Geo 4602 - SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY - Spring 2008
Registration: 3
Credits Class
Meetings: TTh 12:45-13:35
p.m. Room
110 Pillsbury
Instructor: Karen L. Kleinspehn
Office
hours: Thurs. 14:00-14:45
p.m.
klein004@umn.edu
or by appt. (just ask!)
Office: 118 Pillsbury Hall
624-0537 or 624-1333 (dept. office)
Prerequisites: Geo 3202 (Petrology) and Geo 2302
(Geodynamics II)
or instructor’s permission
Undergraduate
geology, geophysics and
geo-engineering
majors must take the course A-F. For
those taking the course S-N, an S will be considered equivalent to a C
or
better. Grading will follow the university's system incorporating plus
and
minus letter grades. Anyone
auditing the course is requested to officially register as a visitor.
No
make-up exams or extensions for course requirements will be given
without
documentation of an excuse conforming to university rules.
The assignment of an Incomplete
requires a written agreement between the instructor and student. The
expected
workload is equivalent to three hours of learning effort per credit per
week or
9 hours per week for this course.
Office:
125A Pillsbury Hall
Lab #2 meets W 12:20-14:15 Pills
125B
624-9318 or oldsX025@umn.edu
Grading:
Labs = 35 %
Mid-term
Exams (2) = 20 % each
Final
exam = 25 %
The
Lab grade is based on
pre-lab and
lab assignments (80%) and 2 quizzes (10% each).
Labs
are due 12:00 noon each Monday in the TA’s mailbox in Room 108
Pillsbury. No late labs will be
accepted once the graded work is returned (by Wednesday lab time)
without the
TA’s prior consent.
Final Exam: The Final Exam
will be cumulative and is scheduled for Friday May 16, 8:00
a.m.-10:00
a.m.,
Room 110 Pillsbury
Hall during Final Exam week
Required Text: Boggs,
Sam Jr.
(2006). Principles of
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy (4th Edition).
Upper Saddle River,
NJ:
Prentice Hall, 662 p.
Cou