UST 289, Section 50, Fall 2003, Physical Geography Instructor: John Fleshin Office: SRG 55 Phone: 687 3527 Email: [email protected] Contact and office hours: Best to see me after class. Lectures: T, Th 8-9:50pm, and TBA, Four Credits. You are responsible for any announcement made as the course progresses in regards to changes in the schedule and meeting place. This syllabus is, of course, tentative. Please plan on attending all classes. Text: Strahler and Strahler, Introducing Physical Geography, 3nd edition, 2003, Wiley & Sons. I always recommend the purchase of the scheduled text sold in the bookstore, you may check to see if an e-version is available. Exams: Three equally weighted exams. No Makeup exams unless the student has a medical excuse or prior arrangement with the instructor, all makeup exams are without exception essay as announced in class the first week. Makeup exams will be only given at times to be determined by the instructor or proctors. No Cell Phones during exams please, please turn them off, please set to vibrate during class. Topics and Assignments: Week 1, Aug. 25 Intro, Cosmos, Lives of the Stars Prologue S&S, Carl Sagan, Cosmos Week 2, Sept. 1 Resources Intro, Garbage Lecture, Published notes, film Week 3, Sept. 8 Metals, Metals, Lecture, Published notes, film Week 4, Sept 15 Chemical Minerals, Energy, Water Lecture, Published notes, film Salt Mines Week 5, Sept. 22 First Exam, Tues Sept. 23, 8-9:30, Please plan on arriving promptly, No Cell Phones Week 6, Sept. 29 Intro, Weather, the Atmosphere Ch. 2, 3 S&S Week 7, Oct. 6 Latent Heat, Air Masses, Fronts Ch. 4, 6 S&S Week 8, Oct. 13 Global Circulation, Heat Transfer Ch. 5 S&S Week 9, Oct. 20 Clouds, Precipitation, Climates Ch. 4, 7 S&S Week, 10, Oct. 27 Second Exam, Tues. Oct. 29 Please plan on arriving promptly, No Cell PhonesWeek, 11, Nov. 3 Earth’s Interior, Plate Tectonics Ch. 11, 12 S&S Week, 12, Nov. 10 Weathering, Erosion, Mass Wasting Ch. 14, 16 S&S No Class Nov. 11 Veteran’s Day Week 13, Nov. 17 Deformation of Rock, Nov. 20 TBA Ch. 15, 17 S&S Week 14, Nov. 24 Streams, Thanksgiving Week No Class Nov. 27 Week 15, Dec. 1 Oceans and Coasts, Glaciers Ch. 18, 19 S&S Week 16, Dec. 8 Third Exam, Thursday 8-9:30pm Please arrive promptly, No Cell