Geog 1710 Earth Science

Syllabus, Spring 2006, Section 003

Web material for the course: calendar, outlines and exercises (requires a password).
You will be given user id and password at the beginning of the semester. If you are not taking this course and are interested in accessing this material please feel free to
contact me. Phone number and address below.

General

• Meetings: TR  11:00 - 12:20 PM
• Classroom: EESAT (ENV) 110
• Instructor: Miguel F. Acevedo
• Office: EESAT (ENV) 310H
• Office hours: TR 9-10:30 am, R 12:30-2 pm (new! pls note change, 2-4pm was cancelled), or by appointment
• Phone: 565-2381 Email: acevedo@unt.edu
• Web: www.geog.unt.edu/~acevedo

Textbooks:

• Christopherson R.W. Geosystems, Sixth Edition, Prentice Hall.
• Williams H.L. Earth Science Laboratory Manual. 15th edition, Stipes (Required for the lab).

Information resources on the internet:

• Lecture outlines available online from the class web site (this site) www.geog.unt.edu/~acevedo/courses/1710
• This site requires id and password. These will be provided at the beginning of the semester.
• List of internet sites to visit for Physical Geography which contain valuable resources for this course.

Grades:

• Lecture 70% is average of six grades:
• four exams
• the average of all quizzes
• percent attendance (attendance lower than 90% will be counted as 0%)
• Lab 30%: according to the lab policy.
• You must have a passing grade in the lab in order to pass the course regardless of how well you do in lecture.
• Extra credit: not available.
• Final grade: All grades for the course will be final.

Exams:

• Format: All exams in the lecture part of the course will be in-class, closed book and multiple choice. Scantrons provided by instructor. When leaving the room after an exam return the question sheet and deposit scantron in organizer according to the initial of your last name.
• Final exam: this will not be comprehensive and will be given as scheduled in the university's Schedule of Classes.
• Make-up exam: Only one exam out of the three exams can be made-up. No make-up allowed for the final exam. The make-up will be given on week 14th. The make-up exam will cover all of the material of exams 1, 2 and 3 regardless of which exam is being made-up. To be eligible for the make-up exam you need to submit a written request with attachments to support it. The request must be submitted to the instructor before the last lecture of week 13th.

Attendance and tardiness

• Regular attendance is required and will be monitored during the semester
• Arriving late to class and/or leaving the classroom before the end of the lecture will be considered an absence

Laboratory:

• Not all of the students in this lecture section are in the same lab section.
• Your lab instructor will have specific policies.
• Refer all lab questions to your lab instructor.

Tutoring available free of charge

• Tutor JOAQUIN TORRANS
• Contact Info EESAT 334; phone: 940-565-2091; email: spanishjack@earthlink.net
• Tutoring OFFICE HOURS: Mon 9-10:50 A.M.; Thu 2-4 P.M. OR BY APPOINTMENT

ADA:

Calendar and outlines

Statement on Cheating and Plagiarism

• use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations
• dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments
• the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a faculty or staff member of the university
• dual submission of a paper or project, or resubmission of a paper or project to a different class without express permission from the instructor(s); or
• any other act designed to give a student an unfair advantage.

• the knowing or negligent use by paraphrase or direct quotation of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment; and
• the knowing or negligent unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.