| SYLLABUS 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Instructor: Allan Ashworth, Room 130, Stevens Hall | |||||||||||||
| E-mail: allan.ashworth@ndsu.edu | |||||||||||||
| Class time: 1:00 - 1:50 p.m., Stevens Auditorium | |||||||||||||
| Text: Levin, H.L.,The Earth Through Time. Saunders - 8th Ed. | |||||||||||||
| Additional instructional materials: | |||||||||||||
| Earth Through Time Outlines (Ashworth) | |||||||||||||
| Web instructional page: http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~ashworth/webpages/g106/ | |||||||||||||
| W | JAN | 13 | The Geological Time Scale | ||||||||||
| F | 15 | Uniformitarianism v. Catastrophism | |||||||||||
| M | 18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY | |||||||||||
| W | 20 | Superposition and cross-cutting relationships | |||||||||||
| F | 22 | Stratigraphy and the age of strata | |||||||||||
| M | 25 | Fossils and the age of strata | |||||||||||
| W | 27 | TEST 1 | |||||||||||
| F | 29 | Evolution and the fossil record | |||||||||||
| M | FEB | 1 | Isotopes and the age of strata | ||||||||||
| W | 3 | Radiocarbon dating | |||||||||||
| F | 5 | The age of the Earth | |||||||||||
| M | 8 | Plate Tectonics | |||||||||||
| W | 10 | Plate Tectonics | |||||||||||
| F | 12 | The oldest crustal rocks-Archean | |||||||||||
| M | 15 | PRESIDENTS HOLIDAY | |||||||||||
| W | 17 | TEST 2 | |||||||||||
| F | 19 | Archean and Proterozoic | |||||||||||
| M | 22 | The oldest fossils and the origin of life | |||||||||||
| W | 24 | The Origin of Life | |||||||||||
| F | 26 | The Ediacarans - more complex life forms but what? | |||||||||||
| M | MAR | 1 | The Cambrian explosion | ||||||||||
| W | 3 | Burgess Shale fossils | |||||||||||
| F | 5 | Vertebrate origins | |||||||||||
| M | 8 | Paleozoic Vertebrates - Visitor | |||||||||||
| W | 10 | TEST 3 | |||||||||||
| F | 12 | Paleozoic Vertebrates-Visitor | |||||||||||
| M | 15 | SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY | |||||||||||
| W | 17 | SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY | |||||||||||
| F | 19 | SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY | |||||||||||
| M | 22 | Permian mass extinction | |||||||||||
| W | 24 | Mesozoic paleogeography | |||||||||||
| F | 26 | Mesozoic plants | |||||||||||
| M | 29 | Dinosaurs | |||||||||||
| W | 31 | Dinosaurs | |||||||||||
| F | APR | 2 | GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY | ||||||||||
| M | 5 | EASTER MONDAY HOLIDAY | |||||||||||
| W | 7 | TEST 4 | |||||||||||
| F | 9 | Dinosaurs | |||||||||||
| M | 12 | Cretaceous seas | |||||||||||
| W | 14 | Birth of the Rocky Mountains | |||||||||||
| F | 16 | North Dakota Badlands - Visitor | |||||||||||
| M | 19 | North Dakota Badlands | |||||||||||
| W | 21 | The rise of the mammals | |||||||||||
| F | 23 | The evolution of horses | |||||||||||
| M | 26 | The evolution of whales | |||||||||||
| W | 28 | TEST 5 | |||||||||||
| F | 30 | The origins of hominids | |||||||||||
| M | MAY | 3 | Ice Ages | ||||||||||
| W | 5 | Ice Ages | |||||||||||
| F | 7 | Ice Ages - Global warming | |||||||||||
| W | 12 | FINAL EXAM 1:00-3:00 P.M. | |||||||||||
| TESTING: | |||||||||||||
| There will be five tests and a final exam. All tests will be of the multiple choice type. There will be 25 | |||||||||||||
| questions on each of the tests and 50 questions on the final. Final letter grade will be based on the sum | |||||||||||||
| of the scores of the final (40%) and the average of the best four scores of the five tests (60%). | |||||||||||||
| ALL tests and THE FINAL must be taken on the DATES and TIMES shown in the syllabus. | |||||||||||||
| There will be NO MAKE-UP TESTS. Maximum grade boundaries A = 90, B=80, C=70, D=60. | |||||||||||||
| SPECIAL NEEDS: | |||||||||||||
| Students requiring special accommodation for learning, or who have special needs, should visit with | |||||||||||||
| the instructor as soon as possible | |||||||||||||
| ACADEMIC CONDUCT: | |||||||||||||
| Students are responsible for submitting their own work. Students who cooperate on oral or written examinations or work without authorization | |||||||||||||
| share the responsibility for violation of academic principles and the students are subject todisciplinary action even when one of the students | |||||||||||||
| is not enrolled in the course where the violation occurred (from <http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/policy/335.htm>) | |||||||||||||
| BULLETIN DESCRIPTION: | |||||||||||||
| Introduction to the Earth through time;it's origin, history,and evolution of animal and plant life | |||||||||||||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | |||||||||||||
| Intended Course Outcomes and their Relationships to General Education Geology 106/106L have been approved for the following general | |||||||||||||
| education categories: | |||||||||||||
| 1. Science and Technology – students will learn to comprehend concepts and methods of inquiry | |||||||||||||
| in science and technology, and their applications for society. | |||||||||||||
| 2. Global Perspectives – students will better understand worldwide issues illustrating the inter- | |||||||||||||
| dependence of the world and its peoples. These outcomes will be met through the following | |||||||||||||
| student learning objectives. | |||||||||||||
| The student learning objectives for the course are used to support Outcomes 3, 5 and 6: | |||||||||||||
| Outcome #3: “Comprehend the concepts and perspectives needed to function in national | |||||||||||||
| and international societies.” Major issues with societal implications discussed in the course | |||||||||||||
| include: | |||||||||||||
| · the origin of the Earth | |||||||||||||
| · the origin of life | |||||||||||||
| · catastrophes, including those on a regional as well as on a global scale | |||||||||||||
| · evolution, leading to the evolution of man | |||||||||||||
| · mass extinctions | |||||||||||||
| · plate tectonics, with associated seismicity and volcanism | |||||||||||||
| · climate change, with associated impacts on global societies | |||||||||||||
| · the future of the Earth and its biota | |||||||||||||
| Outcome #5: “Students will learn to comprehend concepts and methods of inquiry in science | |||||||||||||
| and technology, and their applications for society.” | |||||||||||||
| Outcome #6: “Students will learn to integrate knowledge and ideas in a coherent and meaningful manner.” | |||||||||||||
| OTHER: | |||||||||||||
| Geology 304 'Eastern North Dakota Field Course' (Fall Semester) can be used as a substitute for Geol. 106L or G105L | |||||||||||||