Section 2: Course Outline with Dates

Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday  12:30-2:00 p.m.

Week 
Date Lecture Topic   Reading
1.
September  26
September  28
Overview of the Earth System
Minerals: The Ingredients of Rocks
CHAPTER  1 
CHAPTER  2 
2.
October 3,5
October  5 
Minerals: The Ingredients of Rocks
Rocks: Records of Geologic Processes
CHAPTER  2 
CHAPTER  3
3.
October 10, 12
October 12
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Homework 1 due
CHAPTERS 4, 5 
4.
October 17
October 19
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
CHAPTER 5 
CHAPTER 7
5.
October 24
October 24
October 26 
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Homework 2 due
Metamorphic Rocks
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
October 31  MIDTERM EXAM You must take the exam
in the lecture section for
which you are registered. 
6.
November 2 The Rock Record and Geologic Time CHAPTER 9
7.
November 7
November 9
The Rock Record and Geologic Time
Folding and Faulting
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
8.
November 14, 16
November 16
Earthquakes 
Homework 3 due
CHAPTER 18
9.
November 21
November 24
Interior of the Earth 
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
CHAPTER 19
10.
November 28, 30 Plate Tectonics: The Great Synthesis CHAPTERS 20, 21
December 8
Friday at 9:30 a.m..
FINAL EXAM: You must take the exam
in the lecture section for
which you are registered. 
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Additional Useful Links

OSU Geosciences Department
(faculty, courses, more links, web resources, etc.)

Operational Significant Events Imagery
(satellite images of hurricanes, volcanoes, floods, etc.)

Geological Society of America
(professional society for geologists)

National Center for Science Education
 (information on evolution and teaching of evolution)

Alaska Volcano Observatory
(info on Alaskan and Siberian volcanoes and links to other volcano webpages)