Geo 101: Physical Geology

Earth is your home planet: this course is designed to introduce you to where you live and how it has evolved over the last 4.5 billion years. Some changes are announced in the latest sound bite on your local news; some processes only effect changes over millions of years. Throughout the semester, you will learn about topics in geology that are not only areas of active research but also affect us as members of local, national, and global communities.

Textbook – Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Tarbuck and Lutgens, seventh edition.

Included with your text is a CD-ROM containing material supplemental to the text. This material, although both helpful and entertaining is not required for the course.

Web Goodies	There is a web page for this course on the Heidelberg course page. From this page, you can download a copy of the syllabus, announcements, and answers to quizzes. To access this page, click the link at left (URL: http://courses.heidelberg.edu/aberger/Geo101/ )
Grade	The grade will be determined from in-class quizzes, 3 midterm exams, a final, and a team project. See the syllabus for details.
Useful links	Check out the links given in class or start here.

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