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GEOGRAPHY 1001 - ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS: CLIMATE AND VEGETATION TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS 11:00-12:15 Room: HALE 270 Instructor Dr. Holly Barnard 207 Guggenheim (for office hours) – phone: 303-492-3252 East Campus: RL-1 Room 151 (all other times) – phone: TBA Fax: 303 - 492 - 7501 E-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:30p - 1:30p, Thursdays 12:15p - 1:15p, and by appointment Teaching Assistants* Anya Byers ([email protected]) Lab sections: Mon. 2:00p-3:50p; Fri. 10:00a – 11:50a Brian Butterworth ([email protected]) Lab sections: Thurs. 2:00p-3:50p; Fri. 2:00p – 3:50p Naomi Arcand ([email protected]) Lab sections: W 8:00a – 9:50a; W 2:00p – 3:50p *TA Office hours: announced in lab section Description The objective of this course is to provide you with an introduction and overview of the Earth’s climate system. Throughout the course, we will emphasize the many linkages and feedbacks between the non-living (abiotic) and living (biotic) components of the climate system, and we will discuss their spatial distribution. Topics we will discuss include radiation, temperature, winds and pressure, the water cycle, biogeochemical cycles, vegetation, and climate change. This course will prepare you for subsequent, more specialized courses in climatology, hydrology, and biogeography (ecosystems and cycles). This is a natural science course, and graphs and calculations will be used to help understand the topics. The mathematics involved is not above the high school algebra level. Lectures 11:00 am - 12:15 pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Hale 270. Attendance is critical at all lectures. We cover a lot of material in each class, so missing a class will put you behind and will likely result in a much lower grade than you are capable of. Don’t get behind! Unannounced exercises/assignments will occur during lectures at various times. Completion of these assignments constitutes your participation grade for the class (5%). You must be present to participate and get credit. There are no make-ups for in-class assignments. Required Text Christopherson, RW. Geosystems; An Introduction to Physical Geography, 7th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 687 pp. Required Laboratory Manual Laboratory Manual for Geography 1001-010. Spring 2007. Available online through the course website. Course Web Site http://www.colorado.edu/geography/class_homepages/geog_1001_f10/Labs Various times in Guggenheim Room 3 (in the basement). All students must enroll in one lab section. You must attend the lab section you are registered in unless you have consent to attend a different lab section from all instructors. The purpose of laboratory assignments is to reinforce and further explore lecture topics through more individual, hands-on, practical assignments. Several of the labs will be conducted outside, and you will use a variety of instrumentation. Laboratory work is essential to the course and must be completed as scheduled to receive credit for the course. The lab grades form a large part of your final grade (25%). Each lab will be equally weighted, and your lowest lab grade will be excluded from the final grade calculation. Lab assignments must be completed during your lab section and will be turned in at the end of each session unless otherwise indicated by your instructor. Late lab assignments will not be accepted. Concepts and questions from your labs may appear as questions on exams. Please read your assignment and print your lab from the website lab manual before you go to your lab! There is nothing wrong in working with others. You must, however, submit individual, original work. Copying of lab assignments from others will result in a grade of F in the course and will be reported to the CU Honor Code Office with possible additional sanctions. If you are ever in doubt as to what constitutes individual, original work, please ask me or the teaching assistants before you submit any work! Further information on the CU Honor Code appears below. Grading Item Date (subject to change) % of final grade Mid Term 1 Tuesday, Sept. 14th 40%, The grade from the lowest midterm WILL NOT COUNT. Each of the 2 remaining midterms will count 20%. There will be NO make-up exams. Mid Term 2 Thursday, Oct. 14th Mid Term 3 Tuesday, Nov. 9th Final Exam Monday, December 13th, 4:30-7:00 pm 25% Approximately 1/2 of the final exam will be material covered after the last midterm and 1/2 will be comprehensive. Laboratory assignments See lab. schedule 25%, but you must receive at least a passing grade to pass the course. Equally weighted with the lowest lab grade excluded. Science interpretation and writing assignment Due week of Nov. 29th 5% In-class exercises and participation Unannounced at various times during the semester 5% Photo identification must be shown during each exam. Academic Honesty All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported to the Honor Code Council ([email protected]; 303-725-2273). Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and nonacademic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). Further information on the Honor Code can be found athttp://www.colorado.edu/policies/honor.html and http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode/. In this class (including all exams and laboratory assignments), a violation of the CU Honor Code will result in an academic sanction of an assigned final grade of “F”. If you are ever unclear as to what constitutes a potential violation of the Honor Code, please talk to the instructor or teaching assistants before you submit your work. Statement on Disabilities If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to me a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs can be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. Contact: 303-492-8671, Willard 322, and http://www.Colorado.EDU/disabilityservices. If you have a temporary medical condition or injury, see guidelines at


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