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This course website is served from the encryption-secured Department of Earth and Planetary Science server: EPSC 221 _________________________ Syllabus This course will be delivered in-person. As well, we shall offer an online Q&A session on alternate Wednesday evenings at 8:00PM and/or/if necessary via ZOOM. The first of these sessions will be offered on September 11 as a test, alternating bi-weekly thereafter. I shall be connecting to these ZOOM sessions from my home in the Laurentians. Internet quality may be poor; you should look to the News and Highlights page to learn of any connectivity problems that I might be facing. The
lectures are recorded and will be available on the myCourses
website through Lecture
Recordings
in the Navigation bar. Pre-recorded/archived (2020) versions of
the Powerpoint lectures are also available asynchronously (See
Lectures
in the banner above). 2023-Autumn/ Immediately following the Thursday lecture each week, starting on August 31, a short, weekly online study quizzes (listed via link to Quizzes as “Quiz Week ?”) is to be taken for the term-work/participation component of the course grade and to help you keep up with course materials. These quizzes will normally be open for 1 full week until the start of the next week's Thursday lecture. Quiz Week 0 expects some prior knowledge from high school or college but as it can be done twice, with your better of 2 grades being counted, you might well take the time to look up answers to questions that you missed on the first pass that deal with prior-expected knowledge. Quiz Week 1 through Quiz Week 12 do not offer a second try, but as they are open and available for your responses for 1 full week, you have all the time you need to review or reconsider your answers. The best 8 of all the quizzes you have taken will provide 20% of the final course grade. The quizzes are accessed via myCourses. The quizzes are time-limited to a suggested 20 minutes but you can continue to access the quiz during any time between 12h30 on the concerning Thursday through to 11h30on the following Thursday. That is, the quizzes are accessible for 1 full week; if you miss a quiz, it will not be reopened for you. There are 13 quizzes; your best 8 will count toward 20% of grade. That is, each of your best 8 quizzes can contribute 2.5% to your final grade for a total contribution of 20%. A reminder to do the quiz should come up on myCourses. A practice quiz that you may use to familiarize yourself with online quizzes via myCourses is available from September 1: Comprehensive Practice Quiz. You can do this practice quiz as many times as you like throughout the term; it does not count toward your final grade. Students who require SAA time extension accommodations must be registered with the SAA office but as the quizzes are not tightly time-limited, there should be no reason to ask for time accommodations. Weekly study quizzes: we have not scheduled a Midterm test in this course. The best 8 study quizzes replace the need for the midterm. Do the quizzes, your best 8 results contribute 20% to your course grade. Laboratories will count for 40% of course grade. They will start the week of September 18. The labs are administered by Professor Jeanne Paquette (jeanne.paquette@mcgill.ca) and are run, in class, by TAs who will inform you via myCourses of when and how each lab is to be accomplished. The Laboratories schedule is shown below. There will be eight in-person laboratory exercises of 3 hours each. A final exam will be scheduled during the December examination period. It will count for 40% of course grade. It should be a formal 3-hour sit-down written exam. Textbook: The textbook, Essentials of Geology, Edition 7, by S. Marshak, either hard-copy or online verison is not required. The textbook should be available in the Bookstore. An online version of Edition 7 of the texbook can be purchased from Norton Publishing and through our McGill bookstore. This textbook and ancilliary services are recommended but not necessary to your success in the course. An alternative online version of the e-book is also available, though with fewer course aids, from VitalSource. TOPICS by week We shall “attempt” to hold to this schedule by week. The order will be followed. Chapters are those of the textbook, Essentials of Geology, Edition 7, by S. Marshak.
Week 0: Course Introduction/Organization (August 31 possibly continuing to September 5) Week 1: The Earth in Context/Plate Tectonics (Chapters 1, 2) (September 5 and 7) Week 2: Minerals/Igneous Processes (Chapter 3, 4) (September 12 and 14) Week 3: Igneous Processes/Volcanoes (Chapters 4, 5) (September 19 and 21) Week 4: Sedimentary Rocks/Deep Time (Chapters 6, 10) (September 26 and 28) Week 5: Biography of Earth (Chapter 11) (October 3 and 5) Midterm break: No lectures, no quiz. (special online Q&A sessions on Thursday October 12 and Friday October 13 at 11h30 if possible, they will be recorded) Week 6: Metamorphism/Structure and Mountain Building (Chapters 7, 9) (October 17 and 19) Week 7: Earthquakes (Chapter 8) (October 24 and 26) Week 8: Energy and Mineral Resources/Mass Movements (Chapters 12, 13) (October 31 and November 2) Week 9: Running Water and Erosion/Oceans and Coasts (Chapters 14, 15) (November 7 and 9) Week 10: Ground Water/Deserts (Chapters 16, 17) (November 14 and 16) Week 11: Glaciation and Ice Ages (Chapter 18) (November 21 and 23) Week 12: The Earth System (Chapter 19) (November 28 and December 5; overall summary on November 30 for those who have no makeup lab this period.) Laboratories:
Evaluation:
-Online
weekly study quizzes in lieu of a midterm examination (Your best
8 of the 12 weekly online quizzes will each count): 20%
Contact hours:
-Two
in-person or online lectures/week; Q&A online sessions as
needed/requested or as scheduled on alternate Wednesday
evenings. Course administration issues In accord with McGill University’s Charter of Students’ Rights, students in this course have the right to submit in English or in French any written work that is to be graded. McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/ for more information). Conformément à la Charte des droits de l’étudiant de l’Université McGill, chaque étudiant a le droit de soumettre en français ou en anglais tout travail écrit devant être noté (sauf dans le cas des cours dont l’un des objets est la maîtrise d’une langue). L'université McGill attache une haute importance à l’honnêteté académique. Il incombe par conséquent à tous les étudiants de comprendre ce que l'on entend par tricherie, plagiat et autres infractions académiques, ainsi que les conséquences que peuvent avoir de telles actions, selon le Code de conduite de l'étudiant et des procédures disciplinaires (pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez consulter le site www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/ ). Textbook (current, coming and previous editions) The bookstore should have copies of the current edition of Essentials of Geology, Edition 7 by Marshak or online-electronic versions. While the textbook and the online materials offered by Norton Publishing are not required for the course, your experience should be much enhanced if you have the current textbook and its online services. You might find used copies of earlier editions available; any of the previous editions can well serve the course. An online version of the texbook with all the learning aids can be purchased from Norton Publishing website or through the McGill Bookstore. An alternative online version of the e-book is also available, though with fewer course aids, from VitalSource. The textbook or online services will be useful to you but neither is required.
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