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Instructor: Professor William Locke
Office: Traphagen Hall 223, 994-6918, wlocke@montana.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Textbook: R. W. Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems (4th, 2004), Pearson/Prentice Hall
Physical Geography Lab Manual
This course meets Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00 AM in Leon Johnson 339. The labs meet in 228 AJM Johnson.
The course grade will be based on two hour exams, a final exam, and lab. Weightings will be approximately 15, 15, 15, 30, and 30%, respectively; worst down-weighted by 5%. All test scores are raw, and will be curved to about 15% A, 35% B, 35% C, and 15% D. In the context of this course:
· A = Excellent knowledge and understanding of material, some evidence of creative thought, confidence in application of principles;
· B = Good knowledge of material, some minor lack of understanding and confidence in application, little creative thought;
· C = Fair knowledge of material, significant gaps in understanding, little demonstrated ability in application or creative thought;
· D = Adequate knowledge and understanding of material; and
· F = Unacceptable knowledge and understanding of material.
In this course, you should consider the textbook as your major source for information. Class time will be used for review, discussion, and summary, thus the assigned reading must be done prior to its assigned date. Given the wide range of backgrounds and interests represented in the students in this course, it is your responsibility to request clarification where necessary, and mine to provide it. Questions - in class, by e-mail, or outside of class - are always in order!
In class, I will emphasize material which I feel is significant, present a little new material, present case studies which display and develop the material in the text, and use slides of landforms and topographic maps to clarify important concepts.
Teamwork is encouraged in the labs. I will accept work submitted by teams provided that team members number four (4) or fewer, and all names appear on the work. If there is any substantial contribution from another class member, it must be acknowledged. Submission of substantively similar work without attribution is plagiarism, and is subject to class and University disciplinary action.