary Rocks       

Quiz on Minerals

Minerals unit/module

Quiz on Igneous Rocks

Igneous Rocks unit/module

Three

4TH OF JULY CELEBRATED; NO CLASS

Metamorphic Rocks

 

Sedimentary Rocks unit/module
(If completed; due 7/12 if not)
 

***

Sun FIELD TRIP TO CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY TO SEE MINERALS, ROCKS, AND PLATE TECTONICS DISPLAYS.  WE WILL LEAVE FROM LIMA CAMPUS AT 8:00 AM AND RETURN BETWEEN 7:00-8:00 PM

Four

Plate Tectonics

(Including Volcanoes & Earthquakes)

Quiz on Sed. & Meta. Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks unit/module

(If completed; due 7/14 if not)

 

Plate Tectonics In The Classroom

(Including Volcanoes & Earthquakes)

Quiz on Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics unit/module

Grading:

Labs/Field trips

Quizzes (Best 3 out of 4; 20% each)

Units/Modules

15%

60%

25%

Grading Scale:

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 11/09/2007