Syllabus for Physical Geology ( Fall, 201 7 )
Dual Enrollment ( Cactus Shadows High Scho ol & Paradise Valley Community College )
Instructor: Robert Reisener
480-595-2503
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays after school.
Introduction to Physical Geology Lecture (GLG 101): A study of the kind and arrangement of materials composing the earth's crust and the geological processes at work on and within the earth's surface. No prerequisites, 3-credits.
Introduction to Physical Geology Lab (GLG 103): Study of common rock-forming minerals,
rocks, and maps. No prerequisites, 1-credit.
GLG 101 Course Objectives:
1. Describe the scientific foundations of physical geology
2. Describe the building blocks of matter
3. Describe the three-part classification of rock processes
4. Explain the concept of geologic time
5. Describe geologic structures in crustal rocks
6. Describe the internal structure of the earth
7. Explain the theory of plate tectonics
8. Describe the process of weathering
9. Describe coastal processes
10. Explain the geological processes associated with deserts
11. Describe glaciation and glacial landforms
12. Describe the importance of geology to man
13. Describe the earth’s place in the cosmos
GLG 103 Course Objectives:
1. Identify common rocks and minerals in hand specimen
2. Use topographic maps and aerial photographs in analyzing the geology of particular areas of the earth’s surface
3. Identify basic geologic structures shown on geologic maps and cross-sections.
4. Describe the geology of particular areas by using geologic maps.
5. Identify major tectonic settings on maps of North America and the sea floor.
Grading:
Students will receive two independent grades from PVCC. One grade will be for the Lecture (GLG 101) and one grade will be for the Laboratory (GLG 103). The lecture and laboratory grades will be calculated as follows:
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Lecture Grade (GLG 101)
Homework…………..20%
Quizzes……………...20%
Exam 1……………..20%
Exam 2……………..20%
Exam 3…………….. 20%
Final Grade 100%
Labor atory Grade (GLG 103)
Laboratory Exercises/Lab Quizzes…..100%
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Students will receive one grade from Cactus Shadows High School, calculated by a weighted average as follows:
Final CSHS % = (0.75)(Lecture %) + (0.25)(Laboratory %)
A = 89.5 – 100 %
B = 79.5 – 89.4 %
C = 69.5 – 79.4 %
D = 59.5 – 69.4 %
F = 0.00 – 59.4 %
School Absence Policy
Students are responsible for contacting teachers to complete missed work. Parents can e-mail teachers to request homework to pick up during a student’s absence. For every day of excused absence, a student has two days to make up homework, classwork, quizzes, and tests (parents have 24 hours to contact the school to excuse the absence). Work previously assigned with a due date during an absence is due on the first day of his/her return to school (including suspension dates). Be advised that each department, which assigns extended projects, has specific deadline dates. All make up work from an excused absence is eligible to receive full credit if completed and turned in within the 2 day window. Some courses such as Honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Dual Enrollment courses have numerous long-term projects or portfolios, which may have absolute deadlines. Students will be advised of these project/portfolio deadlines in the course syllabus or on grading outlines and will be expected to turn in projects/portfolios prior to the designated date for credit regardless of days absent. Assignments, tests, quizzes not completed within the 2 day window will receive a zero.
Withdrawal: The Cactus Shadows High School policy will be enacted for withdrawal from this course. Withdrawing from the community college credit will be managed according to the PVCC handbook. Students are instructed to carefully read the section on withdrawing from a class.
Quality of Work: I strongly encourage students to work with one another in class (especially during laboratory activities) and outside of class (homework, studying, etc). Such interactions foster dialogue that promotes learning. However, all students are expected to turn in original, individual work. Plagiarism is unacceptable and plagiarized work will receive a zero. All worked to be turned in must use complete sentences and be neatly written. The student’s name, the date, and the title of the assignment should be located in the upper right hand corner of the page. Laboratory assignments involving the construction of maps or diagrams should be neatly drawn, labeled, and colored when appropriate.
A student may be subject to disciplinary action when the student engages in any of the following forms of academic misconduct:
· Lateness - For missing or leaving school or class without permission or excuse.
· Cheating - Including but not limited to copying, using unauthorized help sheets and the like, illegally obtaining tests in advance, substituting for a test-taker, and other forms of unauthorized collusion.
· Plagiarism - Representation of the ideas or work of another person as his/her own.
· Collusion - Supporting malpractice by another student as in allowing one’s work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another.
· Duplication of work - Presentation of the same work for different assessment components and/or requirements.
· Fabrication of Data - Manufacturing data for a table, survey, or other such requirement.
· Any behavior that gains an unfair advantage for a student and/or affects the results of another student.
Cactus Shadows High School takes academic dishonesty seriously. Any violation of this policy will result in a zero for the assignment/assessment for a first offense, a zero for the assignment/assessment and short term suspension for a second offense and a loss of credit for the semester course (.5) and short term suspension for a third offense.
Students who share assignment/assessment information with other students via pictures, paper or electronics will receive a zero on the assignment/assessment and a short term to long term suspension (prior academic misconduct referrals from any other school or CCUSD grade level will be considered).
Disability Statement: “The college will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students should notify Student Services and their instructors of any special needs.”
Classrooms are now designated as ‘No Phone Zones’ except with teacher permission. All phones are expected to be housed in backpacks during class time.
Dual Enrollment Geology Syllabus (Page 4 of 4)
Student Privacy Statement
It is the community college’s policy that the student is the direct contact for discussion of grades, academic progress, etc. The student may give permission to the instructor to discuss his/her grades and work with a parent or guardian.
Please indicate whether or not you give your instructor permission to discuss your grades/performance with your parents. This will include phone calls, direct meetings and posting of progress reports by the instructor.
I give Mr. Reisener permission to contact my parents to discuss my dual enrollment geology grades. This includes phone calls, emails, direct parent-teacher meetings, etc.
I do NOT give Mr. Reisener permission to contact my parents to discuss my dual enrollment geology grades. This includes phone calls, emails, direct parent-teacher meetings, etc.
Student’s signature Date:
Student’s printed name
Parent’s signature Date:
Parent’s printed name
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